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Hello
and welcome (finally) to the list portion of the Sixth Annual George Awards.
This
time: Boob Jokes!
The
decision is partially to balance out the last two year’s male centric lists,
partially because I'm running out of ideas and mostly because I have the sense
of humor of a twelve year old.
We’ll
start off with a bonus, of course. Due to the history and inspiration of the
George Awards, they should be mostly verbal in nature. However, a moment in Critters 2: The Main Course from 1988 deserves mention. Much like X-men the Last Stand proved the most indestructible substance in the universe is
Wolverine’s pants, this film introduced an inverse unusual nigh
invulnerability. When alien bounty
hunter Lee transforms into Roxanne Kernohan after seeing a centerfold of her, due to
the 1980’s Bosom PG Revelations act, we learn that the space armor that can
withstand laser blasts, ship crashes, and omnivorous alien fangs, bursts
asunder when exposed to expanding mammary glands.
Now
on to the list:
The
Number Ten spot from 1981 had a bunch of visual moments featuring Adrienne Barbeau and
Tara Buckman (as Marcie Thatcher and Jill Rivers) using their assets to prevent
getting speeding tickets in Cannonball Run. The George Award moment comes
from the state trooper played by the uncredited Valerie Perrine when she stops
the Lamborghini, and the scam cold with a greeting of:
I don't suppose
you've got a driver's license tucked away there now do you?"
The Ninth Place George Award goes back to the idea that I have the sense of humor of a twelve year
old. There’s an exclamation by Pee Wee (Dan
Monahan) in 1981’s Porkys that has
always stuck with me due to its enthusiasm and earnestness. The moment might be from the sequel, with these movies it hardly matters. When they gang finally gets into the bar, and
one of the dancers offers to flash him by saying “You wanna see them?” His affirmative reply is greeted by her
stating the price of, “Two.” And his answer is filled with total innocence and
excitement when he says:
Next
up in the Number Eight spot is a movie I probably should have mentioned more,
and definitely need to see again. Dan
Ackroyd played Joe Friday completely straight, despite the "modern" setting in 1987’s Dragnet
which costarred Tom Hanks as his more timely and relaxed partner Pep, and had an appearance
by Julia Jennings as Sylvia Wiss.
Ackroyd’s never breaking the Friday “Just the facts” deadpan character reached a peak at the mansion of a Hugh Hefner stand in, when Miss
Wiss introduced aspects of herself:
Sylvia- *exposing* “Do
these look like the breasts of a 40-year-old woman?”
“No, ma'am.
They're quite impressive...
bordering on spectacular.”
Seventh
Place returns us to a special award moment from two years back for 1982’s Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) getting his “willy” adjusted was payback for the previous
times Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward) passed out. Again, it comes down to the
earnestness of the expression:
when you fell they
shifted all out of whack.”
Monty
Python needs more mentions in the George Awards, so let’s give them Sixth
Place for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Michael Palin in 1975 as the King
of Swamp Castle entered a new euphemism into the English lexicography on both
sides of the Atlantic, referring to Princess Lucky:
Tracts of land.”
For
Number Five, a classic of awful cinema that's near and dear to my heart, 1978’s Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Gary Smith plays disguise expert Sam
Smith who infiltrates the enemy camp disguised as a tomato, because of course
he does. Right before he blows his cover
in one of the best gags in the film (“Will somebody please pass the ketchup…DOOOH!”)
is a subtle but effective boob joke.
and you wanted an arm.”
Sam- *horrified expression*
Given the subject matter, Elvira deserves a mention this time around, so here it is. The very first time (of what was probably far too many) that I saw the famously, entertainigly bad Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, it was hosted by Elvira.
Return next week for the finish featuring the some of my favorite
movies (because, me) and a surprise studio winning the whole thing (because...also me.)
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