Week of June 4: Sloppy Movies and Sloppy Joes

On Saturday, Andrea and I invited a few friends over for a mellow night of fine dining and beautiful cinematic. We would play host and cook a sumptuous meal. Our guests only had one requirement. We required everyone to bring a DVD of their guilty pleasure... that is, a really bad movie (by normal standards) that he or she secretly and shamefully loved. From the pile of these gems, we would then draw one movie for everyone to watch.

We decided that a night like this called for an equally exquisite dinner menu. What could be more perfect than Sloppy Joes, coleslaw and Bud Light to go along a truly bad movie? So with much anticipation, Andrea and I carefully and lovingly prepared the dinner (it took us about 30 minutes... Really gourmet!). One by one, our guests arrived. Each with their guilty pleasure in hand.

Kathi brought Spaceballs and revealed her secret love for Lord Dark Helmet... "May the Schwartz be with you!"


Todd brought a movie that no one has ever heard of before... Blackball?!! On the other hand, Leslie's choice (Airplane), in my humble opinion, does not qualify as a bad movie. Just imagine the two of them going out for a movie night... good thing there is a multi-plex theater in San Mateo.


Monica's contribution was B.A.P.S (aka Black American Princesses). Eventhough I have never heard of this movie, both Andrea and Monica were quite fond of it. Somehow Halle Berry stared in it.


My contribution was the 1989 classic, Skin Deep. Film snobs such as myself consider this movie to be John Ritter's finest performance. How he has never won an Oscar is truly tragic. Andrea proudly added Undercover Brother into the mix... solid! I think this movie was actually out on DVD the same week it was released in the theaters.

After the Sloppy Joes dinner, we put the names of these fine movies into a hat and drew the winner... Undercover Brother, to Andrea's delight. To be honest, Undercover Brother was actually good and funny. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. I especially enjoyed the catfight scene between White She Devil (Denise Richards) and Sistah Girl (Aunjanue Ellis). Billy Dee Williams and Dave Chapelle also starred in this movie... not to mention Chris Kattan. With so many mega stars, its hard to believe that Undercover Brother 2 was never made...yet.