If you’re anything like me, then you love a good buddy movie. If you don’t love a good buddy movie then you need to be kicked in the liver. Buddy movies have everything we as human beings long for: friendship, camaraderie, cheer, companionability, companionship, comradeship, conviviality, esprit de corps, fellowship, gregariousness, intimacy, jollity and many other words than can be found in any good thesaurus.
Sometimes, though, movie buddies don’t really behave like buddies. Sometimes one or both of them behave like complete jackasses. Just like a dysfunctional family, they may love each other, but they also really, really, really get on each others’ nerves. Here’s a few of our favorite dysfunctional movie buddies.
ABBOTT & COSTELLO
EVIDENCE (From Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
Bud Abbott: I don’t get it. Out of all the guys around here that dame has to pick a guy like you.
Lou Costello: What’s wrong with that?
Bud Abbott: Why don’t you go take a look at yourself in the mirror.
Lou Costello: Why should I hurt my own feelings?
THE THREE STOOGES
EVIDENCE:
This picture pretty much sums it up. Moe and Larry weren’t exactly nice to each other, but they both loved to beat the hell out of poor, fat Curly. The long term effects of continual eye pokes and having his head crushed in vices eventually took their toll and Curly had to be put to sleep;his bloated and bruised carcass donated to science. It is still on display in the Nyuk, Nyuk wing of the Simthsonian.
C3PO & R2D2 – Star Wars
EVIDENCE:
R2D2: bleep, bleep, bloop, squawk.
C3P0: Shut up you fuckin’ idiot.
ALEX DeLARGE AND HIS DROOGS – A Clockwork Orange
EVIDENCE:
Well…there’s a bit too much for this little blog, but for starters: 1) They walk around IN PUBLIC wearing gigantic codpieces AND bowler hats, and 2) They beat the fuck out of everyone…including one another.
JAY & SILENT BOB
EVIDENCE:
Jay is an egotistical sex crazed delinquent and Silent Bob is a self imposed mute who only pipes up when he has some long winded obvious point to make. And they spend their free time hanging out outside of a convenience store.
FELIX & OSCAR – The Odd Couple
EVIDENCE:
One is an obsessive compulsive neat freak whose expectations of tidiness borders on the psychotic, while the other is a disgusting, trogloditic slob…and they live together! What wackiness must ensue!
LAUREL & HARDY
EVIDENCE:
Generally speaking, people who choose to wear bowler hats in public shouldn’t be trusted. Do I need to remind you about A Clockwork Orange?! In addition, one of them wears a Hitler style mustache and continually smacks around his severely retarded sidekick…who seems to accept the abuse as if it’s well deserved! NEAL & DEL – Planes, Trains and Automobiles EVIDENCE: Anytime a slovenly shower curtain ring salesman gets involved with a straight laced marketing executive, you know you’re in for a world of crazy times! Case in point: Del convinces a throng of people that his shower curtain rings are actually EAR rings so that he and Neal can make some fast cash. Somehow these people are actually duped and fork over hundreds of dollars for these things. How they managed to fit shower curtain rings through tiny earring holes is a mystery that probably resulted in several trips to the emergency room. But by then, Neal and Del had long since skipped out of town! LLOYD & HARRY – Dumb and Dumber EVIDENCE: Two words: Turbo Lax. In a jealous spat over a girl, Lloyd sneaks Harry and massive dose of laxative just before he is to embark on a date with the woman at the center of the two men’s strife. The result is…well…juicy. I’ll let this vid take over from here:
