Meatballs (1979)

(viewed on 6/17/11)

Now that summer is officially over everywhere else, Los Angeles is hot as meatballs.  So I’m writing about the “summer” movies I watched way back in June, when I was too busy vacationing on the east coast to blog.

Meatballs is… not that good.  I think we all agree it’s not Bill Murray’s finest work.  But if you adore Bill Murray like I do, it JUST DOESN’T MATTER.  I would watch Meatballs again for him alone.  And for this scene, the lines from which I chant whenever I get the competitive LA creeps…