trailer break: ‘Shorts’

More to the point: since when did Scarface references become funny? And, honestly, kids don't have to see Scarface to reference it; every movie with a big gun does the same "joke", so they've seen that line (at this point) more often than we have.

What's truly weird is that it's the SECOND kids film to make that reference in memory. Aliens in the Attic made the same reference. My girlfriend and I saw both films trailers back to back and were a bit staggered.

Since when do little kids make Scarface references? Who lets their gradeschooler watch that movie?

Well, the Muppets in their heyday referenced Cabaret and one of their most recent TV-movies referenced Moulin Rogue--neither of which exactly seemed like the type of movie most people would let their kids watch.

For that matter, one Animaniacs episode referenced Thelma and Louise--and had an entire series of cartoons that were a thinly disguised parody of Goodfellas. Now how many kids back in the '90s watched those flicks?

That said, "say hello to my little friend" jokes can be said to be this decade's equivalent of the "are you talking to me?" gags that were so popular in the late '70s and 80s. And I'm quite sure that most parents back then didn't encourage their kids to watch Taxi Driver.

Anyway, it's still a bad joke.