Helping to put together a list of badly behaved BBQ/cookout* guests from movies. (Laugh all you want -- it's currently the most robust tributary of the household income stream.) I welcome your suggestions in the comments below. It's that, or Buster and Lulu go work in a mill.
*As good a time as any to mention that The Gurgling Cod's corporeal host will be soon appearing in The Gravy, the revamped Southern Foodways Alliance jawn. Say what you want about grits lines and sweet tea lines -- I'm not sure if I'd call it the South, but there is definitely a demarcation between parts of the country where people call grilling burgers and dogs "a BBQ," rather than "a cookout," and the parts of the country where they know better.
Edward Scissorhands had some memorable backyard scenes. Beach Blanket Bingo comes to mind. As does, Beethoven (the dog).
And what was the mastadon bone in the air in 2001 all about?
Posted by: Homer | Monday, 29 June 2009 at 09:46 AM