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. . . of this film without a thorough dissection of its shower scene set in a distaff bathing facility. Unlike PORKY'S infamous hose down, no male spies appear on-screen attempting to illicitly obtain insider scuttlebutt on specific female physiques. Nor are there men of ANY persuasion mixed in among the coeds washing in the buff, unlike the original STARSHIP TROOPERS most memorable scene. Instead, ROAD TRIP consumers hear a description of this group immersion from some dude second hand. HE makes no mention of the source for his normally private info. However, his mere mention of the bathing beauties spawns an on-screen debate about the verisimilitude of his intelligence offering.

. . . have long credited TWEETIE PIE and its sequels for inspiring the U. S. craving for McNuggets. Each time Sylvester the cat ingests yet another bite-sized yellow bird, viewers--especially children--sense their mouths watering for their own taste of low-maintenance avian protein. Furthermore, every time the weakest link in the food chain is reincarnated to emerge from the tasteful feline's innards, consumers are reminded of America's nearly inexhaustible supply of yellow chicks awaiting consumption, virtually pleading to be spared future confinement in an egg farm cage by way of being deep-fried as newly hatched critters. The only drawback to this brief animation is its lack of the pie recipe its title seemingly promises.

. . . are somewhat better than Colin J.'s STATEN ISLAND SUMMER. Back in the 1900's, for instance, LIVE's famous Mustache Man spoof artist, Clark Kentwood, broadened his comedic roots from films such as IT HAPPENED ONE FLIGHT and SOUP WITH MY TEA ON THE BOUNTY to satirize the so-called "War Between the Fates" with the marathon laugh fest GASSED BY YOUR WIND, which beat out frequent SNL musical guest Dorothy Gumm's LIZARD OF OZ for "Best Picture." Of course, SNL director V. Flemming helmed both of these Big Screen offerings. Mustache Man's success led later LIVE alum Marlin Brand-Oh to headline his own string of hilarious feature films, including ON THE PEARL FRONT, A BOX CAR NAMED HANKER and, of course, THE ODD FATHER, Parts I and II. Compared to such titles as these, SUMMER barely tickles the funny bone.