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This is Spinal Tap (1984) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-01-16 23:00:09
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I am so glad I decided to watch this. And there's a sequel that released last year?! Not gonna lie, I'll prob watch that too. Should I react to it or just watch it on my own time? And forgive me for not recognizing David until the literal very end of the movie. 🥲

I'm excited for your thoughts! Enjoy the reaction! 🥰

✦ KL

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This is Spinal Tap (1984) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction

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Steve Mercier

Oh, fucking hell yes! Just the birth of the mockumentary, and one of the funniest movies ever made...that's all. "These go to eleven..."

Nathan Jasper

def react to the sequel! glad to see this on your watched list now

Death Lego

I'll have to stay up late for this one now. I'll always remember when me and my cousin watched this for the first time. We fell about laughing when he said "You can't dust for vomit." If I texted her now about watching this, I know she'd have to quote that line. (Maybe if I prompted a bit.) lol

Death Lego

BBC iplayer volume goes to 11 as a nod to this movie. lol

Vincent Hollow

Some of the random things Tap would talk about amongst themselves or to Marty for interview clips were similar to what Bruce Dickenson from Iron Maiden would say to the crowd when I used to see them in the early 2000's. I can't remember the full context, but when he was introducing "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", he closed his story by saying, in a very assertive and matter-of-fact tone, " BUT I KNOW A FUCKING ALBATROSS WHEN I SEE ONE!" I will never forget that line. 🤣🤣🤣

Vincent Hollow

If you want another movie that's similar to Spinal Tap in its parody humor and ridiculousness, and Almost Famous with its coming of age story and banger soundtrack, DETROIT ROCK CITY is a must! It's basically a movie by KISS for KISS fans!

Tyler Foster

Not only is Chuck McGill playing David St. Hubbins, but if you look you'll also catch Clifford Main, aka Ed Begley Jr., who has a brief, out-of-focus, silent cameo as the drummer of the older incarnation of the band, The Thamesmen, seen in the brief black-and-white clip right near the beginning of the film. Also, correction: you've also seen McKean as Mr. Green ("*I* didn't do it!") in Clue (1985). In addition to McKean, the other two Spinal Tap band members are Christopher Guest, who was indeed in The Princess Bride, and has famously been married to Jamie Lee Curtis since the 1980s (if I'm remembering correctly, she saw his photo in a magazine and immediately told the person she was with she was going to marry him, and she was right), and Harry Shearer, who is known the world over for voicing several characters on "The Simpsons." Shearer also has a second appearance in the movie as the radio announcer who makes the "Where are they now?" crack about the band. You caught Billy Crystal's brief appearance, but his other mime waiter compatriot is future "SNL" star Dana Carvey. Also, the driver of the limousine who talks about Frank Sinatra was Bruno Kirby, would later work with Reiner again in When Harry Met Sally as Jess, the man for Carrie Fisher's Marie. Guest has gone onto make a series of similar mockumentaries -- Waiting For Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and the Netflix TV show "Mascots" (2016) -- using the same improv technique you read about on the Wiki, many of which feature the same revolving cast of talented comedians and improvisers (more than a couple of which also appear here). Spinal Tap and Guffman are probably a big reason "The Office" exists. Guest, McKean, and Shearer are in fact doing their own singing and playing, and have performed in character occasionally as Spinal Tap. Also, This is Spinal Tap was the 12th-ever entry into The Criterion Collection way back in the LaserDisc era, where they had the three guys record an audio commentary (as well as Reiner and other crew members on a different commentary). That LD and the later DVD version eventually went out-of-print and were among the first valuable (and widely-pirated) DVDs. When MGM decided to put out their own DVD to address the demand, and they couldn't include the Criterion tracks because they didn't have the rights, they asked the trio to record a new commentary. Not wanting to repeat themselves, the three actors decided to improvise a commentary in-character as the band. (In 2025, Criterion re-established a licensing agreement with MGM, and their new 4K UHD/BD includes all three commentaries, plus a bunch of other stuff, like 100 minutes of deleted scenes.)

Sam

The IMDB rating for This is Spinal Tap also goes to 11.

DarthChef

My four word review of this reaction, "Not a shit sandwich"

Sam

Cool reaction. This is one of the funniest films I'm ever seen. Every little detail is just perfect. As for watching the sequel as a reaction or on your own time, I'd suggest neither, to be honest. If This is Spinal Tap is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, Spinal Tap 2 is the opposite of that :D

Chad Jenkins

If you've got the time for it someday, there's one with commentary, and the guys stay in character the whole time, adding another layer to the rockumentary