The Morning Watch John Williams Conducts The Last Jedi The Comedy Influence Of Doug Kenney More

The Morning Watch: John Williams Conducts ‘The Last Jedi’, The Comedy Influence Of Doug Kenney & More

By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 29, 2018 5:00 am EST

First up, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson recorded this behind the scenes video of composer John Williams conducting his orchestra while playing the iconic theme from the entire Star Wars saga. It doesn’t get much better than this, and if you get the chance to see John Williams conduct an orchestra, make sure you take advantage of it.

Next up, with the funny biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture now available on Netflix (read our review), watch this breakdown of how the film’s subject Doug Kenney (Will Forte) changed comedy forever with the creation of National Lampoon. You may not realize just how much of an impact Kenny and National Lampoon had on the trajectory of comedy, but this little featurette lays it all out.