Funniest scenes in motion pictures.

LIFE OF PI

The evening before I watch the Life of Pi and one of the funniest parts of the film was when the boy, Pi marked his spot on the boat by peeing on the tarp to which the tiger responded by simply turning in the opposite direction away and firing at him as though he was leaving his scent.

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING

One of my favorite scenes in this film was when Toula's mom said "The man might be the head of the house but the woman is the neck the head can turn the head anyway she wants."

One of the funniest scenes in this motion picture was not only when Toula's dad got hoodwinked into allowing her to work at the travel agency instead of the restaurant, her father was always using windex on just about everything

MEATBALLS (ORIGINAL WITH BILL MURRAY)

One of the funniest scenes is when Roxanne and Tripper have an encounter where he chases her all over the room before cornering her on the couch!  Another scene is where one of the young men who serves as  a camp CIT gets caught evesdropping by the young women who then proceed to pull his pants off and puts in on a flag pole.

FOOLS RUSH IN (MATTHEW PERRY AND SELMA HAYEK):

One of the cutest scenes in the entire film was when Selma's brothers took Matthew out on a hunt during which he wound up diving into a bed of cactus' just to get out of the way real quick at one point.

UP (PIXAR/DISNEY)

The entire film is great from start to finish with one of the best scenes is when Dug first comes into the story along with the bird, Kevin.  Together with an animated short, Dug practically steals the show.  One scene in particular is when Alpha winds up with the the electronic collar around him as Dug suddenly stuck it on him so he wound up getting stuck.


AS GOOD AS IT GETS

The film from start to finish is hilarious from start to finish.  Of course the little dog, Verdell steals the show along with the main character, Melvin Udall as played by Jack Nicholson.  It really gets hilarious as well as adorable is the scene where Melvin and the little dog, Verdell are walking down the street.  Verdell winds up stepping over the cracks the same as Melvin.  In addition , the evening when Melvin brings Simon a container of Chinese soup, the little dog. Verdell went to Melvin instead of Simon and when Simon asked "Can you leave now?"  the little dog gave Simon a look that absolutely is as adorable as can be that indicated that the dog really didn't want Melvin to leave as yet.

SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

One of the best parts of this particular film is when the parents start having issues.  Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid make a great pair in this film which started out as a popular play.  And wouldn't you know it one of her mom's friends gets into the nix by giving Julia's character the means by which to get back at her husband for fooling around on her.

THE INCREDIBLES

The first scene that comes to mind is the one where Mr. Incredible lifts his car up only to find that this feat of strength gets witnesses by a small boy riding his tricycle.  Then another part that comes to mind quite readily other than the funny antics of Dash the little blonde boy who can move so quickly it was almost impossible to see him move on a security video where he put a tack on the teacher's chair is the parts with Edna who designs outfits for super heroes.  Mr. Incredible drives up in front of the security gate and when Edna sees him she says "My god you've gotten fat".  Edna the designer steals the show as well as Dash who winds up running on water when  he ran out of land to run on!

ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE MOUSSE WITH ORANGE MASCARPONE WHIPPED CREAM

Sting, Don Johnson, Miami Vice and Going Blind!

Just recently I took my dog, Cocoa, to a local dog park on Cocoa Beach and there was an older gentleman there with a Florida Gator's shirt on. It was the Gator's football shirt that triggered a conversation about the televisions series of "Miami Vice" where Don Johnson played the main character, Sonny Crockett, who had been the quarterback for the College football team called Florida Gators.  Sonny had also had a pet alligator on his yacht he called Elvis in addition Sonny was known for being the vice cop who drove a black Ferrari!

The second movie of the series called "The Prodigal Son" was shot in the middle of Manhatten aka New York City!  One scene of the film where Sonny and his partner, Rico Tubbs came under fire from some hired hit men!  Tubbs basicly waited behind a truck on the road for a chance to shoot them first before they could shoot him!  Sonny on the other hand wound up running down the road so fast that the hit men really couldn't have shot him if they'd tried!

One thing leads to another!  Back early in his career Don Johnson had starred in a cult film called "A Boy and His Dog" which was where Don Johnson's lead character carried on telepathic conversations with a dog.  In one key scene when the two went to their version of the movies, Don's character Vic didn't buy the dog some popcorn.  So in return the dog simply said ''...Next time you play with yourself I hope you go blind".    The significance of this is that I was able to cross reference it to something rock star, Sting said one time on the show program I got from his "Nothing Like the Sun" tour.  There was a profile on each of the members of Sting's solo band including him and one of the questions asked everyone including him was "What Is Like to Play with Sting".  When this same question came up for Sting himself to answer he simply said "I haven't gone blind yet".  I've always been so innocent about this kind of thing, not to mention not quite ready for his dry sense of humor, and as result I didn't quite get what Sting was saying until I happened to see "A Boy and His Dog" later.  So in the middle of the whole thing when I was watching this cult film I suddenly said "Oh Sting" outloud!  I'm sure I probably explained this to everyone else later. This of course is just the beginning! I got up from the couch where I had been watching this film grabbed the concert program and re-read the question as well as the answer and cracked up as I realized he wasn't talking about playing his bass guitar!

Now this might seem unconnected as well, but the fact that there those who, for the most part speak, English it doen't mean that they don't speak another language so to speak. English people not only are known for their dry sense of  humor, but the simply use words differently especially slang and also profanity!  What will mean one thing to an American will mean something different to and English person!  In the second film of the "Harry Potter" series called "The Chamber of Secrets" when Harry first meets Ron's father, Mr. Weasley; Harry is asked "What is the function of a Rubber Duck"?  When I first heard this part it didn't dawn on me what that line might have been intended as until I remembered something else that happened to me personally that frankly would've never been thought of as being connected in anyway!  In fact this al;most drove my niece nuts and I had refused to tell her why I laughed about it as it does get just a little risque!

I remembered this bizarre dream I had not long after my pet baby duck went missing.  It involved two members of the rock band "The Police" namely Stewart Armstrong Copeland and Andrew James Summers.  I told them I was looking for my duck and the two of them kept saying something about a rubber duck. I was so innocent in the matter that I had no idea what the heck this meant  until Sting finally explained to me that it was the rain jacket that a man's willy wears aka a condom!  I blushed redder than a beet and Sting found it irresistable!  Sting absolutely loves my southern accent and I've always had this air of innocence about me that kind of makes my like Sandy to his version Danny in the musical Grease!

HOMEMADE GRANOLA RECIPE A HIT

Southern Living is one of the all-time great resources for recipes that don't miss!  I got this recipe for Homemade Granola as part of the mail order promotion called "Five Star" Recipes.  The recipes were all put on great page sized cards with great large sized print!  Very sturdy and its their best of the best!  These recipes work every single time without fail and are delicious!  There is nothing better than homemade period especially when you need to watch your carb intake!  The only thing I did a little different was use Agave Nectar instead of honey.  It tastes great and is more diabetic friendly, but it doesn't stick enough to make bars!  To make bars when using Agave increasing the peanut butter to 1 cup from 1/2 cup would probably work!  Otherwise this recipe is a hit!  If you are not able to find or get exactly the same set of Five Star recipes that I have go online to Southern Living's website and type in the recipe "Homemade Granola".  Even if the recipe isn't available online many times they'll tell what publications of theirs have the same thing!  It's worth a try!  It's great as cereal and as an accompaniment with fruit and yogurt! 

Love and light,

Suzette

Sandra Lee's Hot Rangoon Crab Dip

This is one of the easiest and most delicious crab dip recipes I've ever tried!  It's sensational!  I haven't always liked using ready made ingredients in a recipe, but this one is an exception!  This was hit for a Thanksgiving Day appetizer tray!  Print this one out from the Food Network web page and give it a whirl, you won't miss with this one!  The significance of this one is that this dip tastes just like the one that used to be featured on the menu at the Rainforest Cafe restaurant located at Downtown Disney that my mom had one time on her platter.  This dip was also featured on the best appetizer tray ever made featured on the same restaurant menu!  Otherwise this is a very difficult to find anywhere else!

Cheers!

Suzette

Nonna Luna Rice Recipe from Giada and her Aunt Raffaella

This is a great recipe!  Even if you don't have heavy cream on hand this works great by reconstituting lower fat milk with just a touch of real butter!  I wound up using dried cayenne pepper because I couldn't find the hot sauce (I found it later on the table!).  But, the flavor combination with the lemon juice was fantastic! Next time I'll try it again with the real hot sauce!

Love and light,

Suzette