I'm looking at an old AVClub Q&A on Drop-Everything movies, essentially movies that if you stumble on them on cable you're immediately sucked into watching them.

Ahahaha! Mine are...not so highbrow. I am but a brainstem when it comes to movies. It's better to not mention my Drop-Everything movies when the bar was set at Barton Fink.

I am but a brainstem when it comes to movies. It's better to not mention my Drop-Everything movies when the bar was set at Barton Fink.

Oh, the list and discussion wasn't so highbrow. Lots of romcoms and Steel Magnolias, Caddyshack, Dave, The American President, Back to School (the Rodney Dangerfield movie) and Clueless and action movie goofiness like that (Red Dawn, Die Hard).

Oh, the list and discussion wasn't so highbrow.

I believe that. But the bar is set kind of high here. Like admitting to liking the powdered canned cheese after someone mentions liking Humboldt Fog.

Now I'm wondering if people have a Drop-Everything Cheese. Like, if you're at a party, say, and you see it set out on the food table, would you kick an old lady in the shins to get to it?

I am fond of smoked gouda in that way.

Lately I've been catching Emmett up on the classics of 80s comedy, so we've been digging into the Bill Murray ouevre. He loves Stripes and I think he'll dig Meatballs.

Which used to be always on cable but now I haven't seen it in a while. Fortunately I can grab a used DVD copy at Ameoba for like $2.

I am fond of smoked gouda in that way.

I know JZ has a hard-on for some kind of Guiness streaked cheese that she can never find.

Emmett would push you aside for Brie-en-Croute.

Also, I'm going to make Emmett watch high school movies with me this summer. I'm trying to come up with a comprehensive list.

So pipe up with your favorite high school flicks.

I'll start with:

Rushmore
Sixteen Candles
Ferris Beueller
Carrie
Clueless
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dazed and Confused

War Games
Weird Science

Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

eta: Anne beat me to it.