This Is The Spinal Tap Lawsuit

"This is Spinal Tap," with its eminent quotability, is a cultural touchstone. I had heard of it, but not seen the movie until last year, when my husband sat down to watch it with me as part of his Sisyphean task of filling in the gaps in my pop culture knowledge.

In comedy, timing is everything. Perhaps I just saw "This is Spinal Tap" too late in life, or after seeing too many other movies that bore its influence, to appreciate the novelty in the same way my husband did. The two of us spent the evening together watching it, one of us laughing hysterically (often in anticipation) and the other listening attentively for the punchline (often long past it).

So why would I choose this topic for a blog post? It's all in the timing.