Day: January 12, 2007

MasterChugs Theater: ‘Hot Shots! Part Deux’

Everyone loves a good spoof. Well, maybe not everyone. Osama Bin Laden probably doesn’t like a good spoof. Neither does Mickey Rourke. Or Charles Manson. Other than those goons, everyone else just loves a goof spoof. The ZAZ team (Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker) perfected the genre with their outrageously great giggle fest Airplane!. Since then we’ve had our share of great gag movies (Top Secret!, The Naked Gun series) and not so great gag movies (uh … anything Leslie Nielson starred in after The Naked Gun). In 1991, writer Pat Proft (Real Genius, the highly underrated Brain Donors) and director/co-writer Jim Abrahams lampooned Top Gun with their wacky hit Hot Shots!. In 1993, they took on the Rambo trilogy with their equally goofy sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux. Lock and load for fun.

Yes, I realize how truly awful that statement was.

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Disease on the high seas

In the War on Animals, there are no rules. There are no front lines, either. Thankfully, there are death camps.

One such place is the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Last week, they euthanized a beluga whale. Today, a whale shark at the aquarium “got sick and died (wink, wink).” Don’t be afraid of admitting the truth, Georgia Aquarium. The Geneva Convention only applies to humans.

SG salutes the aquarium for taking down the whale population one disease-related death at a time.

Fat cat in a little door

It’s Friday. You want a story about a morbidly obese pet? You’re in luck!

A stray cat got stuck in a doggie door in Oregon. According to the Oregon Humane Society, the cat weighed roughly 20 pounds.

Key quote: “‘It was hilarious to see this big cat struggling to get in. I helped him out of the door and gave him a plate of food on the patio.'”

I think a plate full of food is the last thing that cat needs. Picture here.