Airheads

"I ain't fartin' on no snare drum." May be one of the best lines ever, especially when you think about all the crazy things rockers will do. You would think that one would be the least of his worries. This is a great comedy about a rock band struggling to make it in the music industry. First off there's Chazz (Fraser) on lead vocals and guitar. Then the brothers Rex and Pip (Buscemi and Sandler) on Bass and Drums. What I love about this film is the reality of it all. How hard they make out to be to make it in that industry. Chazz spends his days trying to book gigs and get his music in front of the right people. Pip is a pool boy who plays the "quiet cool" card with the ladies which in turn gets him "more bumper than a body shop." See what I mean? The one liners and slang are brilliant. Rex is by far the most memorable character. He plays the guy we've all seen before. Too lazy to get a real job, so he stocks the shelves at a "Toys R Us" type of place. He spends most of his days at work stealing inventory for personal use (Incredible Crash Test Dummies- which Pip is very happy about) to better items like water pistols that look so real they are no longer allowed to sell them. One day they reach their breaking point. They break into a local rock radio station, during business hours which I think makes it less illegal, to hang out with local DJ and hero among the rock stars. Ian (Mantegna) are having a live interview when they are about to be kicked out by the station manager Milo, (Michael McKean who plays complete opposite of his Spinal Tap character who turned it up to 11). Let's just say their "powerslop" tunes don't get a shot at that point. Now the fun begins, enter realistic water pistols from earlier, filled with pepper sauce and shoved in the executives face. Hostage situation anyone? When Pip is sent out to check the police situation that has risen to due the hostile take over being broadcast live, it turns into one of the funniest one on one standoffs ever. Now The Lone Rangers are a bit more famous than they've ever been. How do you pluralize The Lone Ranger? ?? Shouldn't you be The Three Rangers? You lost me. Funniest scene ever? The parking lot has turned into a rambunctious place to be. Slackers, rockers, cops, and Swat are now present. Ernie Hudson heads up the police team with his right hand,  Officer Wilson (Chris Farley), while the rockers are running a radio station, playing tunes, and giving stuff away to listeners. The film is non stop funny beginning to end and so quotable. We meet a very young, Billy Idol look alike played by David Arquette. Then we get the greatest list of demands ever penned to paper. Naked pictures of Bea Arthur, football helmet full of cottage cheese, a giant baby bottle. Classic stuff. The Judd Nelson character Jimmy Wing  is the prick music label exec who shows up to give this crazy trio of media firestormers a record deal. His logic behind signing them now is good too. "If its in English, its a gold record for sure." Will our new favorite band make it, go to prison for life, or die trying. Like I said, a brilliant movie loved by people and hated by critics. If you haven't seen it, I feel sorry for you. You have harbored an unknown emptiness for the last 15 years. Now you know, its the lack of Airheads in your life. One last thing, Who would win? Lemme or God? Is that a trick question???


NBM rates Airheads - Phenomenal


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