Fun With Shorts: Family Life

[Oppeldeldoc1]

The mother always reminds me a little of Elsa Lanchester, but without the comical eccentric stuff.

[jldraw]

Doesn't Katharine remind you a little bit of Maggie Gyllenhaal or maybe Winona Ryder?

[JohnnyCxviii]

Josh, you are hilarious. Next time you're in St. Louis, come on over and watch a few shorts with me. --John

[reubenthetadpole]

Clown college kitchen cabinets.

[Timewap]

4:09 "I made a list to guide us"

Yeah work it out together, as long as it's my plan.

[thefaboloussob]

Funny thing about "Family Life, Inc. LLC"; I wouldn't consider sending their four retired "partners" to convalescent homes "golden parachutes."

[thefaboloussob]

Hard 2 believe, but I've seen houses like that (& older) here in downtown Bakersfield. They're occupied by doctor's or dentist's offices.

[MysterySTForever]

Man, you are on fire in this one!! Very good job!!

"Butt-fast? What the hell?"

[needles1987]

Harold said "budget" as if it was a four letter word.

[gan0nsl4y3r]

xD

[snakes3425]

Here's how to handel finances: get in line for a Government bailout

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

"Off for another day at Crystal Lake"

With that Voorhees boy! XD

[Decentralism]

Hey, I'm cooking the books!

[pdlbean]

"That night, Mrs. Miller was thinking about what Harold said." "But fast? What the hell?" XD

"Magnets, I mean." Nice.

At the end of the short, I'm still betting on magic.

[thesmallestinsanity]

family council meetings. Oh man, some memories there.

[zbradley1990]

They're living in the Griffin House(Family Guy)

[reddyredd]

F*ckin Magnets

[Barbiecarcrusher]

"Butt fast what the hell" LOL!!!!

[45gunner]

the dad DOES sound like obi-wan!....imagine him saying="the sand people (next door) frighten easliy but they will return....and in greater numbers!".......LOL!

Thanks for posting......love these clips!

[ShadesofScorpius]

"Later, the stupid, entitled, white people fight some more." HAHAHAH OMG love it!

[grecomic]

If every American family makes sacrifices... then we won't need no socialized medicine like those commie countries!

[blugreen123]

do all the Coronet films have the same narrator?

1:24, that's an ugly-ass skirt

2:28, what bitchy kids!

apparently Harold grew up to be a young Richie Valens

"later, the stupid, entitled white people fight some more"

4:21, that looks like the same handwriting as the list in "Planning a Party"

i'm sure all kids love to have weekly family meetings

"I spent all that on egg creams and dippity -do's!

[AtomicSpike]

That kitchen looks like it was designed by a junior high drama club.

[TheGreatYellow]

The father kind of sounds like a younger Alec Guiness.

[MST3K1986]

@TheGreatYellow

"Well in order to be like the Millers, you are first required to go to the Degobah System..."

[smartbunny]

This family needs a good iron supplement. And good grief, I do love those kitchen cabinets!

[889654]

You had me at the Friday the 13th reference XD

[purpleshamrock17]

"our lives are a living hell!"

" 'cuz im incompetent, stupid!" (someone needs to slap those kids upside the head)

"Sensible planning ROCKS!"

I dont know which is more funny: the awesome commentary or the cheesy film! Great job!

[DGF2099]

Whinny-assed crybabies!

[061342]

Read Proclamation to the world Josh

[Strannik01]

Crystal Lake is a real town in Chicagoland area (where Coronet was based). Not that it makes the riff any less funny.

[GusF]

"Very Arch Hall, Jr."

[LordQuadros]

Remember, kids: A healthy and balanced family life means piling unreasonable expectations on one family member (Preferably the mother) and exploding with anger when they aren't met.

[MSkull01]

"How do they work?" "Magnets, I mean."

Wow, didn't see that one coming. Once again, great riff!

[Iamafishproductions]

"Off for another day at Crystal Lake, with that Voorhes boy."

"Taking your family for granted really takes it out of ya."

At 3:56 I expected a long silence, followed by an outburst of derisive laughter and father demanding mother get back in the kitchen.

"NERDS!"

I don't think the threat of disintegration by Gort could get a modern family to be this lobotomizingly civil.

Awesome riffing, Josh. This short sure needed it.

[Whip0fAlchemy]

Sure seems like mom is pretty booked solid... Oh wait. It's 1949.

[Enterprise2700]

i love the "suzerain-vassal" reference! lol xD

[badboyforlife10195]

Shit, this is funn-e

[badboyforlife10195]

6th comment... Few minutes after show.

"I thought we established it was magic" XD

[DigitalBookWorm]

I was laughing so hard! You're hilarious.

But I'm surprised nothing was said of the mother's hair. It's hideous, I couldn't stop staring.

[needles1987]

Harold is so ugly.

[keen14you]

Bless you sir, for bringing out the alleged "fun" implied in this short! Budgets, chores, and endless dinner table meetings bring fun and happiness? Yeh right...

[FinalGamerJames]

That is without a doubt, the most whiny-ass family I've ever seen in my life.

[TheIr0nMike]

@FinalGamerJames This is your first time seeing a white family, isn't it?

[FinalGamerJames]

@TheIr0nMike One from the 50s at least yeah XD

[thefaboloussob]

@FinalGamerJames But still, these guys ain't as entertaining as the Fishers ("Six Feet Under").

[doggans]

In some of those shots, the dad looks eerily like Kevin Dunn.