I guess My Life and a Movie (CBC/Adjacent2Entertainment, 2005) was left on the shelf for almost three years before CBC gave it a belated airing on July 10, 2008. The promotion was such that I only found out about the show while going through the Bell ExpressVu program guide. Thursday seems to be CBC's dumping ground for stockpiled comedies until the Olympics, if this and last week's The Dead Beat is any indication.
Jeremy Hotz plays Jeremy, the host of a cult film program. He frequently confuses reality with the exploitation films he likes so much. Jeremy is a pest in general, talking to seniors about the large size of condoms ("How big would the bedroom have to be to roll one of these bodybags out?") and annoying both his doctor and psychiatrist with his hypochondria. The doctor is also his ex-wife, and Jeremy suspects that the psychiatrist only prescribes him medication so she can finally have her way with him.
The first, and possibly only, two episodes of My Life and a Movie feature Jeremy's experiences dating a big-breasted bank teller and a normal-breasted writer. In the second episode his stepmother can be seen on one of the four screens that make up his set. Jeremy synopses one film per episode, My Life and a Movie being an excuse to show clips of the latest film that's literally ruining his mind. In keeping with the reality-blurring theme, My Life and a Movie also has a narrator.
The general conceit of the show is laid bare in the opening credits, the first show dealing with Jeremy's "pnigerophobia." He watched Deadly Weapons and is afraid of being smothered by large breasts for the duration of the episode. The pairing of Deadly Weapons clips with My Name Is Earl-type humour isn't as good as it should be, especially since Jeremy Hotz wrote this show and is capable of much funnier material than this. At least viewers get to see Chesty Morgan use her breasts to incapacitate someone, so the episode isn't a total loss.
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1 - joshhes
Can someone tell me the cast of the movie, i cant find it anywhere.