Spinal Tap - Backstage/Mini-Bread catastrophe

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[lexworthington]

"It does disturb me but I'll rise above it I'm a professional."

[maxcady]

"I've been working with this for like half an hour"

😂

[martyrdanielson]

During my freshman year in college, fall of 1986, we watched this movie in my dorm. I was laughing my head off, and one of my dorm-mates got pissed. He thought it was a legit documentary. There was no Internet, no way to look it up. A guy had taped it off HBO, so we didn't even have the cover of the VHS to consult.

He insisted that Spinal Tap was a legendary band. I tried to explain that it was fiction -- "See, that's Meathead from All in the Family. That guy is Lenny from Laverne & Shirley. Those guys are from Saturday Night Live." The dude thought I was mocking him, and legitimately wanted to fight. He wanted to go outside and actually throw punches. I couldn't stop laughing, and he just kept getting madder.

We don't stay in touch.

[vlobvloblvlov]

"Who's in here? No one...And then in here, there's a little guy! It's a complete catastrophe!" In tears.

[montag]

The actor playing the manager is brilliant in this scene here. Realistic, understated humor.

[pwnedshift]

i've been working with this for about half an hour

[worldaccordingtodunk]

Love the use of the term 'complete catastrophe'

[marrymemaddie]

He has a point though. That was ridiculous. Thankfully, Nigel is a professional and he will rise above it.

[glennerz]

"Look - who's in here? No-one, and then in here, there's a little guy!"

[BlueMHart]

I don't know why, but this to me is the funniest scene in the whole movie. "Why would you keep folding it??"

[Jonger]

“Well, why would you keep folding it?” 😂

[Pearsquisher]

I love how neat Ian made that folded meat look on the bread at 0:46 before Nigel then insists that now everything needs to be folded and wrecks it. It's another dimension to the amazing acting really in the heat of an improv scene

[tufnall]

"Ive been working with this now for half an hour". priceless.

[tomgio]

To this day, every time I buy Spanish olives at the supermarket, I think in my head “look, there’s a little guy.”

[NickHarman]

Nigel's so determined to find something to complain about and show his power, even if the problem is an olive without its stuffing. Wonderful.

[StamfordBridge]

“I’ll rise above it; I’m a professional.” A line I must have quoted a thousand times over the years.

[houseofshuffles]

1:11 Ian's expression when he realises what he's dealing with...

[thijsbergman]

Nigel: half minute rant
Manager: so you'd like bigger bread
Nigel: yes

[daveygivens]

Has this movie lost a single step in 33 years? Nope.

[TheMikeMase]

the way guest says "i dont even know where to start" is so subtlety brilliant - his character is clearly looking for a reason to be disgruntled when asked (even though he doesn't actually have one) and acts like there are a million problems when in reality he can't actually nail down a single one. simple shit like that nails the essence of celebrity, where one is so pampered you begin looking for something to be wrong when all is clearly right - part 1 of 110438493843 of why this is a brilliant satire. so great.