No hyberbole. This was the funniest movie I’ve seen in a theatre since Old School (not to be all up in Todd Phillips’ – director of both – jock).

In terms of Power Ranking the cast, Ed Helm’s (The Office, SNL) is definitely overshadowed by Bradley Cooper. And both are left to bow in the wake of Zach Galifianakis – who owes us an explanation for a certain something that happened in the credits. But I got to hand it to Helms. He held his own as the wimpy guy in the crew, who is not all gutless and annoying (anyone disagree?) Check out Helms’ here flexing the golden pipes during the we need a montage moment of the movie (apologies for the promotional nature of this particular video)…

That’s but one iota of the knock down, drag out hilarity. Don’t take my word for it, check out this post from Deadline Hollywod on how The Hangover was Made (H/T to Pop Candy for that link). Or better yet, don’t ask questions and just go see the movie.

Old School Derby Association informs us that yesterday marked the 73rd anniversary of the first Roller Derby, held in Chicago in 1935.

Hell on wheels was graciously brought forth by a gentleman named Leo Seltzer, who after reading a magazine article that said 93% of Americans had, at one point in their life, roller skated decided to launch the sport.

Seltzer’s first iteration of Roller Derby had folks skating around an oval track for as many as 11-hours, in marathon races meant to simulate the 3000-mile distance between Los Angeles and New York.

The distance was quickly scaled back and the team concept was also adapted. The ruthlessness has always been encouraged, with five minute sprint races – which often saw elbows being thrown and collisions taking place – being inserted during the early derbies for extra prize money.