Movie Twinkie monologue?
May 18, 2019 11:15 AM Subscribe
I have a recollection of a character giving a monologue about Twinkies - and about how they will last a very long period of time, and I can't remember the movie. Help!
1. The gist was a character putting a Twinkie down (on a surface? on a railing?), and giving a monologue on mortality and how long after we are all dead that Twinkie will still be there. Maybe the upshot being that the romantic interest he's pursuing should say yes? Or maybe that what the plot is about doesn't matter because we're going to be outlived by Twinkies anyway. :-(
2. I think it was given on a ferryboat but it might just have been on a balcony?
3. Might have been set in a city?
3. I think it was a male star, possibly Burt Reynolds?
4. Maybe it was in a light comedy or romantic comedy?
5. I initially thought it was an early 90s movie but could easily be late 80s, or late 90s. Maybe even early 2000s (so helpful Joe!)
My confidence in the details is shaky -- googling has proved hard because of the panoply of references to Twinkies in popular culture - Zombieland, Ghostbusters, WALL-E and even recently Mortal Engines. None of the listicles on Twinkie references seem to mention the movie I'm thinking of though.
1. The gist was a character putting a Twinkie down (on a surface? on a railing?), and giving a monologue on mortality and how long after we are all dead that Twinkie will still be there. Maybe the upshot being that the romantic interest he's pursuing should say yes? Or maybe that what the plot is about doesn't matter because we're going to be outlived by Twinkies anyway. :-(
2. I think it was given on a ferryboat but it might just have been on a balcony?
3. Might have been set in a city?
3. I think it was a male star, possibly Burt Reynolds?
4. Maybe it was in a light comedy or romantic comedy?
5. I initially thought it was an early 90s movie but could easily be late 80s, or late 90s. Maybe even early 2000s (so helpful Joe!)
My confidence in the details is shaky -- googling has proved hard because of the panoply of references to Twinkies in popular culture - Zombieland, Ghostbusters, WALL-E and even recently Mortal Engines. None of the listicles on Twinkie references seem to mention the movie I'm thinking of though.
Response by poster: I found that too. The scene is 39 minutes in and it is on a boat circling Manhattan and he sticks it on a railing. I saw this movie when I was 11, and never again. Memory is weird. Thanks again!
posted by artlung at 12:36 PM on May 18, 2019
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posted by MonkeyToes at 11:44 AM on May 18, 2019 [1 favorite]