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This is Spinal TapOther

by Rob Reiner

Who uses, recommends or left This is Spinal Tap, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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John Scalzi
Science fiction novelist (Old Man's War, Redshirts, The Kaiju Preservation Society); has blogged at Whatever since 1998.
loved

This is Spinal Tap offers a lot of joy. It is one of the funniest movies ever made, a movie that can make you laugh until you cry, and also, make you laugh even if you have been crying.

One entry in his December Comfort Watches series, a movie a day that he returns to for comfort.

2025-12-15·whatever.scalzi.com ↗

King Princess
Mikaela Straus, American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Brooklyn who records as King Princess; her debut single "1950" (2018) went platinum, followed by Cheap Queen (2019) and Hold On Baby (2022).
loved

Making fun of the music industry never gets old, and This Is Spinal Tap is so comically accurate.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by King Princess, the entry for This Is Spinal Tap.

2025-09-16·criterion.com ↗

Ty Segall
American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer of garage and psychedelic rock, with more than a dozen solo albums, and a member of the bands Fuzz and GØGGS.
loved

This Is Spinal Tap is one of the funniest movies ever.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Ty Segall, the entry for This Is Spinal Tap.

2022-08-26·criterion.com ↗

Bill Hader
American actor, comedian and filmmaker; Saturday Night Live cast member and co-creator of Barry.
loved

I first saw This Is Spinal Tap when I was seven or eight, and it totally changed my life.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Bill Hader, the entry for This Is Spinal Tap.

2011-03-17·criterion.com ↗

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