After eighteen series and nearly twenty years on the small screen America’s (ahem) first family finally make the short trip to the big screen. We managed to find five minutes to ask a few questions.
VM: What is your favourite movie snack?
Homer: Asking me to pick a favourite movie snack is like asking me to pick a favourite child: by which I mean it’s not hard at all to choose. Popcorn! It’s great because it makes noise when you eat it, which drowns out all that annoying talking on the screen. After five bags I move on to other snacks, usually in combinations. For example: Milk Duds in nacho cheese. Those I call ‘Fiesta Duds.’ Or sometimes I’ll mix Skittles and M&Ms in a big bag. I like the thrill of not knowing which one I’m about to eat. It’s important to do things like this to keep your snack life exciting.
VM: Do you know who’s who in the credits at the end of the movie? What is a ‘Best Boy’ and a ‘Key Grip’?
Bart: A movie crew is basically like a school classroom where the director is the teacher. The ‘Best Boy’ is the nerd who kisses up to the director. (I’d like to meet that dude in a dark alley -- B.Y.O.Slingshot. We’ll see who the real ‘best boy’ is.) Then there’s the ‘Gaffer.’ This is the dork who trips on junk and makes a lot of gaffes. The ‘Key Grip’ is like the school janitor: he has all the keys and he probably drinks a lot. And then there’s the ‘Screenwriter’ who copies down all the clever things the actors think up and say. The ‘Executive Producer’ is pretty obvious: he's the guy who executes the producers for their lousy decisions. That’s all the people you need to make a movie... those people and a lot of explosives.
VM: What do you consider rude behaviour in a movie theatre?
Lisa: iPods, portable video games, and PDAs afford today’s obnoxious technojerks many ways to ruin movies for everyone sitting near them. And then there’s the old-fashioned way which my dad uses. He yells things at the screen, like "Faster and more funny!" or "I want that spaghetti!" during the dinner scene. But what I really find annoying is when people tell you the ending of the movie before you've seen it, like when Milhouse told me that Bruce Willis was actually a ghost and... oops.
VM: Should you bring a baby to a movie theatre?
Marge: With their simple storylines and fast pacing, a modern movie is perfect for a baby’s short attention span. But you have to go prepared for their needs. First, bring plenty of baby food. It’s very hard to mash up Milk Duds. Second, you’ll need lots of diapers for baby and to sop up the goo on the theater floor... some of which should be in a diaper. And if you didn’t bring extra diapers, remember that popcorn is absorbent. Lastly, if you’ve tried everything and your baby refuses to stop crying, you may just be at a bad movie.
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24th May 2007
