GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
BASEketball (1998)
Info:
- Release Date: July 3, 1998
- Creators: David Zucker (director), David Zucker (writer)
- Genre: Obnoxious Sports Comedy
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Slacker buds Coop and Remer invent a hybrid of basketball and baseball in an attempt to create the worst movie title ever. Cooper plays nice and attracts the interests of "Make a Wish Foundation" leader Jenna, while Remer wallows in money, sex and child-labor clothing lines. Guess which one wins my heart and ends up with hot tamale Yvette?
Notes:
- Reemer's groovy fashion shoot, reminiscent of Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar
- Cooper's panicked hospital run with syringes in his hands and bedpans on his feet
- Kenny's impassioned pineapple-clad friendship speech on the Malakalaka Board
- Glamorous Yvette performing menial labor in a horrible case of mistaken innuendoes
- The infamous half-time soul kiss - the finest ten seconds of the movie
Cast:
- Trey Parker as Cooper
- Matt Stone as Reemer
- Dian Bachar as Kenny
- Yasmine Bleeth as Jenna
- Jenny McCarthy as Yvette
- Robert Vaughn as Baxter
- Ernest Borgnine as Ted