SCREEN/LISTINGS IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE—Your entrance into this special screening of the holiday classic supports the Idaho Foodbank, Northwest Animal Companions and/or the Idaho Humane Society. Bring a can/bag/box of unopened people or pet food, sit back and enjoy. Dec. 22-Dec. 23, Noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Donation only. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, egyptiantheatre.net.
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BACK FROM HELL: A TRIBUTE TO SAM KINISON Denis Leary, Chris Rock, Jay Leno, Lewis Black, Ice T, Norm MacDonald, Pauly Shore. Big names, but none as big as the one they all cite as an influence: Sam Kinison. Comedy Central has released a DVD that fans of the foul-mouthed comedian are going to love. Back From Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison, includes clips of some of Kinison’s best bits— “Don’t send them food, send them U-Hauls,” and thoughts from the likes of Chris Rock: “I miss my dad, and I miss Sam Kinison.” Bonus features include stories from The Comedy Store and Kinison’s performance of “Wild Thing.”
FAMILY GUY: IT’S A TRAP! Once again, the family from Quahog, R.I., riffs on one of the most famous franchises in the world. This third and final installment of Family Guy-does-Star Wars brings back Princess Lois, Stewie Vader, Chris Skywalker, Peter Solo and more as they take on Return of the Jedi. Carrie Fisher, Patrick Stewart, Adam West and Rush Limbaugh all contribute their vocal talents. Fans of the first two spoofs feel the same way about It’s A Trap! as Star Wars fans felt about Jedi, but the Lucas camp must be OK with it. At starwars.com, it’s described as “spectacular and offensively uproarious.” You decide. —Amy Atkins
SCREEN/INTERNET RUNNING WILDE-LY UNFUNNY How can a show produced by the creator of Arrested Development that stars Will Arnett and David Cross be so unfunny? Running Wilde (Fox) features narration by a 12-year-old girl as well as broad musical cues to indicate transitions and punch lines. A laugh track would be funnier than the actual jokes. The music insists to viewers: “This is getting wackier and wackier. Laugh accordingly. Laugh now! Wait, this part is really romantic. OK, laugh at this situational comedy again!” Will Arnett’s character, Steven Wilde, is a rich guy trying to convince his eco-loving exflame Emmy Kadubic (Keri Russell) that he’s not so bad even though he has never heard of a dollar store or a car payment. The main reason for the show’s general humorlessness might be that Will Arnett isn’t funny outside of Arrested Development. Remember the slow but incontrovertible revelation that Jason Alexander isn’t funny except when he’s playing George Costanza? Same thing here. Also, the characters are behaviorally disconnected from reality. David Cross plays
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Running Wilde is on Fox on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. For now.
an eco-terrorist who shows up after traveling on a garbage barge. Wouldn’t he at least wipe the Cheerio off of his neck? And even if he chose to ignore it, wouldn’t the Cheerio come off naturally? That’s the primary problem with Running Wilde—nothing comes off naturally. Whoops, Fox has not ordered any more episodes of the show. At least that’s kind of funny. —Damon Hunzeker WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M