My Cousin Vinny
dir. Jonathan Lynn (1992)
Very few comedies hold up after 30+ years, but this one does! Adroitly scripted and impeccably directed, with bravura performances by Marisa Tomei (Oscar for best supporting actress), Joe Pesci and Fred Gwynne, My Cousin Vinny remains an eminently quotable courtroom classic.
Yes Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon. James Hacker, Volume I
ed. Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay (BBC, 1986)
A droll reworking (by the same writers) of the television series broadcast earlier that year. The machinations and absurdities of government are exposed with an equivalent cleverness but the humour is necessarily diminished, coming across in commonplace echoes of the original performances.