On the same channel, I ended up watching the tail end of Buckaroo Bonzai ... and I'm earwormed with its closing theme. Which is pretty perky.
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On the same channel, I ended up watching the tail end of Buckaroo Bonzai ... and I'm earwormed with its closing theme. Which is pretty perky.
Thanks a lot, Toddson.
But wait, I own it.
{gazes longingly at Buckaroo Banzai movie poster on office wall}
Wherever you go, there you are!
I know why the watermelon was in the press!
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Why, Connie? And great emoji usage, Tom!
My DVD special features says the watermelon was part of research in food for famine areas, but watermelons are not conducive to efficient air drops. So the Banzai Institute was doing research into making watermelon rinds tougher so that they would survive the drop. Hence the melon in the press for testing. But then they discovered that melons that don't burst on landing present another issue when being air dropped. The line of research was cancelled.
Remember the watermelon in Airplane that drops out of nowhere? Same watermelon. Trans-dimensional falling watermelon.
I won't address the watermelon, but H and I saw Flash (AH-AH!) Gordon in the theater. There was a couple behind us MSTK-ing all hell out of it, we nearly wet ourselves laughing at the dust-dry commentary. And forever after, we've had fond memories of that movie.
A few years later, someone loaned us the movie, and we made popcorn, jailed the kids for the night and snuggled up together on the couch to watch. About a third of the way in, we were sneaking looks at each other, and then one of us said, "Wasn't this a lot funnier when we saw it before? Have they cut out some lines, or something?"
About halfway through, we realized it's a really bad movie, and what had made our first watch of it so funny was the couple behind us.
But the "AH-AH!" is indelible. Remember when Tom Hanks' movie Splash (AH-AH!) came out? And reruns of M*A*S*H (AH-AH!). And there's no mentioning the CW series now, either.