Watching the first half of Good Burger on Netflix with Alex qualified as the high point of last Saturday. We were supposed to go to a convention in Lawrence, but the weather was going to be crap out there, so Alex suggested Oktoberfest with some other people instead. I should have trusted my instincts that a festival about beer was not the place for a non-drinker, but I thought I'd take a chance. Maybe there would be interesting crafts or cheap bratwursts or something. Hahahahahahahaha, no.
Moral of the story: Never take a chance on new experiences.
Anyway, Good Burger. A '90s movie that feels like an '80s movie, with its band of weirdos (including Abe Vigoda, was not expecting that) trying to save the local burger chain place from being run out of business by the nefarious national chain Mondo Burger. Also has the slowly building friendship between opposites with Ed (Kel Mitchell) and Dexter (Kenan Thompson). Also, via Ed, has a lot of humor that reminds me of what you might see on Adult Swim. Not in terms of profanity, but the randomness of his responses or reactions to things around him. So Dexter asks if they've met before, and Ed asks if Dexter's been to Australia. Dexter replies no, so does Ed, very disappointed. Or else he takes things extremely literally. Guy asks for burger with nothing on it, Ed gives him a bun, with nothing on it. Because a meat patty would be something, duh.
So it was dumb as hell, but I laughed a lot more than I expected I would. Only half of those laughs were at Sinbad's ridiculous outfits.
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