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July 2nd, 2009 at 2:07 am

That’s right. The answer was capers.

In case you were wondering. And yes, capers can be delicious. But, like all good things, too much and it turns into a bad thing. You wouldn’t, for example, ever want to try a big bowl of capers. I liken them to Will Farrell: when he’s the starring role in a film it can go downhill quick, but when he’s used sparingly, it’s awesome. Like in Zoolander. Still makes me smile to think about that movie.

Tonight The final Countdown took first place! Another pub team pointed out that this might be a threepeat, with them taking first three weeks in a row. I’ll have to check – they use different names each week but it shouldn’t be too hard to verify. In second place tonight Team Jeff Goldbloom, with only 3 members, took home a good chunk of change to a smattering of applause. People were impressed with the half-sized team’s performance, but not so impressed that they were super happy clapping for them. Everyone wants the casshhhhhh! Gimme the cash!

That’s a video from The 5th Element, and is only funny when you realize the guy’s “hat” is a picture of the hallway from the point of view of the peephole in the doorway. It’s like super low tech invisibility!

Every time I say “come get some cashhhh” at the end of quizzes I think of this guy. That movie is so weird, yet so good. One of many films that come a hair’s breadth from being utterly terrible. Included on this prestigious list would be: Galaxy Quest, Shaun of the Dead, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

These movies could have been SO BAD, but through either acting, dialogue, special effects, or something else entirely they were just awesome. Well, at least in my opinion.

Movies that didn’t make the list and slipped into terribleness: all four Karate Kid movies, video game movies by Uwe Boll, and anything George Lucas produces. I swear, everything that is terrible in film is touched by Lucas somehow. Look it up next time you hate what you are watching! Lucas will be there, lurking in the producers credits. It’s creepy.

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    How dare you say Fifth Element is close to terrible!!

    With stunning and captivating dialouge like:

    “Chikin’ Gut!!!” and “How Green was I? Emerald!”

    Dave.Walker on July 2nd, 2009
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    And: “Yea…yea she know’s it’s a multipass.”

    Dave.Walker on July 2nd, 2009
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    That analogy of capers to Will Farrell is BRILLIANT- I peed my pants a little when I read it…

    Polly on July 2nd, 2009
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    Hehehehe!

    Quizmaster Jeremy on July 2nd, 2009
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    Chris Tucker’s best performance ever was Ruby Rod. I can’t stand him in other things but in this movie, for that role, he was perfect. Still obnoxious, but his character was supposed to be that way.

    I laughed SO HARD when Corbin has Ruby hold the gun on that bad guy’s head and something scares him and BLAM! Dead bad guy. Priceless.

    “What’s wrong with you! What you screamin’ for? Every 5 minutes there’s somethin’, a bomb or somethin’. I’m leavin’. bzzzz!”

    Quizmaster Jeremy on July 2nd, 2009

 

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