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You'd think he'd mind if I went out with Beth?

Oh, and best portrayal of a 60s Camaro apart from Tuff Turf.

The paperboy is by far the best skier of them all and should have gotten, not only his $2, but Beth as well... sking on a bike...BRILLIANT!!!!

I lost a lot of respect of Mr. Cusack for his feelings on this movie...especially since, not only was this movie great, it was one of HIS better roles...

My wife never saw BOD in the 80s and hated it when I finally got her to watch the whole thing a few years back. I just don't understand how anyone can hate this movie with all of the great lines!

What's a little boy like you doing with big boy smut like this?

It has raisins in it. You like raisins!

It sure is....warm.

Gee, Ricky, I'm real sorry your mom blew up.

Come on, Man, it's Christmas Eve! I could be at home right now drinking this killer egg nog my brother makes with lighter fluid!

Lane Meyer. Is he your main weiner man?

I could go on for hours! GREAT MOVIE!

head pounding like a Mickey Rourke fuck against a stone staircase.

Now that's a good hangover...

This is a movie that's infinitely "eh" and yet it burrows into your brain. I love the Howard Cosell Asians, the station wagon nostalgia and yes, the newspaper boy gang.

"This is pure snow! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?"

JH maybe it's the mood you're in- my hubby had me watch it too and I haaaaaaated it. So maybe now a days, you have to have a raging hangover to enjoy it. Bottoms up! I'll give it another go.

I love this movie. So much. I never knew that Cusack hated it so much. That's sad.

You look like a fine little helper. What's your name?

I didn't know Cusack had such disdain for what I consider one of the greatest comedies ever. Serendipity, America's Sweethearts, Must Love Dogs, et al. are slowly killing the cred he built up in the 80s and up to High Fidelity, I'm beginning to question his sanity anyway.

This is the best movie of the 80s in my mind.
"I want my two dollars!"
I have to say that I will sometimes loan my sister 2 dollars just to yell that at her. She doesn't think it's funny, but I do!
There is just so much awesomeness in one flick. I love his best friend...wasn't his nickname Booger? Or was that another Curtis Armstrong Character...they all blend together.

No, I got Booger was Revenge of the Nerds...nevermind. Still loved him.

Better Off Dead is a gem, but I'd dispute that The Sure Thing is "lesser." The Sure Thing takes a number of genres that are generally pretty stupid, does them well, and is funny to boot. Plus it's the movie that established John Cusack as irresistible to many in my age bracket. I liked it when I was in its demographic, and I still like it--as opposed to Say Anything, which I appreciate more now than I did when it was released (yet another sign that Cameron Crowe is better at nostalgia than at representing the actual present--which is fine, but not what I generally see him credited for).

However, it is hard to resist Lane's mom's presentation of her "French" dinner in honor of Monique. "And to drink, Peru!"

JH- As I mentioned in the Trois Couleurs comment thread, the "raisins" quote is something I say all the time.

I also like the quote about "throwing away a perfectly good white boy." Just thinking of it, made me giggle.

I do have a confession, however; this is a movie that I often don't enjoy watching as much as I think I will. But I think the idea of approaching it as something you catch snippets of, has merit. It is so fantastically quote-worthy.

Oh, and while I'm making confessions about John Cusack films, I never enjoyed Say Anything as much as I thought I was supposed to.

:ducks:

I do love John Cusack, though--I swear!

Every time I see BOD or Bill and Ted or Last American Virgin I wonder how Diane Franklin wasn't a bigger star.

See Dustin, I told you he's an asshole.

But I love this movie and Hooray for finally having a reason that ABC Family exists!

The burgers were stop motion clay Dustin. Stop motion clay. That whole montage. You make me sad in the pants Dustin. Sad in the pants.

This was the first flick I ever taped off the TV. I watched it so much my dad thought the VCR was broken the one time I forgot to set the tracking back to normal. To this day, I can't hear "Foxy Lady" without seeing Taylor Negron (as the mail guy) walking toward Lane's house.

Oh, and while I'm making confessions about John Cusack films, I never enjoyed Say Anything as much as I thought I was supposed to.

Tamatha, I like that movie...but I don't worship it the way some do, despite the fact that I adore old school (and High Fidelity/Grosse Pointe Blank) Cusack and that "In Your Eyes" is my favorite song in the history of ever.

To be honest,I prefer One Crazy Summer. Sigh...I can't help it, I love that movie.

:hands PissBoy's pants some Prozac:

Tamatha, I hear you. I can watch Say Anything now and think, "Oh, there's some nice stuff in this," but it's not one of my favorites. Still, that's better than my reaction when it first came out: "Wow, this is a rare attempt to treat teens seriously, and it's really boring."

Good gods, I love this movie. Every scene, and I'm pissed that I was buying vitamins online while everyone else was stealing the good quotes.

"Now that's a shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."

Sorry, you can't mention BOD without me quoting something from it.

I'm sad Cusack didn't appreciate the flick, though.

Julie and Kate,
I was in high school when SA came out, and I remember being so very excited for it. And then I saw it (in the theatre, of course), and well, my reaction was, "Meh."

Julie I agree that "In Your Eyes" is a really awesome song. And I fondly remember One Crazy Summer, though I haven't seen it in forever.

Is there anyone who careens wildly between apparent assholishness and genuine nice-guy likeability as much as John Cusack? I will never understand this guy. Fantastic film, I still annoy Mrs. socalled with quotes to this day, and she refuses to watch it on principle.

"Gee, sorry your mom blew up, Ricky."

"Love! The international language of LOVE!"

Every time I see BOD or Bill and Ted or Last American Virgin I wonder how Diane Franklin wasn't a bigger star.

Guh, I had a thing for her too. Non-traditionally gorgeous in an era of absolute bimbo-teen-movie girls. Her final scene in Last American Virgin still feels like a knife in my gut.

Okay, so we have a hangover helper for the weekend. But since most Pajiban heavy drinking takes place mid-week when the trade round ups usually prompt a frenzy of Comments that require thge use of ATO's drinking rules, what are we supposed to do for the Wednesday/Thursday morning hangover?

"what? you mean him?
Ricky's mom affirms
"and her?..."
Ricky's mom affirms
"That makes sense."

I LOVE Better Off Dead! But I think it is one of those movies that you had to have seen as a teenager to appreciate. If I had never seen it and watched it now for the first time I must admit I may not appreciate it's brilliance. That being said, every time I bust out an "I want my $2" someone will get it. This movie molded a generation of movie geeks.
Along with, "How about a greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray?" and "That you? I thought you my new American Style girlfriend."

Oh shit! I forgot about Taylor Negron's walkman. Beautiful.

I do have to curb my instinct to shout "BOSCO!" whenever I see a dog wearing a neck cone.

You know what John Cusack movie I liked that was not well received by others? America's Sweethearts. I'll watch it pretty much whenever it's on the telly.

I'm not even bothering to duck. I liked it. You heard me.

Popsi_zen- I think you hit the nail on the head.

Dammit, posting too fast:

And Porky's in it!!

Popsi, I often put out new proclamations of "New style ______ girlfriend"s, though they tend to be various UK locations instead, ie. Julie Gardner and Kate Magowan, but it warms my heart that I know someone *will* get it.

Tamatha...hee hee, this is totally off topic, but you addressing us as "Julie and Kate" made me laugh. My sister's name is Kate, and I suddenly had a flashback to my mom screaming "JULIE AND KATE!!!" to us as we attempted to scale the huge pine tree in our backyard so we could throw our Rainbow Brite dolls from a greeaaat height. Good times.

Is there anyone who careens wildly between apparent assholishness and genuine nice-guy likeability as much as John Cusack?

So true Socalled, he seems so charismatic and sweet, and then I hear horrible things about what him and my crush descends from "But you played Rob Gordon, marry me!" to "You're a dick, but I'd still be down for a hate fuck."

And Kate, I would also point out (though I love BOD) that the funniest moment in The Sure Thing -- due entirely to Cusack's unparalleled deadpan delivery -- trumps anything that BOD has to offer: Stranded on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere in the pouring rain, with no money and no way of finding a place to stay.
Daphne Zuniga, looking through her purse: "Oh, I have a credit card!"
Cusack:"You have a credit card?"
Zuniga: "Yes. But my father told me only to use it in case of an emergency."
Cusack, sitting down heavily on the ground on the side of the highway in the middle of nowhere in the rain: "Well, maybe one will come up, then."

Julie, that is my favorite song ever as well!

i love this movie, but i always fast forward through the cheeseburger scene.

Hee-Kelley, I even have two versions on my iPod...lately I can't stop listening to the Jeffrey Gaines version on repeat, it's so pretty I was ready to make out with my dog*.

He's really cute though.

That's good, BabyTyrone, but I've always been partial to the delivery in his poolside attempt to get Daphne Zuniga to tutor him.

"I flunk English, I'm outta here. I gotta get a job, and you know what that means. That's right, they start me at the drive-up window and I gradually work my way up from shakes to burgers, and then one day my lucky break comes: the french fry guy dies and they offer me the job. But the day I'm supposed to start some men come by in a black Lincoln Continental and tell me I can make a quick 300 just for driving a van back from Mexico. When I get out of jail I'm 36 years old. Living in a flop house. No job. No home. No upward mobility. Very few teeth. And then one day they find me, face down in the gutter, clutching a bottle of paint thinner and why? Because you wouldn't help me in English."

Once a co-worker announced that she was thinking about naming her baby Eliot, and it was all I could do not to burst out with the anti-Eliot rant.

Plus his rescue of Daphne from the truck is just awesome. That scene gets more disturbing every time I see it, but Cusack's performance is spot-on in being scary, funny, and a relief.

I can walk into any room and say, "I want my two dollas!" and somebody will know exactly what I'm talking about. And God forbid if you owe someone in my office two dollars. You will never hear the end of it.

I still don't know why "Fleming" was changed to "Gordon" (though the adaptation on the whole was a damn skillful one, I thought).

I often appear to be the only person who even cares about this difference.

But then, I often appear to be the only person indifferent to "Grosse Pointe Blank".

Buuut, maybe that's okay, I can keep my Robs separate. I pictured Rob Fleming as Rob Dickinson from Catherine Wheel for years due to the buzzcut on the guy on the cover. Rob Gordon is then John. Guess you can say he's Earth-2 Rob.

But really....I musta missed something on "Grosse Pointe Blank", it was no "One Crazy Summer" in my book. But that's how it goes.

I can't condone actually avoiding "Everybody Wants Some" (I mean.....look at the title!!) but if that's what ya gotta do I can't stand in your way, Kelley.

Please, please, PLEASE review "Drive Me Crazy" for the next hungover movie. That movie is on every weekend, and I can't help but watch it. Its a terrible compulsion, and I'd like to know I'm not the only one who suffers from it.

The Sure Thing is one of my fave movies. Although many of the best lines weren't even JC's.

I'm always calling my friends and saying "Talkin' to ya cordless!" when they answer. I also love the old guy in the bar reminiscing about his trip to Paris with his wife and summing it up as "Boy am I glad she's dead." Classic!

I've only seen BOD once and about the only thing I can remember about it is the chick across the street and the paper boy.

I guess I'll have to revisit tomorrow as we're having mr.wsapnin's birthday party tonite. Hangova fo' sho'.

Can I vote against a film being reviewed for Hangover Theater? Because I would be really upset if you felt compelled to review Hope Floats just because it's on every weekend.

...head pounding like a Mickey Rourke fuck against a stone staircase.

Awesome. You have put into words the reason that I don't drink any more.

But Kolby, Hope Floats is such a good movie.

Ooh, and if we're voting for future Hangover Theater movies, my ballot is cast for So I Married an Axe Murderer.

"Look at the size of that boy's heed."
"Shh! You're going to give him a complex."
"Well, that's a huge noggin. That's a virtual planetoid. Has its own weather system."
"Shh!"
"I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik...spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offsides, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow."

Julie--I found that bit on YouTube a few weeks ago and played it for my kids. I think they watched it 5 times. The first time I saw it we had to stop the tape because I was 8 months pregnant and laughing so hard my belly hurt. Love it!

The French girl across the street... man. Is there HTML coding to suggest drooling at my computer? She was a goddam FOX... This flick, "Time Bandits" and "One Crazy Summer" kept me glued to the television many, many nights growing up. The French chick on the other hand, kept my hand glued to my... MUST... NOT... SPIRAL... INTO... FILTH...

Anyhow, was there a print interview where Cusack discusses his distaste of this film? Why didn't the interviewer reach across and backhand him?

Super quoteable even to the extent that my cousin's 15 year-old son knows the "I want my two dollars" quote, yet has no idea of it's orgins... I will remedy this through "Clockwork Orange" style viewings mixed with brutal blows about the head and neck. You can't quote something that you don't know, fer chrissake... It's like when my sixty-ish accountant made a goof and said "D'oh!". I tried to explain my outburst after he awoke from being beaned in the head with the stapler I chucked at him, but he was too busy calling the police... Pussy.

DAMNIT! Damnit damnit damnit damnit...this is what I get for not having been in the loop or the country when I was younger? I want priceless comedic memories of Cusack when he was good. And my netflix queue is full up! Seriously, they told me they can't put anymore in there...I've got most of the store! AAARGH!!! hate you all...

Oh, and wish Mr. wsapnin happy birthday...

Julie: I don't know if "So I married an Ax Murderer" would be an appropriate choice. Too much laughing makes for a big headache! I love that movie as well!
"Woman! Woman! WHOA-man!....you stole my heart and my cat!"

How about a hangover review of Summerschool, with Mark Harmon and that guy Chainsaw, who was one of the Croutons.

BOD is my Mom's favorite movie of all time. Poor dear had to search high and low for a copy of it on DVD a few years back. We love BOD because it is insanely hilarious, but also because my Dad's name is Ricky Smith. For some reason that fact is like icing on the BOD-cake.
"She only speaks French, Roy. She doesn't speak imbecile."

Julie- How about this:

JULIE AND KATE YOU GET OUTTA THAT TREE RIGHT THIS MINUTE! DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK YOUR NECKS! And what are you doing with your Rainbow Brite dolls?!? Remember what happened to Strawberry Shortcake and Huckleberry Pie? Now go to your room and think about what you've done.

Oh, Godtopus, I cannot tell you how much I love this movie. I have gotten my 13 year old son and 16 year old daughter hopelessly addicted to this movie. No one can EVER say anything about 2 dollars around any of us safely.

You know, I was shocked when I read that John Cusack had such feelings about what I feel is really a great throwback slapstick comedy. And, yet, he did "Must Love Dogs" and "Serendipity".....yes, something is very, very amiss in this world.....

"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that.

This has benn a very entertaining thread and I'm really pleased to... what?!

SOD... you... you haven't seen this? Oh, I get it, it's an early April Fool's thing... Hahahahaaa... Right? That's what it is, right?

If you haven't seen this... Fuck Netflix, get your ass to a Best Buy, or Blockbuster, or Vid-n-Tan or... I DUNNO, SOMETHING!!

Leave work. Now. Rent, buy or steal this movie. Go to a liquor store. Call others who haven't seen it. Drink. Watch movie. Drink more. Make out with someone you normally wouldn't. Drink more. Half-ass masturbate. Drink a little more. Email me your bank account number. Pass or black out. Wake up. Retch into garbage can. Call neighbor and apologize for taking a shit on their driveway. Order Pizza or Thai food. Rewatch movie. Join the quoting masses...

Okay, Tamatha, now you're confusing me because I DON'T have a sister named Julie! Also because I was encourage to climb trees and never liked dolls.

I don't have BOD at home, but I do have The Sure Thing, and I'm going to watch it when I get there. Stupid job.

Ha ha ha! Tamatha, you channeled my mother so well that I'm about ready to punish myself.

:sits in time out chair:

Lyricalcatt, too true, the excessive grinning while watching SOMaAM would probably split my wine-soaked head in two.

That should have been SIMaAM. :)

Kate- Hmm, you're going to have to give me a bit more to work with. Do you have a sibling? And that person's name? Or are you an only child? With just that little bit of info, I should be able to come up with a parental admonishment more appropriate for you.

Julie- I don't have kids of my own (nor do I want them), so I have to find outlets for the random maternal instincts I do have. :)

Oh, and your time out is over.

Don't rub it in, Skitt...sob...I have been deprived. Even as we speak, I've sent three coworkers away in tears when they found out as well. I...I have become ostracized at work. No one will look me in the eyes...

I will do as you all command. I will go and....wait, wait a minute...wait just a frakken minute....that doesn't sound right....something in there is off...

Oh, that's right...I don't masturbate half-assed. I commit.

Okay, calling my local video stores now...

The title of the last thread gave me a yearning for a review of this film, thanks for fulfilling my expectations so expeditously.
Can I second So I Married an Axe Murderer? I couldn't play the last comment diversion, just because that's how few dvd's I own, yet I own a copy of this movie.

"Piper down, we have a piper down"

Oh, that's right...I don't masturbate half-assed. I commit.

As well you should. What's the point of RSVPing yes if you don't come?

"Excuse me, but I believe a ordered the LARGE cappucinno?"

"Piper down, we have a piper down"

Oh my god phquaryn, how bad is this? At my grandfather's funeral over Christmas they played bagpipes before they did the how many gun salute (he was a cop)...while my siblings and I were standing there listening to the gorgeous, haunting music I leaned over to my brother and whispered "Piper down, we have a piper down." And thus we did pee our pants. :)

You know, when I saw So I Married an Ax Murderer in the theatre, I laughed so hard, it hurt. But when I rented it later, I found it much less funny. I'll have to watch it again and see how it holds up. I would really like it to be as funny as the first time I saw it.

Younger brother, Tamatha, and I don't know if he wants any part of his name out there! However, we don't make movies together. Or at least we've never tried. So we're obviously no Cusack family.

Oh, hey, according to IMDB, Better Off Dead will be airing Sunday. Maybe I should buy some Q-tips.

tamatha, it was the opposite for me. The first time I watched So I Married an Ax Murderer , I was less than impressed. Every time I've watched it since, however...it has only gotten funnier. It came on the other day while I was doing laundry, and at points I had to stop folding clothes and walk away, clutching my stomach with tears coming down my face.

"...the point of RSVPing yes if you don't come?"

Julie, this made me laugh and laugh...I'm so glad I'm by myself at lunch right now. It made me feel much better...in my happy place...

Julie--i never got into the jeffery gaines version. i have a "thing" against covers of cherished songs. sort of why i avoided across the universe after hearing the butchering of let it be. and the atari's version of boys of summer induces vomiting.

Jay--i just re-watched everybody wants some for you. i will continue to fast forward it :)

The first time I watched So I Married an Ax Murderer , I was less than impressed. Every time I've watched it since, however...it has only gotten funnier.

Me too! It wasn't until we began watching it repeatedly in college before I began to adore every facet of this movie.

And hee, I love when people say "happy place." When I was little I called it my "no no" place, which, well...that is very much not the case anymore. Quite the opposite.

Kate- Does this work?

KATE! WHY ARE YOU AND YOUR BROTHER PLAYING INSIDE? IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY! Go outside and climb a tree! Or chase butterflies! Do something--just get out of the house and get some fresh air. And make sure your little brother doesn't get hurt!

Even close?

tamatha, you've got it!

Kelley, I usually feel the same way, but for some reason I hunger for that song, so any version makes me happy. :) Plus the guitar is so pretty in the Gaines version. But no one tops my Peter Gabriel.

So when is "Betsy's Wedding" getting its underappreciated gem review (backdoor tangent with Anthony LaPaglia movies)?

Both are a deathless private language between my sister and I.

"Fun" fact: When I was ten or so I was staying over at my uncle's house one night. I asked him to rent "Amadeus" as I hadn't gotten to see it yet and it was new on video. He was sure it'd go over my head. Well, fine then, I kept browsing and picked "Better Off Dead" as an alternative which I hadn't seen yet either (my dad did keep us pretty current on early to mid 80s movies in the theater though). So he rents it then goes into this improptu speech about how bad contemporary movies have gotten before he'll press play.

Dude, I asked for the Oscar winner first. But I love them both.

"F. Murray Abraham's going to be on Inside the Actor's Studio................F. MURRAY ABRAHAM!"

Never did like Better Off Dead, I thought One Crazy Summer was vastly more entertaining.
It included "Foamy" the Rabid Killer Dolphin, the world's ugliest dog, a truly bizarre cast (Demi Moore and the Tooz in the same movie), using a stethoscope to hear a lobster scream, and so much more...

Shadows and Julie- Glad to hear it. I take your experiences of increased hilarity to be a good sign.

I also respectfully submit a request for Hangover Theater review of Center Stage. It popped up on a whole lot of lists during the other day's comment diversion. I'll watch the hell out of that movie while nursing my purple vitamin water.

Jay. amadeus is my favorite movie EVER. i adore everything about it. especially the nipples of venus scene. i have never been able to find those candies. i've found recipes for the ones from chocolat, but never the ones from amadeus. and i love to sing "papageno" when i'm bored.

Oh my god phquaryn, how bad is this?...And thus we did pee our pants. :)

This story is only bad if your late grandfather would have begrudged you a little funny at his funeral.

You knew him and I didn't, but I'm betting that he wouldn't have.

Hee Jerce, no he wouldn't have, he would have encouraged it. :) This was a man who (along with my grandmother) collected every toy he could find that danced or sang, was completely bald but wore hats with bells or fake ponytails or deer antlers, performed "Goodship Lollipop" at his senior center last year in a dress, and wore sweatshirts and socks with snowmen and Santa and reindeer every day starting in November. He died on Christmas Eve, which was entirely too appropriate. :)

I agree with Jerce, Julie, I'm sure the dearly departed would forgive you, too. Bagpipers are rare and it is rare to get a chance to make that joke. Although it is odd to hear you describe bagpipe music both "gorgeous" and "haunting". I used to play softball on a league with mostly lawyers and some kids tried to snake our field once. One of the lawyers played bagpipes at them to get them to go away.

This will get me tarred, feathered, drawn and quartered, but I hate this movie. HATE. If this movie were a person, it would be a battle to the pain, man. I'm not sure why I loathe this movie to quite the level that I do, but it's up there with Ghost, Sliding Doors, and those damn Magic Bullet infomercials.
I do love High Fidelity though. In case that gets me some protection.
You wouldn't hit a girl with glasses, would ya?

Although it is odd to hear you describe bagpipe music both "gorgeous" and "haunting".

What about Scotty's "Amazing Grace" in the torpedo bay???

Bagpipe music can be gorgeous and haunting, if done well. I've heard some really, really bad playing...and I've heard some fantastic playing that makes your heart ache and want to take bagpipe lessons right then and there

Captain Steve...it's not the tar and feathers you should worry about...it's the brain-munching...

OK...this thread is fun and all...but i need to spread some Matin Lawrence/Donnie Osmond/Raven Simone hate. when is that shit sandwhich of a movie review gonna be up?!

I had just put BOD on my Neflix (AND bumped it) based solely on the quote on the earlier post. Now I have to go add So I Married An Ax Murderer because some asshole borrowed it and never returned it. Let him eat haggis.

I am so looking forward to some Martin Lawrence hate...that shit of a movie has been played up around here so much you'd think it was the second coming.

But lay off Raven...

shitty series + shitty movies

PissBoy, because of your last contemptuous rant against a Martin Lawrence movie I find myself looking forward to him having a fruitful film career for yeeeeears to come :p

Ooops, cut me off...forgot about html tags...

shitty series + shitty movies is still less than hawt

Anytime anyone mentions Better Off Dead, that awesomely bad New Year's Eve dance song gets stuck in my head. Man, that lady's skirt is short.

I'm sad to learn Cusack didn't like the movie. This is my favorite of his.

That would be E.G. Daily, aka Dottie!

No it's not a very good song, is it? But no one can hoarse it up like her.

(speaking of, yes I'm still sick and coughing up several lungs [it's the new phase after last night's lack of breathing ability] and I'm off today anyway, but I think I'm going to pass out soon which'll slow down my typing)

I saw Raven at the kids stage at the first year (94) of the now defunct Music Midtown festival. Hey, it was early and there was a long, long day ahead of us. I'd never seen latter day Cosby, so I was pretty clueless. But there she was, MCing with some backup. "Raven is the Raven is the Raven is the Flavor!" "Funky little lady with the flavor that you savor!"

It will never leave my mind.

The clay-mation hamburger's face looks exactly like Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander.

A slightly riskier corollary to the "I want my two dollars" test: during a conversation about Christmas, reach over and squeeze the other person's cheeks together and see what happens.

"Chreeeessss-massssssss"

I practice the Scottish Martial Art of Fuhk Yu! It's a lot of headbutting and kicking people when they are on the ground.

I still want to murder up some motherfucking cute and fuzzy bunnies. Who doesn't want to be a rhino with a machine gun?

Oh I hated the Colonel, with his wee BEADY eye, and that smug look on his face! Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken, ohhhhhh!

My job is being really unaccommodating lately to my internet surfing. I'm always coming in at the middle or tail end of the threads and pretty much everything that I would want to add has already been said.

HOWEVER, I will say that I paid around $100 for this movie on VHS when it was out of print and before DVD was around. And it was worth it.

Oh I hated the Colonel, with his wee BEADY eye, and that smug look on his face! Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken, ohhhhhh!

That's why I buy nothing from Steve Jobs.

But the addiction to golden brown things? I may regret it sometimes, but I don't quit it.

When I was first talking to my best friend I mentioned my dad had been a grocery store meatcutter. She said "did he link his own sausage?" I knew we were bonded for life.

Right, I'm gonna put on "Dangerous Days" again and zonk.

Twooo dollarrrrs........ungh

i just went snow skiing for the first time (from the gulf coast) and spent the entire time talking about when we were going to ski the k12 and asking people if they'd seen lane mayer. i also asked if people knew the street value of this mountain. it was truly obnoxious and i apologize to the people i was with.

Because I have run out of work before I have run out of Friday afternoon, I propose that we nominate other movies for Hangover Theater.

Let's see...I nominate Starship Troopers--NOW BEAR WITH ME!--

1) (and most important) Rich lush cheesy goodness.
2) Will be at least passingly familiar to most viewers; can tune out/pass out and tune back in with little or no harm to overall enjoyment.
3) If you're fortunate enough to own the DVD, there's the pretty-people-naked shower scene. Even if you're just watching it on TNT, still pretty people.
4) Nobody can do seemingly-inadvertent-but-actually-intentional hilarious irony like Verhoeven. There are too many examples in this movie to list. Now that I think about it, it's pretty much every scene.
5) Holy shit! DOOGIE!

Jerce! Starship Troopers is AWESOME. No hangover pain could match that of having your brains sucked out by an enormous slug monster.

"he puts a secret ingredient in his chicken that makes you crave it forghtnightly, SMARTASS"

One of my favorite movies EVER. It really says something about John Cusack when Better off Dead has been the only movie to have ever been stolen out of my collection of over 500 dvds...twice. I can almost forgive whoever did it, just because of their good taste. *goes off to boil some bacon*

No hangover pain could match that of having your brains sucked out by an enormous slug monster.

An enormous slug monster...with a built-in bendy straw!!.

Oh, and on a random note, I nominate Kingpin for the next Pajiba hangover. Not hysterically funny enough to kick up your headache again, but easy to follow, good soundtrack, and Randy Quaid sporting an Anton Chigur bowl cut.

Really? Over 100 comments discussing John Cusack films, and not one mention of Grifters? GRIFTERS! It's his best film by about 5,000 miles. Who are you all and what have you done with my beloved Pajibans?

...with a built-in bendy straw!!

HA HA! How could I forget the best part?!

Paddy...I only saw it once, but I did love me some Grifters.

Open tags, whee!

PaddyDog: Grifters is a great flick. Demented but fun. After that movie my friend and I tried the "switch the money" trick that Cusack gets a beat down for pulling. I'm betting just about every high school student that saw the movie tried that trick at least once. It worked but didn't become a habit so don't go judgin'.

I actually dig the hell out of True Colors with Cusack and James Spader. I don't think anyone has mentioned that one. Came around when Grifters did. I haven't seen it for years though so I can't vouch for its' current awesomeness.

I had forgotten about True Colors. I remember liking it--not great, but good.

It was certainly interesting at the time, because Spader, who had always played asshole-guy, was the innocent hero lured into dire straits by villain Cusack, who had always played sweet-guy.

P.S. If I had a time machine the first thing I would do would be go back roughly 25 years, find James Spader and...well, I'd finish by taking bites out of him. Rawr.

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it but, a real scene stealing performance was put on by Taylor Negron as the sleazy mailman, that, shit, WAS. GOLD. dropping letters on the street, reading mail HA! mofo hasn't gotten the break he's deserved for YEARS! He was also awesome in "Young Doctors in Love" as a drug dealing med student.

BSlim, that motherfucker was (in at least my humble opinion) one of the funniest parts of the friggin' movie... He plays a sleaze to a goddam T. Vastly underused in roles such as this...

What the hell's YDIL? I'm drawing a complete blank and I'm too lazy to get on the computer and... goddamit, I can't lie for shit...

Anyways - yeah I'm lazy. What the hell is it? Is it porn? It's porn, right? Tell me it's porn...

Skit: YDIL was on of those early eighties adult movie comedies that have become forgotten. There was YDIL, "Jekyll and Hyde Together Again," "Up the Creek" and 5 or 6 others. They were R-rated and had lots of tits, they're ten times funnier than any of the PG-13 "Whatever"----Movie being shat out nowadays.

CHECK. THEM. OUT.

Back in the late 80's I attended a big party thrown by Cusack in a derelict house he bought on a desolate block of Uptown in Chicago. The place was crawling with babes and dweebs, and John was at the height of his stardom, deigning to do a few plays between movies. Only saw him a few times, as he came out of his bedroom, peered over the bannister and pointed to the next two "lucky ladies" to spend some quality time. Drove me and my acting buddy (who was in a play with Cusack at the time) absolutely nuts. We viciously drank as much of his liquor as possible.

He was a bit of a dick but you had to respect the guy, in that he was living the John Hughes film lifestyle we all so jealously wanted!

That said, I think BOD works if you caught it at the right time in your life. I recall seeing the film and not thinking much of it when it came out, but the many quotes in the comments produced more than a few chuckles and a vague desire to pop this on Netflix and bump to the top, the wife's Jane Austin fixation be damned.

Although it probably isn't played much on weekend cable, "Captain Ron" makes for excellent hangover viewing. Be sure to keep cans of oil and tots of rum on hand. And why has no one mentioned the crazed John Cusack in "Being John Malkovich"?

In Zoology one year our teacher, not much older than us, was describing an incident that reminded him of Better Off Dead. I believe it had to do with a certain item usually used to clean ears, although no where on the packaging does it say that it is approved for that purpose. You got it, Q-Tips. Anyway, he had started telling a story about how his sister had Q-Tips in her ear one day and his older brother thought it would be hilarious to walk by and you know, shove them further into her ear, causing I'm sure some type of injury. All that aside, a student then raised his hand and commented with, "Hey something like that happened to me once. I got bit by a dog."

Teach preceded to call him an asshole. And it was a good day.

Also,

Ohhhh. Tentacles. N-T. Big Difference.

Wow, I saw "Young Doctors In Love" in the theater.

Gee, has "Moving Violations" been forgotten by now too?

And yes, I again applaud Mr. Negron.

Thank God for this review. I don't feel so lonely now for loving this flick.

Or for growing to hate Cusack. Back then, I wanted to be his best bud. Now I want to hit him with my car.

LOVE Better Off Dead. I've shown it to my 13 year old daughter and she loved it too, though she was genuinely puzzled by the Asian guys in the car--she had no idea who Howard Cosell even WAS.

And who was quoting Weird Science a bit upthread? I love "You're STEWED, BUTTWAD."

Please please please make Night of the Comet your next Hangover Theater review, though every channel is too lame to show it nowdays. Augh. It's campy glory.

Capn Gravy, I just bought the DVD of Being John Malkovich. It's just so freaky and over the top. I love it.

So I did go home and watch The Sure Thing, and I love that movie all over again. But, see, it's why I'm glad that John Cusack generally keeps his private life private. I don't actually want to know if he's a jerk.

However, I do wish he'd go back to making interesting movies, instead of being Nicolas Cage with more romantic comedies.

I adore this movie. In fact I've shown it to many a friend and cracked up, but they barely bat an eye. Needless to say, I have never spoken to them again.

You'd be surprised how saddening it is when I tell a peer "I want my two dollars" and feign absolute seriousness and they freak out at me for being cheap. My generation sucks.

"I Want My Two Dollars"

Truly a classic film and this sounds like a great new feature. Plus, this will be the first time I watch ABC Family for more than the 5 seconds as I fly by to the next station

I never knew about Cusack walking out & being a general dick... Fortunately, it doesn't ruin it for me, but what kind of pompous high-art did he think he was making?

I also love this movie because it can easily cross cultural/linguistic differences. I watched this with my uncle (who doesn't speak much English) and we had an awesome time - we still fast-forwarded the dancing burgers, though.

Yup, Saturday night, post-blizzard, not a damn thing on TV.....that's right, we pulled out the old VHS copy of BOD after reading this and watched it with the old kid-eroos. This, of course, after watching Beetlejuice for like the 900th time. But, still, good times.....still love the slime with raisins that just crawls/slides off Lane's plate, along with the wonderful aardvark coat and Lane's TV dinner Christmas gifts. An evening well spent

I have seen this movie no fewer than 150 times. I laugh hysterically every time I see it. If it's on HBO, I will stop and watch it. I love the way that it never takes itself seriously, at all. From the cartoons, to the singing hamburger to the great lines, it is excellent.
"I'm gonna activate your dental plan!"
"I skate, you skate, we skate..."
"A giant teddy bear bigger than you. Sounds great"
"That thing you put on me? It broke. I'm sorry. I'll buy you a new one."
"A new one? I don't want a new one!!"

Whenever anyone in my life upsets me or makes me angry, I picture Charles De Mar standing next to them, laughing uncontrollably, while making a shaving gesture. It works every time.

This movie is amazing, and Howard Jones' "Like to get to know you well" is the best montage song since Team America.

Watching BOD makes me really sad that Taylor Negron isn't a mega star. He's brilliant.

God, yes. The TV dinners as Xmas gifts. And let's not forget his savvy younger brother, Badger, who was always sending away for things with cereal boxtops. How To Pick Up Loose Women. And the smoking jacket - perfect.

My British husband doesn't appreciate this gem of a film; I made him watch it last year. Next up is One Crazy Summer. I forced him to watch Pretty In Pink on Valentine's day. He didn't love it as much as he should have yet for some reason owns Van Wilder.

Best. 80's. Movie. Ever.

"KKKKEEEYYSSSSSS!!!!"

"This is faaaabulous liquour. Tastes like the moonshine Ricky's dead pappy used to make. God bless 'im!" LIGHTER FLICK. BOOM!

"You are really bringing me over, man..."

"Right off! On Dad, on."

"Oh God. Please! Don't let it be...oh god don't let it be a bugger!"