The Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan’s running an online poll, asking fans to name their favorite “guilty pleasure” movie. The problem: Few, if any, of the 66 titles listed are all that “guilty.” Most are well-respected cult classics (Airplane!, Harold and Maude, Office Space, Dr. Strangelove, Repo Man, Young Frankenstein, etc.). The closest titles on the list to true guilty pleasures are Slap Shot and The Mack.
C’mon, guyz n’ galz: Where’s Revenge of the Cheerleaders? How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman? Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains? Santa Claus Conquers the Martians? Or at least Porky’s II: The Next Day?
For the record, my all-time G.P. film’s still Ring of Fire, which has been out of circulation, even on cable, for some years now alas.