# Suggestions for a "Raising Arizona" themed dinner **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425 "2015-04-11T13:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/1 "2015-04-11T13:51:49Z")
My wife and I host a movie discussion group where the usual setup is to (a) select a movie with the group, (b) watch the movie on our own, then (c) meet at a local restaurant once a month to discuss said movie, the actors, directors, any historical significance, etc. However, sometimes we switch it up and host the group at our house (approx 4-7 guests) whereupon I throw together a themed dinner (nothing too fancy) and we watch the film while eating, ending with the discussion. At times the films are those you would see in a _Premiere Magazine_ listing of “Greatest Films of All Time”, other times, the films go well with popcorn and low brain wattage… for example, we followed up our “Battleship Potemkin” discussion with a talk about “Clash of the Titans”. So this month’s movie is _Raising Arizona_. Why? _ **Because one of the group members has never seen it** _, a wrong that we felt morally obligated to right. 😃 And it’s the Coen’s, and we can talk about Nic Cage and his crazy-assed career, and “whatever happened to Holly Hunter”, etc. So, anyway, I need some ideas for “Raising Arizona” themed foods. Obviously the main course needs to be some sort of spicy/seasoned pork, ala “Warthogs from Hell”, and I can probably come up with something (though suggestions would be great), but am also looking for other ideas. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/2 "2015-04-11T14:10:19Z")
Doesn’t John Goodman gesture with fried chicken while talking? ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/3 "2015-04-11T14:14:16Z")
> [@vd](#): > > Doesn’t John Goodman gesture with fried chicken while talking? That is _O Brother,Where Art Thou?_ ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/4 "2015-04-11T14:15:26Z")
A box of awfully good cereal flakes. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/5 "2015-04-11T14:57:11Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > A box of awfully good cereal flakes. That was going to be my suggestion: Evelle: Mighty fine cereal flakes, Mrs. McDonough. You have a lot of choices here: Ear-Bending Cellmate: …and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand. H.I.: You ate what? Ear-Bending Cellmate: We ate sand. [pause] H.I.: You ate SAND? Ear-Bending Cellmate: That’s right! ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/6 "2015-04-11T14:57:24Z")
Hire a bunch of little babies to crawl around the floor in diapers. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/7 "2015-04-11T15:22:20Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > Hire a bunch of little babies to crawl around the floor in diapers. Or, a bunch of brats to scribble on your walls and squirt your guests with water pistols. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/8 "2015-04-11T15:48:36Z")
Use an unpainted table and chairs For desert chocolate paycheck, with a big bite already taken ---
**Author:** ![huitzilopochtli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e99b99/32.png) [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/9 "2015-04-11T16:23:43Z")
Don’t forget the circular balloons. ---
**Author:** ![huitzilopochtli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e99b99/32.png) [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/10 "2015-04-11T16:32:31Z")
Of course you could serve a picnic lunch of sandwiches, potato salad, green jello mold, Budweiser and koolaid. Or rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/11 "2015-04-11T16:52:26Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > That is _O Brother,Where Art Thou?_ But also Raising Arizona. TV trays. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/12 "2015-04-11T16:56:31Z")
Make the chairs all high chairs. StG ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/13 "2015-04-11T17:43:13Z")
OK then. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/14 "2015-04-11T17:43:53Z")
Make the ceilings low and popcorned. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/15 "2015-04-11T17:46:45Z")
Make sure everyone has pantyhose to wear on their heads. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/16 "2015-04-11T18:21:33Z")
Bundt cake ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/17 "2015-04-11T18:31:27Z")
Maybe a bowl of cheese puffs or Cheetos for a snack. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/18 "2015-04-11T18:34:01Z")
Oh, and right near the table where you eat or where the food will be placed, you should write “FART” in big letters, on a piece of paper and tape it to the wall. Offer no explanation for it. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/19 "2015-04-11T19:31:12Z")
From time to time yell, “Turn to the left!” ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/20 "2015-04-11T19:53:07Z")
Bone up on some “way homers.” It would also help if you and your spouse were swingers, as in “to swing.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425.md?page=2)