Zach and Miri Make a Steelers Joke
I saw Zach and Miri Make a Porno tonight and I’m drunkenly reporting that it was pretty all right. It’s one of those movies that Hollywood makes where they take a supposedly outre subject and use it as the racy patina for a generically saccharine love story. Kind of like Hard Candy.
Anyway, there’s a scene midway through where the movie pokes fun at Steelers fans (it’s based outside Pittsburgh) and thought I’d pass it along. Not really a critical scene, so it’s not spoiling anything.
Tags: movies, pittsburgh steelers, xmas ape
November 1st, 2008 at 2:10 am
The Steelers actor is the character “Sock” on one of my favorite shows, Reaper. The steelers fan in this clip is actually a comedic genius on Reaper, you all should check it out.
November 1st, 2008 at 3:12 am
yet more proof steelers fans are morons, ravens all the way!
November 1st, 2008 at 4:14 am
B-more
BOWEL MOVEMENT
GO STEELERS
November 1st, 2008 at 5:25 am
Yeah, only Steelers fans get drunk and act stupid. No other fan base does that. Just like Boston is the only town that cheers for their teams, Baltimore fans allow public stabbings without casting judgment, and New York fans urinate in the view of the public when a bathroom is 10 feet away.
/New York fan
November 1st, 2008 at 8:07 am
How ironic that guy’s in “Reaper,” since Ben Roethlisberger’s girlfriend Missy Peregrym’s also on that show.
November 1st, 2008 at 8:27 am
HARF HARF HARF
November 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
Not too sure about that movie. If I wanted to see ugly people making out, I’d watch … you know … a porno.
November 1st, 2008 at 10:56 am
“outre subject and use it as the racy patina for a generically saccharine love story”
that’s exactly how i describe Hard Candy to people. that, and outstanding.
November 1st, 2008 at 11:05 am
Hard candy was a really fucked up movie.
November 1st, 2008 at 11:18 am
Outré? Patina? Ape, why do you start talking like my French Lit prof when you’re drunk?
November 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Pittsburgh Steelers fans are the worst fucking fans.
November 1st, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Some people are angry drunks. Me? I’m a pretentious drunk.
November 1st, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I heard Elizabeth Banks doesn’t get naked in this movie. FUCK KEVIN SMITH for that.
November 1st, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Is drunk movie watching more or less fun than drunk football watching?
November 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pm
If action pictures are more to your taste, I’d recommend “Synecdoche, New York.” I saw it Thursday and it’s dynamite. Sort of like “Bullitt” meets “The Wild Bunch” if it was written by John Milius. Chuck Norris wishes he was in movies like this.
November 1st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Just like all of Charlie Kaufman’s movies!
November 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Charlie K is the new Peckinpah
November 1st, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Dad?
November 1st, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Don’t forget the women respecting Jets fans. Show us your TITS!
November 1st, 2008 at 5:01 pm
“Pittsburgh Steelers fans are the worst fucking fans.”
Hey now, I’ve been with a bevy of female Steelers fans and let me say they were HUGE…
…fans of fucking.
November 1st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
That’s awesome! I don’t like the Steelers, but I know after a Seahawks game (especially this year), I’d probably just as shit-faced as that fan. Great clip.
November 1st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Me? I’m a pretentious drunk.
That explains the wine.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:48 am
Not really a critical scene, so it’s not spoiling anything.
“You can imagine what happens next.”
“He fixes the cable?”
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:05 am
if you watch zach and miri before 9 pm, it’s a lot more boring.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I caught it last night. Not fantastic, but worth your $8 (plus refreshments).
The consistent jokes keep the love story from tanking. I’d recommend it.
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
That movie is totally unrealistic in its portrayal of Steeler fans. Totally.
In reality, everyone else in that scene would have said they saw the game and would’ve gone and on and on about some throw Roethlisberger made to Hines Ward. Even the naked people. The fact that the drunk guy was the only one talkin’ Stiller football meant the filmmaker had no fuckin’ clue what Western Pennsylvania is really like.
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I agree, VYS. And the drunk guy never would had to qualify the name Roethlisberger with “the quarterback”. No Steelers fan doesn’t assume everyone knows who he is.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I kept waiting for the Steely McBeam joke, but alas, there was no mention of him in the movie. Oh well, after all, they were not shooting a gay porn film.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
I always knew my hometown of Monroeville would become a huge film destination again. Especially since that stupid horror movie from the ’70s was such a success.
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Monroeville? When I was growing up there the only thing was the Mall. And that’s where they filmed Night of the Living Dead. Which, ironically, described the game last night in Indy.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Now now, there’s no reason to get all jacked off about this scene! Obviously it doesn’t represent ALL Steeler fans, but it’s certainly a pretty representation of a tanked Steeler fan, no? I think it was pretty damn hilarious! Not to mention cool that it was even in the film. Notice the fan doesn’t have the logo on, must have been too expensive. We associated ourselves with Tommy Maddox for 3 years & Joey Porter for 7 years, I don’t know why being linked to Zach and Miri was an issue.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:40 am
oppsy, *pretty good representation*