Guiltiest of the Guilty Pleasure Movies

Waldorf: Do we have time to go to the bathroom before the next show?
Statler: We can’t, you old fool! We’re bolted to the seats!

from The Muppet Show

These movies are terrible, I tell ya!

I blame two things for this crazy idea. One is the annual EduClaytion March Movie Madness tournament, in which I annually get my ass kicked in the first round the way Southwest Missouri might playing Kentucky. The other, of course, is my enduring love of Ed Wood and Mystery Science 3000-style cheesy movies. I’m not talking merely average or passable movies. These are the cheesy ones; the ones from which the odor of Limburger is palpable. They’re also the kinds of movies I can watch whenever I’ve had a bad day at work, a nasty cold, or a fight with my family. In short, they’re guilty pleasures. The Whitman chocolate samplers of filmdom.

“So what?” you ask. “Practically everybody has a favorite cheesy movie.” That’s where you, the readers, come in to this one.

Do I sense some cheesy movies in here?

I want your guilty pleasure movies. And there’s something in it for you. Something, if I don’t say so myself, is particularly awesome.

How I hope this will work:

1. Nominate your favorite cheesy/guilty pleasure movie in the comments using 140 characters or less (Twitter-style)

2. I will narrow the field to 10 finalists after a week’s time (April 16) and allow readers to vote on the finalists via a poll.

3. The winner will get a special feature/retro review and snarky commentary of his or her movie here at P&Q and…drumroll please…their choice of a personalized, autographed photo OR a Reg Barclay Star Trek action figure from our site mascot, H.M. Murdock (aka Dwight Schultz, whom I’ll be meeting in person at a convention next month.) How cool is that?

This should be fun for all you movie buffs out there. There’s really no rules other than that. Any movie, from the obscure to the mainstream, can be nominated. However, only one nomination per blogger, so choose your contender carefully.

There can be only one

So, who’s it going to be? Howard the Duck? The Rocky Horror Picture Show? Gigli? The Last Dragon? Don’t apologize for loving the cheese! Embrace it and you just might win that prize!

Note to my readers: I will be taking a much-needed vacation starting Sunday. I’ll be back on Wednesday and will have the results of 11 Questions at that time. Happy Easter and Happy Passover to those who celebrate. The site will be in Murdock’s capable hands while I’m gone…at least I think it will.

Gone Fishin'

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~ by Howlin' Mad Heather on April 5, 2012.