What was that live action Disney film with the robot and Robert Forster? The Black Hole? Are you sure it wasn’t The Back-up Plan? Let’s go!
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) Let’s start with one you should know. Jennifer Lopez was a “Fly Girl” on what 90s sketch comedy show?
2) Alex O’Loughlin is the main actor in the reboot of Hawaii Five-O alongside Scott Caan and Taylor Wily (among others). Taylor Wily was a sumo wrestler who has a 0-1 record in what fighting competition when it was started, apparently, to figure out what the best martial arts discipline is?
3) On the soundtrack J-Lo contributed What Is Love? It didn’t chart. The most recent number one single J-Lo had was All I Have featuring which NCIS: Los Angeles star?
4) One of the random times this movie is referenced elsewhere was when Gus mentioned that Shawn watched The Back-up Plan on the plane to Canada. What USA original series was this in?
5) Anthony Anderson is merely credited as “dad” in this film. And indeed, he is a dad who seems to give Stan terrible advice (and hates body pillows for some reason?). Regardless, six years prior he was in another (bad) film as a newly minted dad. What was that film?
Bonus NYTimes Listing Question: To really understand J-Lo I think you have to watch Money Train which premiered on HBO at 8PM on November 9, 1996. Primetime on ABC was this film:
They both were featured movies that day, what is this competing film?
Answers
1) That would be In Living Color. It is still a little bizarre to me that Jim Carrey was on the show. It seems wild that they would pluck him out specifically instead of, say, SNL. Or even a rebooted SCTV or something.
2) UFC. Yeah, UFC was created as an 8 person tournament to figure out the best martial arts discipline. And they had a sumo wrestler (Taylor Wily). He lost to the runner-up in the first round in 26 seconds.
3) I mean, I kind of gave away the ghost there. Could it be anyone but LL Cool J. Well what does “LL Cool J” stand for? Ladies Love Cool James. Which is true. Ladies love him.
4) C’mon son! You know it is Psych. Psych is a great show. Very funny, and just the right level of murder/crime mystery to tickle that Murder, She Wrote need we all have. We all have that right?
5) We never saw this one for BMT (yet), but we talking about My Baby’s Daddy. Which is about, I assume, terrible people becoming dads and then vaguely learning to not be such terrible people? I honestly think I nailed it.
Bonus NYTimes Listing Answer: That is, of course, Father of the Bride. And indeed. Nice job guys.
The Black Hole is legit a pretty fun film. It is kind of a kids film, but still, pretty fun little sci-fi film.
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