Harold Ramis (1944 - 2014)

"It's hard for winners to do comedy. Comedy is inherently subversive. We represent the underdog as comedy usually speaks for the lower classes. We attack the winners."

It's with great sadness that this week sees the closure in the chapter of one of the greatest comedic writers of the last 35 years. Harold Ramis passed away due to 'complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis', and just like that, the world of comedy feels that much smaller for it.

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Meatballs (1979)

"Is that a bra you're wearing, or are you expecting an assassination attempt?"

Summer camp always looked like the most amazing adventure a teen could have, especially if under the age of 18. Living in cabins in the woods, swimming in lakes, attending campfires, making new friends, defeating bullies, chasing girls... it's no wonder it became a staple coming-of-age setting for many American genre films. Sadly it is a genre that is so purely American that I can't imagine it translating well into any other culture or country. We certainly had nothing like it when I was growing up, nor would I really want to see the likes of this set in the rural Irish countryside. It would probably feel more like a borstal prison film than any ones idea of a fun time.

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