# Shakes and Smoothies in Movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203 "2018-04-11T09:04:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/1 "2018-04-11T09:04:31Z")
I have seen a bit of movies that feature people blending stuff or making shakes in a blender and quite a few where its some single or average joe guy who adds weird shit to the mix. Some examples 1.)Men At Work: Charlie Sheen adds Ice cream, Jagermeister, Ibuprofen or aspirin, and Beer 2.)The Principal: Jim Belushi Uses some type of instant mix, and adds beer, and coca cola instead of milk 3.)Shakedown: Peter Weller adds a raw egg, coffee grounds and some other crap to his blender I’ve seen it in more movies, I am just having problems recalling them. Can anyone else recall other movies that they’ve done this? I know there are moreand most of them were from the 1980’s and 1990’s. On a related note, its amazing how many other movies feature someone using a blender… I didn’t think it was that common. Was there a fad for shakes or something that was out of control in that time period? Did I miss something? Or is it just movies being weird as usual? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/2 "2018-04-11T10:56:00Z")
There was definitely a fad for health shakes in the 80s. In _The NeverEnding Story_, there’s [an early scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqCtpa9_Ms) with Bastian and his Dad (played by Gerald McRaney) and he puts a raw egg in his oj smoothie. I don’t know if that’s really all that weird, but it looks revolting. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/3 "2018-04-11T10:58:45Z")
Tangent–the Netflix show Santa Clarita Diet has smoothies, and it’s not so much a question of what goes in them as who. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/4 "2018-04-11T11:23:55Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > There was definitely a fad for health shakes in the 80s. In _The NeverEnding Story_, there’s [an early scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqCtpa9_Ms) with Bastian and his Dad (played by Gerald McRaney) and he puts a raw egg in his oj smoothie. I don’t know if that’s really all that weird, but it looks revolting. A lot of people thought that the secret recipe for the “Orange Julius” drink contained egg. Some even thought it contained not only the contents, but the egg shell as well (See William Poundstone’s book **Big Secrets** ). I suspect this is the reason you see them making an orange smoothie with raw egg in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Terrific](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tom_terrific/32/342_2.png) [@Tom\_Terrific](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Terrific)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/5 "2018-04-11T12:53:04Z")
The first Rocky movie had Stallone tossing down a bunch of raw eggs. I don’t know how smooth it would be. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/6 "2018-04-11T13:04:03Z")
Not a smoothie but I recall Joe Don Baker in perhaps, the 1985 TV series _Edge of Darkness_, drinking bourbon and mylanta in one scene. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/7 "2018-04-11T13:46:12Z")
[The classic.](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/bassomatic/n8631?snl=1) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/8 "2018-04-11T13:51:33Z")
I just put in milk and ice cream. I could also add bourbon, but then I’d have to charge more than five dollars. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/9 "2018-04-11T14:10:45Z")
In _Postcards From the Edge_, Meryl Streep’s character is living with her mother (Shirley MacLaine) while trying to stay clean, and there’s a scene in the kitchen where Shirley is making what looks like a healthy smoothie. After Meryl walks out of the room, mom dumps a bunch of vodka into the blender. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/10 "2018-04-11T14:58:36Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > A lot of people thought that the secret recipe for the “Orange Julius” drink contained egg… The Orange Julius food chains used to offer a raw egg as a selection. They stopped sometime in the 80’s I think. I used to order them all the time, super frothy and yummy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/11 "2018-04-11T15:36:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > There was definitely a fad for health shakes in the 80s. In _The NeverEnding Story_, there’s [an early scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqCtpa9_Ms) with Bastian and his Dad (played by Gerald McRaney) and he puts a raw egg in his oj smoothie. I don’t know if that’s really all that weird, but it looks revolting. Needing more calories in my diet (not the usual problem, I know) I found an energy drink recipe I enjoyed. Just OJ, cream, sugar and a raw egg. Quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/12 "2018-04-11T15:39:27Z")
_Heaven Can Wait_ (1978) - Warren Beatty’s shake: whipped liver, whey, bean curd, alfalfa sprouts, spinach mold. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/13 "2018-04-11T15:40:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > A lot of people thought that the secret recipe for the “Orange Julius” drink contained egg. Some even thought it contained not only the contents, but the egg shell as well (See William Poundstone’s book **Big Secrets** ). I suspect this is the reason you see them making an orange smoothie with raw egg in the movie. Thar’s weird. In MY UL-canon, Orange Julius contained egg, but it was in a powdered form. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/14 "2018-04-11T16:36:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > A lot of people thought that the secret recipe for the “Orange Julius” drink contained egg. Some even thought it contained not only the contents, but the egg shell as well (See William Poundstone’s book **Big Secrets** ). I suspect this is the reason you see them making an orange smoothie with raw egg in the movie. Orange Julius never contained egg, but you could buy it with an egg added. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/15 "2018-04-11T18:51:16Z")
A rare female example: In Sex and the City (the show, not movie), Samantha gets the flu. She insists Carrie whip up a smoothie for her consisting of Orange Fanta, Cherry Nyquil and perhaps a few other secret ingredients. (There are a few other random bottles of stuff on the table; it’s not entirely explicit what’s in those bottles.) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/16 "2018-04-11T19:50:25Z")
This really is one of those realizations that the late 80’s/early 90’s were blender/smoothie obsessed and the joke was always the most disgusting ingredients being put together. There was a comedy movie I don’t remember the name of but the guy blended together pizza, Chinese food and cereal for a “Leftover Shake”. Also the entire plot of the Simpsons episode “Flaming Moe’s” revolves around Homer inventing a new mixed drink in a blender which consists of the leftovers of several highly alcoholic bottles (vodka, tequila, schnapps) and cut with children’s cough syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/17 "2018-04-11T20:05:07Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > A lot of people thought that the secret recipe for the “Orange Julius” drink contained egg. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Thar’s weird. In MY UL-canon, Orange Julius contained egg, but it was in a powdered form. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Orange Julius never contained egg, but you could buy it with an egg added. And wikipedia claims it contained powdered egg whites( among other things ), based on this seemingly unsourced [claim](http://girlgonegrits.blogspot.com/2012/01/give-me-orange-julius.html). Two to two - we are at an impasse :). Now I’m craving an Orange Julius. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/18 "2018-04-11T20:41:05Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > And wikipedia claims it contained powdered egg whites( among other things ), based on this seemingly unsourced [claim](http://girlgonegrits.blogspot.com/2012/01/give-me-orange-julius.html). Two to two - we are at an impasse :). > > Now I’m craving an Orange Julius. The Dairy Queen version isn’t as good.☹ ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/19 "2018-04-11T20:49:26Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Tangent–the Netflix show Santa Clarita Diet has smoothies, and it’s not so much a question of what goes in them as who. I just started watching that again, honestly its a fantastic show because the premise is pretty unique. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203/20 "2018-04-11T20:52:48Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > _Heaven Can Wait_ (1978) - Warren Beatty’s shake: whipped liver, whey, bean curd, alfalfa sprouts, spinach mold. Now that has to be the strangest and most disgusting one ever! > [@Asuka](#): > > This really is one of those realizations that the late 80’s/early 90’s were blender/smoothie obsessed and the joke was always the most disgusting ingredients being put together. There was a comedy movie I don’t remember the name of but the guy blended together pizza, Chinese food and cereal for a “Leftover Shake”. > > Also the entire plot of the Simpsons episode “Flaming Moe’s” revolves around Homer inventing a new mixed drink in a blender which consists of the leftovers of several highly alcoholic bottles (vodka, tequila, schnapps) and cut with children’s cough syrup. I was figuring it was something about it being obsessed with smoothies or something, I was 2 years old in 1990 so I never really got a chance to notice except for the movies. As sad as it is, I bet there are people that actually do what that simpsons episode did… Must be the best hangover ever. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-and-smoothies-in-movies/812203.md?page=2)