Don't You Forget About Me

Entertainment Weekly's Top 50 High School Movies: This was the halftime show this week and let's face it, it was a tasty one. Obviously, like all of these kinds of lists created by VH1 and TV Guide and whatnot, it means nothing. A panel of editors or readers or whoever was polled to come up with the list and it's meant to provoke conversations and arguments. What do you mean Sixteen Candles is at #49? How could Varsity Blues not make the list? (As we discussed, it didn't because, um, it sucks).

What's really shocking about the list is not the absence of Footloose or the inclusion of Bye, Bye Birdie (oh please), but it's how many of these films I know intimately and truly adore. There are John Hughes' greatest hits including the aforementioned 16 Candles, Pretty in Pink (#26), FBDO (#10, Leisure Rules!) and, of course, The Breakfast Club (#1) and it would be hard to argue supplanting any of the top ten: Dazed and Confused, Heathers, American Graffiti, Clueless, etc. OK, maybe Boyz in da Hood shouldn't be that high, but even though I wouldn't call it a high school movie per se, it is still a fantastic movie. Too bad John Singleton didn't have another great movie in him...

But I want to throw out some quick shout outs to some other movies, the deeper cuts if you will, that you may not be too familiar with. Please add these to your Netflix queue for the next time you want some perfect coming of age flick to sweep you away to the childhood you never had...

#16: LUCAS Little Corey Haim, little Winona Ryder, hell even little Charlie Sheen are all great, great, great in this movie. I defy anyone to watch this thing and not get a lump in your throat when the jock starts the slow clap at the end as Lucas dons his letterman jacket. Oh, did I give that away? No matter. I know it's always coming and it still always gets me. (BTW, don't search for "Lucas" in Google images with the filter turned off unless you want to see lots of gay porn. Who knew?)

#43 STAND AND DELIVER. To hell with Dead Poets Society (#20, Hah!) and Robin Williams' saccharine coated prep schoolmaster. Give me Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante and a bunch of kid actors you've never seen before and will never see again (sorry Lou Diamond Phillips) in this gritty, real, heart-warming true story set in the barrios of South L.A. This one still holds up. Fill the hole.

#45 MY BODYGUARD. Probably a little dated now, but the names of Ricky Linderman (Adam Baldwin), Peachy (Chris Makepeace, where'd that kid go?) and Moody (Matt Dillon-scariest bully ever) still bring me back to being 11 and scared to death/fascinated by kids going to school in a City. Sure didn't look like my school, but I recognized the whole hope-I-don't-get-beat-up-today vibe that permeates the movie. Let's just say it spoke to me. Look for a young, horrifically awkward Joan Cusack.

#46 FLIRTING. You haven't seen this one. That's okay. SEE IT. The box art tries to play up Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts, who are good of course, but it's all about Noah Taylor and Thandie Newton who are charming and sweet and lovely as teenagers discovering first love and first sex in the repressive atmosphere of an Australian boarding school. Trust me. You will love this movie. Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful.

#31/#48 Billy Zabka. OK, maybe Dillon's bully scared me, but Zabka's bullies kick ass. His fine work in The Karate Kid and Just One of the Guys (not to mention Back to School, not eligible for this list) deserves special mention. The guy's a legend. And he directed this music video for a song called "Sweep the Leg" that is sublime in its pop and pop culture deliciousness. Treat yourself. Now. It is so worth the brain calories.


GAME ONE
C'mon Take the Uniform Off - I Just Want to Cuddle 37









Bhutto's in the Home - Where She Belongs! 33 (Tiebreak winners)









The Other Four Limbs 33










Hilary's Campiagn Planted Tonight's Quizzo Questions 14
Predatory Leaders 31
The Whiskey Dicks 24
Balls Deep 28
No Talent ass Clowns 21
Clavins 28
Wu Tang Financial 30
Our Money is on Britney in the Speed Round 30
Benazir in the Bhutto 21
OJ's Alibi 18
Drunk Dorks 23
Trivia? We're Here to Meet Kucinich's Hot Wife 30
Flying Monkeys 27
The Spider Pigs 19
Kanye's Mom is so Ugly... 29



GAME TWO - HIGH SCHOOL THEMED PORN

Back to the Pooper 32










Splendor in the Ass (Schwartz') 31










Pretty Deep in Pink 30










My Bodyguard's Cock 27
Splendor in the Ass 24
Flute my Pussy, Bitch 17
Hairy Twatter 16
Study Hard: Gotta Get Into College Girls 18
Every Porno I Have is About High School Kids 17
Grease 15
Clueless, Ass If 15
Debbie Does Long Division 17
Clavins 27
Kneel and Deliver 24
Fast Times at - oh, sorry babe 23
Fiday Night red Light 26
Penis and Vagina 16
Varsity Blue Balls 21