I'm with the Stupids

Last night, my last Christmas gift arrived: a DVD of The Stupids, which I purchased online with a Best Buy gift card (Thanks, Grandma! xoxox) for $6.99. This movie is an old favorite of Doc's and mine from way back when we lived in the valley. We used to frequent this video store, Video Varieties, which offered five movies for five dollars for five days. And they had thousands of videos. Of course, you needed a map, a sextant, and a bag of shiny pebbles in order to find the movie you were looking for because their organization system was highly byzantine. At such a bargain price, though, who could pass up any movie, no matter how crappy the cover might seem to be? We watched a lot of movies back in the day. And today.

One day we picked up The Stupids. I'm not sure what possessed us. We both liked Tom Arnold in True Lies and we thought his movie might be fun. Well, we laughed our fool heads off. We loved this movie so much, we bought a new copy on VHS from Video Varieties and have enjoyed rewatching it from time to time.

Recently, we have been imposing ourselves upon Espresso Toast, who admitted to not seeing many movies in her life, by inviting her to come by weekly for "Movie Night." This was our opportunity to pass on our favorite movies to someone who has no pre-conceived opinions and someone who is a grown-up. We have schooled her in the film greats: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Welcome to Mooseport. I can't remember if we've shared any others. We did turn her on to Family Guy, which was a treat. The Stupids is next on our list to share with her.

Perhaps, though, she won't like it. It is goofy in the extreme. Lots of slapstick, lots of silliness. Doc and I couldn't wait til she had the opportunity to stop by so we watched it last night without her (Sorry, G!). Oh, my! That movie cracks me up. The costumes, the hair, the plotlines. Mmmm. Like Angel Food Cake. The only disappointing thing about the DVD is: there's no director's commentary! Doc and I were tres bummed when we discovered there were no extras. Then again, I thought to myself, we are probably the only two people in the world morning the loss of more insight into this movie.