I might be experiencing an embarassing epiphany in the making. There was a thread a while ago that talked about jokes that took a long time to get. One person mentioned “Incontinentia Buttocks” from The Life of Brian as a joke she/he didn’t get at first. The description led me to believe there was more to it than a silly sounding name. If there’s more to it that “huh huh, you said ‘buttocks’” I’m afraid I don’t get it.
Little help?
(“Biggus Dickus” requires no explanation, thank you)
I was stoned when I saw it in the theater, and I saw him as a kindred spirit. 
And while The Lion King may be somewhat Hamlet-esque, I spent my childhood watching Strange Brew and didn’t make the connection until about five years ago–Hamlet’s name was changed to Pamela, Bob and Doug McKenzie were Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Elsinore Brewery kinda speaks for itself.
Is this a whoosh, or have you really never had the misfortune to experience incontinence?
(Of course, I can’t say anything either, because off the top of my head I can’t remember if that’s the runs or a painful lack of fiber, and it’s not exactly something I want to look up at work.)
Maybe my confusion is the belief that incontinence was just wetting yourself. I now know (having just looked it up) that it’s both excretory functions. Interestingly the word is also used to describe “lack of sexual restraint.” Ya learn sumpin’ new every day.
But still, with “Biggus Dickus” both first and last name contribute to a phrase. When I heard the disjointed “Incontinentia Buttocks” it just sounded like a couple of funny words to be someone’s name (incontinence, mildly funny, buttocks, a bit funnier). I didn’t consider the two to be a phrase, or to be otherwise related to each other the way “Biggus Dickus” is.
After reading that post I mentioned, it sounded like there was something more I was missing (I wish I had the link to the thread… wait here it is) I didn’t want to zombify that thread, so my Q above.
Am I still being whooshed?
I missed most of the first season of Highlander. I started watching and saw a tv series about a guy named McLeod who’s immortal and uses a samurai sword and thought, “Cool, that’s the character from the movie.” Then they get to the third or fourth season and there’s an episode where he’s talking about when he first became an immortal: “I hadn’t taken my first head yet, hadn’t even met Conor…” :smack:
There was an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies that I saw when I was a kid. Jethro was getting psychoanalyzed for some reason, and the doctor gave him the Rorshach test. He was discussing Jethro’s results (they all looked like food to Jethro…) and asked the other shrink, “You know what these are all pictures of, right?” the other doc says, “Sure, naked women,” and the scene went on from there.
Fast-forward fifteen years to Psych 101 and a discussion of what the test was about, and what it meant if all you saw in the pictures were, say, naked women… :eek: :smack:
I finally thought of one!
I’ve always thought that the weird-looking guy banging the gong in the Rank Amateur Productions clip, which was shown at the end of Elvira or MST3K (I don’t remember which) was funny. And of course I knew about Rank Productions (commonly associated with Ealing Pictures). But only recently did I make the connection. :smack:
It took me waaay too long to figure out the guy Cher was crushing on in Clueless was gay. This utter lack of gaydar would later rear its head in real life. Sigh.
You mean, the scene where they’re viewing the “oysters and snails” scene from Spartacus didn’t tip you off? 
Hah! The “wella-wella-wella UNF!” gave it away for me.
Yeah, that movie didn’t work very well for me because I knew as soon as we saw the pic in the wallet at the beginning of the movie.
It took me a while to realize that “Clueless” was “Pride and Prejudice” Beverly Hills.
“Emma,” actually.
Considering your username, I’d have thought this one right up your alley…so to speak.
re the movie Grease - it’s always been one of the favorite movies of Adoptakids and it’s so funny to see the lightbulbs finally popping on now that they’re teenagers. They’ve both asked in the last year or so why on earth we allowed them to watch the movie when they were younger - they saw it the first time when they were three or so. I laughed and pointed out that they’ve only just recently UNDERSTOOD all of those lyrics they loved to sing and dance to, so what was the harm? 
Funnily enough - now they’re at the age that some of the lyrics make them blush!
My mother used to tell a story that embarrassed the living hell out of me, but now I find it hilarious–at age four, I once spent the entire duration of my brother’s haircut in the chair next to him, singing “Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee” to myself in the mirror at the top of my lungs, including all the lyrics I wouldn’t understand for at least ten more years.
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On the Greast track… I grew uo watching the edited for TV version… it wasn’t until the rerelease in the theaters about 8 or so years ago that I heard all the dirty lyrics.
My mind was blown.
When I first saw The Crying Game, I thought that the “secret” of Dil’s being physically male was an extraneous gimmick, and a distraction from the central story. The second time, I realized that both Dil and Fergus are trying to create their own identity.
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I’ve actually got the Grease soundtrack (somewhere). Many of the songs on it are my faves.
But, as a karaoke junkie, I have heard “Summer Nights” done so many times that I hope whoever wrote it will someday be executed for crimes against humanity.
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