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Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? 3. Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975) (11 of 23 lists - 169 points - highest ranking #1 rangercal, vandy125) Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin), and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was initially conceived during a gap between the third and fourth seasons of their popular BBC television series Monty Python's Flying Circus. In contrast to the group's first film, And Now for Something Completely Different, which was a compilation of sketches from the television series, Holy Grail was their first film composed of wholly original material. It generally spoofs the legends of King Arthur's quest to find the Holy Grail. The film was a success on its initial run and retains a large-scale cult following today. King Arthur is recruiting his Knights of the Round Table throughout England. He is frustrated at every turn by anarcho-syndicalist peasants, a Black Knight that refuses to give up despite losing both his arms and legs, and guards that are more concerned with the flight patterns of swallows than their lord and master. Finally he meets up with Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Galahad the Pure (also called "the Chaste"), Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot, and "the aptly named Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film", and declares them the Knights of the Round Table. When 'riding' to Camelot, they are given a quest by God to find the Holy Grail. They encounter a castle with a French Taunter who says random names like 'Daffy English knnnnnnigghits'. Arthur decides that he and his knights should search for the Grail individually. After they split up, Sir Robin travels through a forest with his favourite minstrels, and encounters a Three-Headed Giant, Galahad runs across the perils of Castle Anthrax, and sees a light that is Grail-shaped, Sir Lancelot massacres a wedding at Swamp Castle, and Arthur and Bedevere encounter the dreaded Knights who say Ni, who want a shrubbery. They each overcome their individual perils and reunite to face a bleak and terrible winter. Surviving the winter by eating Sir Robin's minstrels, they venture further to a pyromaniac enchanter named "Tim", who takes them to a cave guarded by a killer rabbit. After killing the vicious Rabbit of Caerbannog with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, the knights face The Legendary Black Beast of Aaargh in a animated scene, ending because the animator suffered a "fatal heart attack," and cross the Bridge of Death that is guarded by "the old man from Scene 24". Arthur and Bedevere survive to arrive at Castle Aaargh, and face the French Taunter once more. The film ends abruptly when a group of police from the 1970s interrupt the climactic battle scene to arrest Bedevere and King Arthur for the murder of Frank, the "famous historian". . . . The film was the inspiration for the 2005 Tony Award-winning musical Spamalot, written by Eric Idle. The film proved a success and in 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Monty Python and the Holy Grail the 5th greatest comedy film of all time. he group (including Cleese) reformed in 1974 to write and star in their first feature film of new material. The film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, was based around Arthurian Legend and directed by Jones and Gilliam, the latter also drawing the film's linking animations. Along with the rest of the Pythons, Jones and Gilliam performed several roles in the film, but it was Chapman who took the lead as King Arthur. Holy Grail was filmed on a budget of nearly £150,000; this money was raised in part with investments from rock groups such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin - and UK music industry entrepreneur Tony Stratton-Smith (founder/owner of the Charisma Records label for which the Pythons recorded). The filming was apparently unpleasant. The weather was poor and the "chain mail" soaked up rain; the budget only allowed for low-quality hotels which could not provide sufficient hot water for the team to bathe every evening; Gilliam and Jones argued with each other and with the other Pythons; and the extent of Chapman's alcoholism became apparent when he began to suffer from delirium tremens during the filming. Terry Gilliam later said in an interview that "everything that could go wrong did go wrong".[1] The Pythons recall that the filming of Holy Grail is the only time any of them can remember the usually amiable Palin losing his temper. This occurred when Jones and Gilliam insisted on repeatedly re-shooting a scene in which Palin played a character called "the mud eater". The scene was ultimately cut from the film. The film was co-directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, the first major project for both and the first project where any members of the Pythons were behind the camera. This proved to be troublesome on the set as Jones and Gilliam had different directing styles and it often wasn't clear who was in charge. The two later Python feature films, The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, both have Jones as the sole director. This film is number 40 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Monty Python and the Holy Grail the 5th greatest comedy film of all time. The next Monty Python film, Monty Python's Life of Brian, was ranked #1. A 2004 poll by UK arm of Amazon and the Internet Movie Database named Monty Python and the Holy Grail as the best British picture of all time.

Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler... 5. (tie) Office Space (1999) (13 of 23 lists - 155 points - highest ranking #1 ChWRoCk2) Office Space is an American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes work life in a typical software company during the 1990s, focusing on a handful of individuals who are fed up with their jobs. The film's sympathetic portrayal of ordinary IT workers garnered it a cult following among those in that profession, but also addresses themes familiar to office workers and employees in general. It was filmed in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, Texas. The film depicts a group of employees in the late 1990's at Initech, a company plagued by excessive management, and the everyday annoyance of office work in a cube farm setting evocative of the Dilbert comic strip. Soon after the movie begins, two consultants (John C. McGinley and Paul Willson), nicknamed "The Bobs" since they both have the same first name, are brought in to Initech to help with cutting expenses. The workers at Initech are then interviewed in order to determine which employees will be downsized or outsourced. Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is a programmer who spends his days updating bank software to remedy the then-expected Y2K disaster. His co-workers include Samir Nagheenanajar (Ajay Naidu), who complains that no one in the US can pronounce his name correctly; Michael Bolton (David Herman), who is angry that he shares his name with the real-life singer whom he hates; and Milton Waddams (Stephen Root), a soft-spoken, fixated collator who mumbles to himself incessantly (most notably about his co-workers borrowing his stapler) and is repeatedly harassed by management, especially the callous vice president Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole). Lumbergh is Peter's nemesis — a stereotypical corporate middle-manager who spends most of his time wandering the office with coffee mug in hand, wears white-collared shirts, suspenders and a belt (a fashion faux pas), and emotionlessly micromanages his employees while engaging them with superficial small talk. Peter finds himself stressed, burnt out, and ineffective, and will likely be on the Bobs' downsizing list. Fortunately for him, something unusual happens during an occupational hypnotherapy session urged upon him by his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend Anne. The obese "occupational hypnotherapist" Dr. Swanson, portrayed by Mike McShane, suddenly dies of a heart attack before he can snap, or "unhypnotize", Peter out of a state of complete relaxation. The newly relaxed and still half-hypnotized Peter finds out that Anne is cheating on him but takes the news in stride and doesn't seem to care. He announces that he will not work anymore, instead pursuing his lifelong dream of "doing nothing", and finally asking out Joanna (Jennifer Aniston), a waitress he's long wanted to date. In a parallel story, Joanna is experiencing a similar frustration with her boss regarding trivial issues, notably the "flair" on her uniform (catchy slogan buttons that supposedly contribute to the "fun" atmosphere of the restaurant). Although she wears the required number, 15, she is constantly harassed for only doing what is required, although it is never explicitly stated that she should wear more. Meanwhile, during his interview with the Bobs, Peter opens up for the first time about the absurdity of his job and of how Initech is run, including the issue with having too many managers and not having any real motivation to work except to avoid hassles. The Bobs interpret Peter's candor, easy-going attitude and lack of regard for his job as evidence that he is unmotivated in his current position and thus a prime candidate for a managerial position. Much to his surprise, and Lumbergh's dismay, Peter receives a promotion while his friends Samir and Michael, two of the department's best employees, are scheduled to be laid off. At a bar with his two friends, Peter reveals that his strange behavior is not so much due to the residual effects of hypnotism, but instead to seeing the hypnotherapist keel over in front of him, which has given him a new perspective on life, mainly to not waste it on pointless activities. In order to get back at the company, the three friends decide to infect the accounting system with a computer virus, which will round down fractions of a cent from accrual of interest and transfer the leftovers into their own account over a period of years, leaving them with a cash windfall undetected by the corporation (see salami slicing). Peter, when questioned by Joanna about what he and his friends had been celebrating, attempts to diminish the sense that he is doing something illegal by comparing the theft to taking the pennies from the penny tray at a convenience store. The plan however backfires when a bug in the virus program's code causes it to take $305,326.13 in one day. The three friends are certain that such a large amount going missing in so short a time period will be noticed and result in their arrest. After a crisis of conscience, Peter decides to write a letter in which he takes all the blame for the crime. Peter slips an envelope containing the letter and the money in unsigned Travelers checks under the door of Lumbergh's office when Lumbergh is not there, expecting to be arrested soon afterwards. However, all their problems are solved when Milton finally snaps due to Lumbergh, who had taken away Milton's beloved red Swingline stapler, moved his desk to a cockroach-infested storage room in the basement, and stopped sending his paychecks, fixing an accounting glitch wherein Milton had, unknown to him, been laid off years earlier but continued to come to work and be paid. Milton sets the Initech office building on fire, having warned several times that he would "set the building on fire" throughout the film, destroying all the computers and the virus code. The comic strips, pinned to the cubicle walls, seen burning in the fire are from the Cathy series. After the fire was extinguished at Initech, Peter finally finds a job that makes him happy: working construction with his neighbor Lawrence (Diedrich Bader), working at the site of where Initech was formerly located cleaning up from the fire. Peter found a red Swingline stapler while shoveling up rubble from the fire, and thought of Milton. Samir and Michael get jobs at Initech rival Initrode. They stop by the Initech site to see Peter as they were going to lunch. Samir asked Peter if everything will be okay after they stole $305,326.13 from Initech and Peter told him the fire took care of everything, destroying the evidence of the crime. Michael and Samir offered to help Peter seek employment at Initrode but he told them he is fine where he is. As soon as they left he mentioned the good things about working construction: working outdoors, getting good exercise, and making plenty of bucks. Milton makes his way to a resort in Mexico with the $305,326.13 he found in unsigned traveler's checks in an unmarked envelope inside Lumbergh's office. He was given the wrong drink by the waiter and they did not want to take it back for the correct drink, so Milton warned he is not leaving a tip after the waiter disappeared. . . . Office Space is based on the Milton series of cartoons Mike Judge created for Saturday Night Live and Liquid Television. Office Space was Mike Judge's first foray into live action film and his second full length motion picture release (the first being the animated Beavis and Butthead Do America). The promotional campaign for Office Space often associated it with Beavis and Butthead, ensuring that audiences would expect a brand of humor similar to that of the creator's previous animated efforts, rather than the relatively low-key ironic humor of this film. Artie Lange also auditioned for the role of Milton. He describes his audition as being so bad it was "like a plumber who won a radio contest and got to try out for a movie." Lumbergh's ring is an EarthForce Academy class ring, which Gary Cole had also worn on Crusade. Several phrases, items and concepts from the film have found their way into common usage (particularly in office environments): * PMITA prison refers to 'pound me in the ass prison' as opposed to soft time in white collar prison. * TPS report — denotes any type of pointless office paperwork, based on the film's satirical example of such work. * PC Load Letter — an actual HP laser printer error message indicating that the printer needs letter-sized paper, but more generally a catch-all for any nonsensical error message. The "PC" in the phrase stands for "Paper Cassette", a paper reservoir for many printers. This error is more common in Europe when printing US documents on printers loaded with size A4 paper. * In the movie, the printer's unreliability finally prompts Peter, Samir and Michael to take a baseball bat to the device in an open field as "Still" by Geto Boys plays, in a scene visually referencing a violent episode in Casino. The term Office Space-style, or "Going Office Space on" is used to refer to this type of destruction.[10] * Did/Didn't you get that memo? — refers to a question a worker is asked by multiple supervisors at varying levels. * A case of the Mondays — refers to expressions of frustration at one's job (especially on Mondays); phrase is used by a cheery co-worker to describe Peter's attitude at the start of the film, and again later by Brian, the insufferably upbeat Chotchkie's waiter. * Red Swingline stapler — The item that is the only constant in the life of abused employee Milton Waddams, who snaps after it is stolen. Swingline hadn't made red staplers in years, and a red Swingline was not available from office supply shops when Office Space was released (a prop department employee, named Ric Trzeciak, painted one PPG red, according to the film's commentary), but due to popular demand Swingline released a limited run of the red version in 2004. The official Swingline product page describes the product thus: "Discover the stapling star of any office space - the bold head-turning design and legendary performance of Swingline's Rio Red Stapler."[11] * No-talent ass clown — expression of Michael Bolton's antipathy for the pop singer Michael Bolton, with whom he shares his name. The term is now used to refer to a celebrity or performer who is successful despite having only marginal talent. It is also used as a general term of derision. The term "ass clown" was also used in the film Bad Santa, by Ajay Naidu, as a tribute to this film. WWE wrestler Chris Jericho was known for using 'ass clown' during his earlier years with the company. * Pieces of Flair — refers to the mass quantities of buttons and pins Joanna is required to wear while working at the fictional Friday’s-esque restaurant "Chotchkie's", as in the title of the 2005 "Special Edition, with Flair" DVD release. (Tchotchke is a Yiddish word meaning "worthless trinket"—like the pieces of flair). Peter Gibbons criticises the practice, saying, "You know, the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear."

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. 5. (tie) Airplane! (1980) (12 of 23 lists - 155 points - highest ranking #2 Milkman delivers) Airplane! is an American comedy film produced, directed, and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. Airplane! starred Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna Patterson. For release in Australia, Japan and the Philippines, Airplane! it was known as Flying High. When the crew of a commercial airliner suffer food poisoning after eating their in-flight meals, it falls to Ted Striker (Robert Hays), an ex-fighter pilot, to conquer his fear of flying and land the airplane. Adding to the challenge is the fact that his ex-girlfriend Elaine (Julie Hagerty) is a flight attendant on the aircraft. Nielsen portrays a doctor called to help the sick passengers. Several actors were cast to spoof their established images: Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, and Lloyd Bridges were known for adventurous, no-nonsense tough-guy characters. Stack's role as the captain who loses his nerve in one of the earliest airline "disaster" films, The High and the Mighty (1954), is spoofed in Airplane! as is Lloyd Bridges's 1970-1971 television role as airport manager Jim Conrad in San Francisco International Airport. Peter Graves was in the made-for-TV-movie SST: Death Flight, in which an SST was unable to land due to an emergency. The film's writers and directors, as well as members of their family, showed up in cameos. David and Jerry Zucker appear as two ground crew members who accidentally direct a plane into a terminal. Jim Abrahams is one of many religious zealots scattered throughout the film. Charlotte Zucker, who is David and Jerry's mother, is the woman attempting to apply makeup in the plane as it violently shifts while their sister, Susan Breslau, is the second ticket agent at the airport. Jim Abraham's mother is the woman initially sitting next to Dr. Rumack. Several other cameos add to the humor through against-type casting. Ethel Merman shows up briefly as a soldier who is convinced he's Ethel Merman. This was Merman's last film appearance. Barbara Billingsley, known as June Cleaver from Leave It to Beaver, makes a brief appearance as a woman who announces she "speaks jive" and would be willing to translate. Maureen McGovern not only appears in a cameo as Sister Angelina (a spoof of the nun in Airport 1975), but as a play on her involvement as the singer of the Oscar-winning songs for big-budget disaster films, The Poseidon Adventure (1972) ("The Morning After") and The Towering Inferno (1974) ("We May Never Love Like This Again"). Jimmie Walker cameos as the man opening the hood of the plane and checking the oil before takeoff (Walker also had a minor role in the 'serious' air disaster film, The Concorde: Airport '79). Howard Jarvis, the property tax reformer and author of California Proposition 13, plays the rider in the taxi that Striker is driving in the movie's opening and closing scene. Early on in the movie, a still unknown Jerry Seinfeld appears in for a brief few seconds as an airport worker guiding (or misguiding) a plane into the walls of the airport terminal building! Very small role, but he is mentioned in the credits. Several members of the cast in minor roles went on to better known roles. Gregory Itzin, who appears as one of the religious zealots, played President Charles Logan in the Fox series 24. David Leisure, who played one of the Hare Krishna, went on to fame as Joe Isuzu before appearing as Charlie Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest. . . . Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's role was originally to be played by Pete Rose. Singer/Songwriter Barry Manilow was considered for the role of Ted Stryker before Robert Hays was hired. Airplane! is a spoof of the disaster movie genre. It was inspired by and includes various lines of dialogue and references to the 1957 film Zero Hour!. The movie's dialog between Stricker and Rumack "Surely you can't be serious - I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." was voted as the #79 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100). Airplane! was voted as the 10th-funniest American comedy in AFI's "100 Years... 100 Laughs" list and was ranked 6th on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". In 2000, the American Film Institute listed Airplane! as #10 on its list of the 100 funniest American films. In the same year, readers of Total Film voted it the second greatest comedy film of all time. It also came second in the British 50 Greatest Comedy Films poll on Channel 4, beaten by Monty Python's The Life of Brian. Some critics claim the movie's most important achievement was ending the Airport series of movies, which could no longer be taken seriously.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 25, 2008 -> 02:13 PM) No Walter Matthau/Jack Lemon movies? There is one movie that I like with Lemmon in it. My Fellow Americans Very underrated.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Apr 25, 2008 -> 02:02 PM) Young Frankenstein is funny no matter what, but it helps if you're familiar with the old Universal horror movies like Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, etc. "What huuuge knockers!" "'Sank you!"

Young Frankenstein > Blazing Saddles, IMO.

Ah yes. DBAH0 falls for the parody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwQOLf5GapA The Lord of The Rings trilogy was excellent.

The franchise which became the Cubs had a 25 year head start on the Sox. The National League started in 1876.

Have a good one!

Top 5 starts tomorrow afternoon!

'Scuse me, while I whip this out. 6. Blazing Saddles (1974) (7 of 23 lists - 135 points - highest ranking #1 CanOfCorn, southsider2k5, Milkman delivers, RibbieRhubarb) Blazing Saddles (1974) is a satiric Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, it was written by Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger, and was based on Bergman's story and draft. The movie is widely considered one of the great comedies of all time, coming in at number six in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs list. Brooks appears in multiple supporting roles, including Governor Le Petomane and a Yiddish-speaking Indian Chief. Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, David Huddleston, and Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman are also featured. Musician Count Basie has a cameo as himself. The story is set in the American Old West of 1874 (though it is filled with anachronistic references). Construction on a new railroad runs into quicksand; the route has to be changed, which will require it to go through Rock Ridge, a frontier town where everyone has the last name of "Johnson" (including a "Howard Johnson", a "Van Johnson" and an "Olson Johnson".) The conniving State Attorney General Hedley Lamarr — not to be confused, as he often is in the film, with actress Hedy Lamarr — wants to buy the land along the new railroad route cheaply by driving the townspeople out. He sends a gang of thugs, led by his flunky Taggart, to scare them away, prompting the townsfolk to demand that the Governor appoint a new sheriff. The Attorney General convinces his dim-witted boss to select Bart, a black railroad worker as the new sheriff. Because Bart is black, Lamarr believes that this will so offend the townspeople they will either abandon the town or lynch the new sheriff. With his quick wits and the assistance of alcoholic gunslinger Jim, also known as "The Waco Kid" ("I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille!"), Bart works to overcome the townsfolk's hostile reception. He defeats and befriends Mongo, an immensely strong (but only marginally sapient) henchman sent by Taggart, and bests German seductress-for-hire Lili von Shtupp at her own game, before inspiring the town to lure Lamarr's newly-recruited and incredibly diverse army of thugs (rustlers, cutthroats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswagglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass kickers, s*** kickers and Methodists in addition to nearly every other kind of stock movie villain) into an ambush. The resulting fight between the townsfolk and the gunfighters is such that it literally breaks the fourth wall; the fight spills out from the film lot in the Warner Bros. Studios into a neighboring musical set, then the studio commissary where a pie fight ensues, and finally pouring out into the surrounding streets. The film ends with the sheriff and the Waco Kid defeating the bad guy, saving the town, catching the end of the movie, persuading people of all colors and creeds to live in harmony and, finally, riding (in a limousine) off into the sunset. . . . Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to play the sheriff's role, but the studio objected. Gene Wilder was the second choice to play the character of the Waco Kid. He was quickly brought in to replace Gig Young after the first day of filming because Young was suffering from delirium tremens on the set due to his alcoholism. When asked in a television interview if anything was so offensive it had to be cut from the movie, however, Mel Brooks confided that one bit between Madeline Kahn and Cleavon Little had to be edited. In the darkened dressing room when Lili asks Bart if it's "twue" what they say about black men and then she says, "It's twue, it's twue!", he cut Bart's punchline of "I'm sorry to disappoint you, miss, but you're sucking on my arm." Brooks related how he managed to convince John Wayne to read the script after meeting him in the Warner Brothers studio commissary. Wayne was impressed with the script, but politely declined a cameo appearance, fearing it was "too dirty" for his family image. He is also said to have told Brooks that he "would be first in line to see the film, though." It is #9 on Bravo's list of the 100 Funniest Movies. Premiere voted it as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006. In 2006, Blazing Saddles was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The American film critic Dave Kehr queried if the historical significance of Blazing Saddles lay in the fact that it was the first film from a major studio to have a fart joke. Former Chicago Bears DE Steve McMichael got his nickname "Mongo" from Alex Karras' character in this movie.

Fat guuuuuy in a little cooooooaaaaat. 7. Tommy Boy (1995) (11 of 23 lists - 129 points - highest ranking #3 ChWRoCk2, 3E8) Tommy Boy is a 1995 comedy movie starring Chris Farley and David Spade. After seven years at Marquette University, hard-partying D-student Thomas R. " Tommy" Callahan III (Chris Farley) returns to his hometown, Sandusky, Ohio. There, his proud father, industrialist Tom Callahan Sr. (Brian Dennehy), gives him an executive job at the family's auto parts plant. In addition to a job and an office, Tom Sr. reveals other surprises for his son: he is engaged to a woman he met at a fat farm, Beverly Barish-Burns (Bo Derek), and that Tommy will soon have a step-brother, Beverly's son Paul (Rob Lowe). The first major plot complication arrives when Tom Sr. suffers a heart attack during the wedding reception and dies. At a board meeting after the funeral, the bank reneges on loans Tom Sr. had negotiated to pay for a new brake pad division, which he thought to be the future of the company. Fearing the death of his family's company, Tommy comes up with an idea: Give the bank his inheritance as collateral and then go on a cross-nation sales trip with his father's former assistant, Richard Hayden (David Spade). Tommy and Hayden, a childhood friend long envious of Tommy's ability to be lazy and yet be rewarded, hit the road in a last-ditch effort to save the company. Meanwhile, during a quiet moment, a kiss reveals that Paul and Beverly are not son and mother. They are con artists whose plan to steal from Tom Sr. has paid off early. Instead of eventually suing for divorce and taking half of Tom Sr.'s estate, Beverly has inherited the company and now seeks a quick sale to self-described "auto parts king" Ray Zalinsky (Dan Aykroyd). On the road, Tommy's comical social awkwardness, hyperactivity and inexperience alienate a series of potential buyers. However, after using his innate persuasive powers to convince a surly waitress to serve him after the kitchen is closed, Richard notices Tommy's potential. The pair make sales and mend their fraying friendship. The final plot complication comes as Paul sabotages the company's computers so that in the ensuing chaos the sale to Zalinsky will go through despite Tommy's recent success. The climax comes in the Zalinsky boardroom in Chicago the following day. At first, they are kicked out of the board room because Tommy has given his shares to the bank. But, just as Tommy and Hayden wallow on the curb in self-pity, a taxi pulls up with a breathless Michelle Brock (Julie Warner). The Callahan Auto shipping clerk has proof that Paul and Beverly are married con artists. Tommy then devises a plan. Using some handy road flares, he dresses himself as a bogus suicide bomber and forces his way back into the Zalinsky building. In the board room, with a TV camera crew watching, Tommy coerces Zalinsky into signing a purchase order for a half-million brake pads. There are cheers in Sandusky, where workers are watching the scene in Chicago unfold on a conveniently-placed television. After the TV crew leaves, Tommy admits his deception. Zalinsky says that the purchase order is meaningless because he will soon own the company. However, Michelle shows documents detailing Paul and Beverly's marriage and their criminal record. The group around the table works through the logic together: Beverly was never legally married to Tom Sr. because she was still married to Paul. Since the marriage wasn't valid, she can't inherit, so her shares really belong to Tommy. Tommy doesn't want to sell, so therefore the deal with Zalinsky is off. Tommy still holds Zalinsky's purchase order, meaning that he has saved the company which he now controls. The film ends with Paul on his way to jail, Beverly on her way to lunch with Zalinsky and Tommy introduced as the new president of Callahan Auto Inc. In a denouement, Tommy returns to his favorite spot - a small dinghy on a lake - where he plaintively asks his late father for enough wind to blow him to shore to meet a dinner date with Michelle. . . . Tommy graduates Marquette University, which was Chris Farley's real-life alma mater. The auto shop garages in one of the Zalinsky TV ads are actually Canadian Tire Corporation auto service centre garages.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 24, 2008 -> 10:53 PM) Hmm, all of them, or just the Seagram's cr@p? Shows how much I know/care about wine coolers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_cooler Bartles & Jaymes may be that way, as well.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 24, 2008 -> 10:21 PM) Wine coolers shouldn't be. . . in light of the fact that the alcohol is coming from fermented fruit and not malted grain. But, state and regional alcoholic beverage designations being as whacky as they are, I can see some places stamping wine coolers as malt liquor I guess. wine coolers are part wine, part malt.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 24, 2008 -> 09:08 AM) No. Too many skeletons I really do not want revealed. I'm preeeeety sure that she was 18, Tex.

Smirnoff Ice, Zima, Wine Coolers.. all malt liquor beverages.

QUOTE (ChWRoCk2 @ Apr 24, 2008 -> 09:43 PM) I thought I put Caddyshack as number one. Hey knight what did I put as #1? A certain movie not posted yet.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2008 -> 09:34 PM) I can see my house from there!

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Apr 24, 2008 -> 09:32 PM) Won't this game still get played? How's the radar looking? http://www.weather.com

Oh for the rain delay.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 24, 2008 -> 09:23 PM) Unreal, a terrible throw by Dye. Anything close to the plate, and Giambi is out by a mile. QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 24, 2008 -> 09:23 PM) A good throw by Dye would have nailed Giambi by a mile . Thank God we don't use the metric system.

ugh.

Why go into the stretch with a turtle like Giambi on 1st?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb Yeah. Ridiculous.