AintItCoolNews.com: Harry EXTRACTs a lot of laughs from Mike Judge's Latest!

By Harry Knowles
Ain'tItCoolNews.com
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August 19, 2009

Went to the premiere of EXTRACT tonight. I really haven't liked any of the spots on TV nor any of the trailers. I was there as one of the sponsors for the event, though I'm not real sure how that happened. I'm relatively sure that I was never even asked about it. Seriously Yet there on the marquee was AICN.

No, I was there because my wife and I worship KING OF THE HILL nightly on Adult Swim. Watching a little bit of Hank Hill's familial and friendly existence is just the thing to give you just a taste of joy, before going to sleep.

I missed OFFICE SPACE on its initial run. Never had a chance to see IDIOCRACY in theaters, so other than the BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA 'event' premiere way back when... I haven't attended or seen a Mike Judge film theatrically. And that is not a badge of honor. It's a badge of shame, hung squarely around the neck of the folks at Fox that really seemed to relish tormenting a man, from all accounts, that is just about as regular a guy as you could ever hope to meet.

Not that I've really met Mike Judge. We see each other around, but frankly. The man intimidates me. KING OF THE HILL kills me regularly - and watching the show with my wife is one of just the flat out plain simple joys of life. You don't have to plan it, it just happens and it makes us happy...



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