Scott Clevenger

@scottclevenger.bsky.social

Author. Co-host of The Slumgullion podcast. Hypocritical screenwriter. I write mean but funny movie reviews at Better Living Through Bad Movies: https://clevenger.substack.com

"There! Touch me there, Ted! YES! Gently caress my artificial hip--!" "Honey--" "Don't break the mood! Why aren't you aroused?" "Well this isn't really--" "You SAID you wanted forbidden thrills and a 'different' love--NOW FINGER MY TITANIUM BALL JOINT!"

I think it's fair to say that in MAZES AND MONSTERS (1982) Tom Hanks had not yet found his instrument. But the cop played by Murray Hamilton (the Mayor from JAWS) is hilarious, lecturing a sweater-vested, D&D-playing nerd with the fast-talking contempt of Joe Friday tongue-lashing a hippie on acid.📽️

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Remember, after 9/11, when the Bush, Jr. Admin brought a bunch of screenwriters into the Pentagon to brainstorm terror attacks? I'm sure they pitched a lot of ideas. I'm also sure they kept the GOOD ideas to themselves for their next screenplays. www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran | CNN Politics

The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

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GUNMAN: Do it NOW, or ELSE! SCIENTIST: I'm TRYING, but...! GUNMAN: I WANNA WATCH THE ROBOT KISS MY WIFE! SCIENTIST: O-KAY, but I...I don't have a button for that! HER: I told you, Harry, just put an ad in a swinger's magazine. This is getting us nowhere.

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HER: You've cheated on me for the last time, Bob! HIM: Wow. If looks could kill... HER: Looks CAN kill, Bob--MY FACE IS MURDER!, and I'm going to STARE AT YOU until you DIE! (PAUSE) HIM: Taking awhile. HER: (LOOKS AT WATCH, YAWNS, WHISTLES IDLY, DOES A POCKET PUZZLE) Okay fuck it, Plan B: (BLAM!)

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LADY: You're the gunfighter I hired? I'm not impressed. MAN: Lady, you're lookin' at the deadliest shot an' the fastest gun west of Abilene. LADY: Prove it. Let's skeet shoot! MAN: What? LADY: Pull! (CRASH!) MAN: Ow! What the fu-- LADY: Think fast! MAN: NOT THE FACE--! (CRASH!)

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HER: Thanks for helping me prep for my sex toy party, Bob. I'll show those Tupperware bitches I know how to sell!...This one's called the Torch of Desire™ and features a heated tip for only $9.99. HIM: Soothing. HER: Next we have the Peg O' My Heart® Strap-On, for a surprisingly affordable $12.50.

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HER: Toss this fuckin' guy into the rotary an' make him fight the monstah! GUARD: Uh, we call that the "arena" now-- HER: Whatevah, it's wicked pissah. Hey! Where's my Dunks? GUARD: You take it black? HER: Whaddya stupid? Gimme a regulah. And put some Jimmies on it!

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It was the most star-crossed romance imaginable. He was a fish. She was a fruit. Separated by land and sea, they miraculously got together only when Grandma, in the midst of baking a dozen pies for the Lutheran Church dinner, suffered a psychotic break.

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