Truly Terrible Movies
Speaking of bad movies (and, this has nothing to do with psychology), I reminded myself yesterday of the time I went with a friend to see City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold. It came out the summer after we graduated from college, and before the movie, we ate dinner at the Arby’s that another friend of ours was working at. I can’t remember what I ate, but my friend had the chicken sandwich.
After Arby’s, we went to the movie at a theatre in downtown San Antonio, TX (I went to school at Trinity University: www.Trinity.edu). For any of you who haven’t seen City Slickers 2, you will have to trust me that it was bad. I mean bad. I’m talking Fred Claus level of badness. But, what was even more memorable than the badness of the movie was my friend, who, immediately after the movie ended, ran out of the theatre and vomited in a crowded bathroom. He looked fairly green when he was through, and we drove home. Neither of us spoke of the incident.
He spent the next three days in bed, getting up every half hour to barf. We both assume it was the chicken sandwich from Arby’s. Our friend who worked at Arby’s later told us that no one should ever eat the chicken sandwich. He never said why, although I have a pretty good idea.
Anyway, don’t put City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold in your Netflix queue, and don’t eat the chicken sandwich from Arby’s.
Thanks for reading, and feel free to post on other bad movies or movie-going experiences– Max Wachtel, Ph.D. (www.CherryCreekPsychology.com ; maxwachtel@CherryCreekPsychology.com)
