This will interest those of you who have a love for the movie, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I write a lot about it on this site and get a lot of mail about it. An oft-asked question is whether there's anything to the near-constant rumor that a full-fledged, updated remake is in the works. Answer: No, and I've long been skeptical that it even could be done. The joy of that film is in its celebration of a certain kind of comedian and character actor that just plain doesn't exist any longer. There are a lot of funny people in the world today but they're not funny in the same way that Phil Silvers was funny, that Buddy Hackett was funny, that Milton Berle was funny on those rare occasions when Milton Berle was funny, etc.
However, there have been movies that have attempted to replicate some of the spirit of Mad World. And as my fellow Mad World enthusiast Paul Scrabo reports in our video link today, there has even been one film that looks darn close to a remake…
