Best In Show

***1/2 – Dog show people are a rare breed. Yes, that was a pun. It was a risky move, but I stand by it. Anyway, what I mean when I say “rare breed” is actually “bunch of morons.” This 2nd Christopher Guest helmed mockumentary in a series of three does with dog show what “Waiting for Guffman” did with amateur theatre people. While it is not quite as funny as the prior film it used a very similar formula and had a lot of funny lines. Guest’s stable of actors including himself, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey and the rest of the crew are back for this one after doing an outstanding all around job in “Waiting for Guffman”. Once again, Fred Willard - portraying a clueless announcer at the dog show who keeps asking his clearly annoyed partner stupid questions and making ridiculous sports analogies – steals the show with his outstanding deadpan delivery. Not all of the characters work, but enough of them do to make this very enjoyable. Guest’s redneck bait shop salesman and a guy who is the most overly campy gay that I have ever seen (he acted how I imagine Paul Lynde would if he was born a generation later than he was) are lowlights.