Top Five Cinematic Vomit Scenes

And now for something completely unprecedented...  SPLOTCH! is teaming up with another incredible blog -Cinema Sips- for a special post!  Cinema Sips is all about movie and cocktail pairings, so they can tell you what to drink when you watch your favorite movies.  It's semi-sophisticated.

Occasionally, CinemaSips does a Top 5 list, and it's always a good time.  But this time, the list will be guest-authored by SPLOTCH!

So here we have it.  The SPLOTCH! top five movie scenes with someone barfing!

***CAUTION!!! GRAPHIC!!!***

5.  Sixth Sense - Marisa Cooper upchucks in the blanket fort.

Oh Marisa... Right on my sleeping bag!

4.  The Exorcist - What are they feeding this kid?

Shout.  Shout.  Let it all out.

3.  Team America - Can puppets really do that?

Americaaauuuuugghhhhhh

2.  Stand By Me - Chain reaction

Bye Bye Miss Blueberry Pie

1.  The Fly - Nature finds a way.

Hold on to your butts.

Honorable mention - Technically, not vomit, but still funny...  Animal House - I'm a zit!

He loves it when you call him "big poppa"

There you have it.  The five best times someone's regurgitated on film.  Gross.  Thanks for reading.  And thanks to CinemaSips for letting me contribute to your amazing publication!  You should all take a look.  They aren't nearly as gross as this post has been.  Cheers!

Primus and the Chocolate Factory

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Once upon a time, I was a little weirdo.  I know, it's hard to believe.  It's also hard to believe that MTV used to play music videos.  But there I was, sitting at home, eating Bagel Bites pizza fresh from the microwave, flipping back and forth between the Comedy Network and MTV.  And suddenly, I found myself watching a man dressed like a giant pig, playing standup bass while circus performers juggled and flipped and posed in the background.  It was so different, so strange, so unlike anything else on TV...  And it felt like home.

When I was old enough to buy concert tickets myself, and go to shows at the 930 Club in DC, Primus was my first.  A boy at my school wanted to fight me because I listened to Primus.  I tried (unsuccessfully)  to convince my art teacher to let me play a Primus song for the class while we painted.  So my love affair with Primus runs deep.

So, imagine my excitement when I found out Primus had covered the soundtrack to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.  (Or was it Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?)  Whatever.  Can you think of a better band than Primus to play the Oompa Loompa song?  I can't.

This version of the soundtrack is really dark.  They've done a great job of taking a jaunty set of bouncy songs into a really deep place.  It's fitting, considering the underlying tone of the story.  Kids going into a factory staffed by dwarves, and getting sucked into the equipment?  Gloomy!  When I played the album in my classroom, the kids said it was a little too spooky, and I should change it.  One kid asked a week later if we could listen to "that music that was like space cows."

This isn't a record I will listen to on a daily basis.  But this album will scratch an itch that no other can reach.  But wait, there's more!  The record came on chocolate colored vinyl.  What more do you want?  If you're not convinced, listen to "Cheer Up Charlie."  You can thank me later.

Kentucky Fried Double Feature

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Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon:  Two brilliant pieces of cinema mastery. I posted them together because I can't decide which one I like more!  They are both excruciatingly funny, hopelessly campy, and unapologetically twisted.  Beyond that, they are both written and edited in a way that appeals to folks with short attention spans.  You don't have to pay attention to any of that bogus hollywood garbage like "plot" or "protagonists" because none of that matters in these movies.  It's like sitting at a friend's house while he flips randomly through the 700 channels of bad satellite TV, and you get stuck watching the parts that he thinks are interesting.  And BOY are they interesting!

These movies should definitely be screened within 24 hours of each other.  Better yet, put one on your TV and the other on your laptop, and watch them at the same time.  Do it while your wife is out of town, though.  She may never forgive you.