Yeah, I went to yet another damned quote-along but it was for one of the most quoted movies I knew through high school and college. To me, it’s a source of great Midwestern pride too. It stars two Murray brothers (Bill and Brian Doyle) and Harold Ramis, all residents of Chicago and/or vets of Second City. Plus it was Rodney Dangerfield’s debut in a movie. Personally, he only made two great films, this and Easy Money because dirty stuff was his forte.
As you can see, I was rather decked out. I scored a mediocre costume kit since I didn’t have the time or patience to hit the thrift stores. All I really needed were the hat and jacket. I will probably find other stuff later on. The toy club and golf bag with built-in gopher were loaners from co-workers (thanks Wil and Zane!). The costume and props helped me get the opportunity to be called up for the contest before the movie started. Unfortunately, I’m a terrible putter (Somara knows, it’s why she always beat me in our annual Maggi Invitational at Austin’s Pizza Park). I was accurate but not enough muscle to go up the ramp entirely. No major loss. The prize was a gopher doll and a spiked Arnold Palmer.
Caddyshack remains pretty damned funny. The hosts brought a good point, this movie probably couldn’t be made today thanks to golf being so damned boring. I think it would be impossible due to the committees involved with scriptwriting. I do wish I could have some parts of it removed from my memory. Then I would laugh harder at those key gags.
For this quote-along, everybody was given a duck whistle for Al’s fart scene at the banquet; Silly Puty to sculpt into a varmint a la Carl; and a little popper thing for the explosions at the finale. During the infamous pool event, the wait staff came by and left each attendee a little water cup with a bite-sized Babe Ruth in it. Now how can anyone not love the Alamo Drafthouse for this dedicated demonstration of humor?
I’m seriously going to find out how much it would cost to have a work outing there with a particular quote-along. I know Office Space isn’t allowed.