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This post contains
bad, foul, filthy and unacceptable language - the words that “will curve your
spine, grow hair on your hands and maybe, even bring us, God help us, peace
without honor.”
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for children. Kids, take a hike.
This is also not a
post for those adults who are offended by this type of language. Do yourself a favor, and go read some of my
cute stuff before moral outrage can kick in.
Just about everything
else on this blog is clean…Stupid sometimes, but clean.
End of Warning.
Continuing
from Part One of this George Award List...
You can’t talk about 1974 Mel Brooks films without referencing Blazing Saddles from the same year. Especially since Liam Dunn returned as Reverend.Johnson: “Son...You’re on your own.”
You can’t talk about 1974 Mel Brooks films without referencing Blazing Saddles from the same year. Especially since Liam Dunn returned as Reverend.Johnson: “Son...You’re on your own.”
For
Fifth Place, this movie has a couple. The
subtle stretching of Mongo (Alex Karras) when released from his jail cell and
talking about “where choo choo go,” that has Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little)
covering his saddlebags.
Much
less subtle is Madeline Kahn as the "Teutonic Titwillow" Lili von
Shtupp answering an amorous fan and stage crasher’s request in a way he wasn’t
expecting.
“Oh,
Miss Lili, oh, my lovely lady! Oh my pussycat, Put it right there.”
Madeline
Kahn is fantastic at George Award moments. Let’s face it, she’s responsible for a
large percentage of the Mel Brooks sucesses that got him two lifetime
achievements.
So
how about another one for her, and Clue (1985)
for George Award for Number Four.
She played Mrs. White internally reserved most of the time, and maintained that reserve when they discovered Lee Ving’s Mr. Boddy was the one blackmailing them. She calmly, nonchalantly, and without breaking stride, knees him right in the suspects while they all move as a group. It's the only time in the film his calm and superior demeanor is broken, and the little applause by Eileen Brennan’s Mrs. Peacock adds to the moment.
She played Mrs. White internally reserved most of the time, and maintained that reserve when they discovered Lee Ving’s Mr. Boddy was the one blackmailing them. She calmly, nonchalantly, and without breaking stride, knees him right in the suspects while they all move as a group. It's the only time in the film his calm and superior demeanor is broken, and the little applause by Eileen Brennan’s Mrs. Peacock adds to the moment.
Weird Al’s 1989 film UHF was many
things.
A bunch of them were wonderfully strange.
However, it was certainly a story with a complete victory. All the heroes got their dreams, and all the villains paid for their actions.
The ultimate bad guy lost his TV station, and the support of the community, which was documented by the reporter (Fran Dresher as Pamela Finkelstein) and cameraman he and his son tried to push out of the business.
His son got knocked into a giant mud puddle by that cameraman- Noodles MacIntosh. (Yay Billy Barty!)
To add injury to injury, offended Little Old Lady Wilma Jeanne Cummins nailed R. J. Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy) square in the Nielsens for the Third Place spot.
A bunch of them were wonderfully strange.
However, it was certainly a story with a complete victory. All the heroes got their dreams, and all the villains paid for their actions.
The ultimate bad guy lost his TV station, and the support of the community, which was documented by the reporter (Fran Dresher as Pamela Finkelstein) and cameraman he and his son tried to push out of the business.
His son got knocked into a giant mud puddle by that cameraman- Noodles MacIntosh. (Yay Billy Barty!)
To add injury to injury, offended Little Old Lady Wilma Jeanne Cummins nailed R. J. Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy) square in the Nielsens for the Third Place spot.
Second
place, oddly, goes to Michael Keaton in 1989’s Batman. This heavily armored caped crusader was not the most mobile
hero, using short bursts of speed coupled with gadgets and sneakiness.
When faced with a leaping, spinning martial artist with blades on his boots, the Dark Knight stood his ground, until the last second when he extended the Bat-nutcracker from his palm, felling his foe.
When faced with a leaping, spinning martial artist with blades on his boots, the Dark Knight stood his ground, until the last second when he extended the Bat-nutcracker from his palm, felling his foe.
It places this highly for two reasons:
A-
The fact that it completely comes out of nowhere.
B-
More importantly, the fact that there are no readily apparent other uses for it.
That is: Batman designed this thing solely to hit an airborne attacker in his superstitious and cowardly lot.
That is: Batman designed this thing solely to hit an airborne attacker in his superstitious and cowardly lot.
And
now, before finishing, we pause for a bonus George Award for a very good reason. In 1985’s The
Goonies one of the “booty traps” Data (Jonathan Ke Kwan) carries around
with him, as his Pinchers of Peril pinch Francis Fratelli (Joe Pantoliano) right in his perils.
While
that was marginally George Award worthy, it allows me to address an
embarrassing miss from last year’s Dick Jokes list. Right after Data runs through the Walsh house
and Chunk (Jeff Cohen) thinks he’s saved the statue of David, only to have it
fall off the table, the following occurs with the Walsh boys (Mikey- Sean
“Samwise and Bob Newby” Astin) and Brandon (Josh “Thanos and Cable”
Brolin). The kicker comes, as always,
from Corey Feldman’s Mouth.
Brandon – “You idiot!”
Mikey- “Oh, my god!”
*Picks up David*
Chunk- “Look look!
It's not broken.
It's perfect! Ha ha!”
Mikey- *while feebly
attempting to re-attach David’s “Little DaVinci”*
“Oh, my GOD! That's
my mom's most favorite piece!”
Chunk- “Oh, my God!”
Mouth- “You wouldn't
be here if it wasn't.”
Walsh Brothers- “Shut
up, Mouth!”
The
Number one George Award in this category is kind of a cop out. (bwa ha ha!)
In all honesty it is partially for quantity over quality.
Rene Russo joined the franchise in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), impressing audiences, and Riggs and Murtaugh with her incredible combat abilities. When she takes out multiple foes simultaneously, the primary mode of attack for her character of Lorna Cole seemed to be violent punches, kicks and grabs to her opponents' internal affairs.
In all honesty it is partially for quantity over quality.
Rene Russo joined the franchise in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), impressing audiences, and Riggs and Murtaugh with her incredible combat abilities. When she takes out multiple foes simultaneously, the primary mode of attack for her character of Lorna Cole seemed to be violent punches, kicks and grabs to her opponents' internal affairs.
Bonus
points for Riggs (Mel Gibson) getting in an entertaining comment to Murtaugh (Danny
Glover) during one of her grappling attacks while he’s delighting in watching
his lady in action.
“Ooh!
She grabbed his clusters!”
Since
this franchise is overdue for a more extensive George Awards look (foreshadowing for
future special citation perhaps…) it serves as a segue to next week.
The George Awards should be primarily verbal in nature. While the topic will be the same, that’s the path the upcoming lists will follow.
Here's an example by our friend Martin Riggs again, commenting on taking up smoking again to combat his dog biscuit addiction:
The George Awards should be primarily verbal in nature. While the topic will be the same, that’s the path the upcoming lists will follow.
Here's an example by our friend Martin Riggs again, commenting on taking up smoking again to combat his dog biscuit addiction:
“I've been chasing
more cars lately,
and when I try to
lick my balls, I keep falling off the couch.”
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