Brilliant! But their decline is probably due to the inundation of porno and their over-priced underwhelming food.
Posted on 02/29/2024 6:54:07 PM PST by dynachrome
I used to go to Hooters when I was young. About half the women had real natural ones and the other half were plastic. I always tried to sit where the women were real. I never knew why but the women with real ones were always nicer and had nice voices. The fake hooters must do something to their voices.
Huh? I had no idea, thanks for sharing your personal info.
I know just how they feel. I had to watch as a great Polynesian tiki restaurant got torn down and replaced by a freaking CVS. Now that was a real tragedy. Progress they say.
Back in the 90’s about 6 of us reservists would meet every Tuesday for double punch lunch (punch card for free lunches), did that for years at Huntsville AL. I think Hooters had the best wings and shrimp, and very good scenery.
Now I might get back to Huntsville about once a year, and call a gathering, had 8 of us last June.
But now my wife makes me wings using Hooter sauce, but it looks like that’s not being stocked on the shelf, my local commissary stopped carrying it.
Nor have I.
Brilliant! But their decline is probably due to the inundation of porno and their over-priced underwhelming food.
Going back about 30 years ago, they had a great grouper sandwich for lunch. We’d go maybe once a month.
Since you can’t get a Ridge Tool calendar any more, their calendars are great for the garage tool area. I don’t go to the restaurants.
I was hoping this thread would have more pics
I think Hooters is doing fine. Still 300 locations in the U.S. That said...
COOK YOUR WINGS LONGER!
Sounds like an Al Bundy quote!
I've not seen the South Park episode, but here's another take:
Double Whammies is a Hooters style roadside sports bar in Texas whose manager is very protective of her girls and wants the place to be a respectable restaurant like Chili's or Applebee's, albeit with less clothes. Regina Hall is excellent and the supporting cast has depth. This would have made a fine pilot for a potentially long-running tv show; think All in the Family, Cheers, the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Frasier, the Bob Newhart Show, Seinfeld, pick your favorite.
These are shows in which nothing much happens in most episodes, the humor is always present but usually muted, and the characters quietly grow on you if you stick with it. The ensemble cast keeps the spotlight moving around, and after a couple of seasons, enough backstory has been developed that the regular characters will emerge as three dimensional people. That's hard to do in a one-off movie, which is why slice of life films often feel like they're dangling.
Support the Girls is built around the iron triangle that keeps the joint running despite the boss from hell (the owner, not the manager), plus some strong supporting characters -- Officer Delgado, Bobo, the Professor, and a couple of others -- who would have made terrific series regulars. The movie all happens in one day when the place finally blows up and a lot of people get fired; a series would have had to change that.
Thank you; I will watch that. I hope you’ve seen 2005’s “Waiting...” starring a young Ryan Reynolds, about a Chili’s/Applebees style restaurant named Shenaniganz. Great ensemble comedy with the dramatic lesson: Always treat those who serve you food properly.
there’s a lot of truth there! Hooters on an overly smart girl always seemed like a waste... they never found the desire to appreciate those bouncing climactic orgasms!!
js...
lol. It was a joke albeit a poor one.
Bookmark. That’s scary
I went to one down in the crowded part of the state once when I was young about 25 years ago. I wasn’t offended at all by chick with boobies. Liked it in fact. Food wasn’t that great, so never went back. Was more enamored of the waitresses at this particular Italian restaurant closer to home.
It is an Al Bundy quote.
It’s a genre film, so it might be worth reading the Wikipedia writeup on the writer-director, Andrew Bujalski, and “mumblecore,” which is adjacent to “slice of life.” It’s a natural haunt of indie filmmakers who don’t have money. I’ve not been able to find how much Support the Girls cost, but the hallmarks of the genre are low budgets; shooting in real locations, not expensive sets; no special effects; and naturalistic dialogue. These films are deliberately NOT larger than life. I was not sure how to react to this one until I realized that — as I suggested earlier — the natural home for this kind of storytelling is a tv comedy show with an ensemble cast.
It’s easy to root for Lisa, the manager, who is obviously decent, kind, competent, and trying to keep the craziness under control ... and then one day too many things go wrong at once. Lisa gets overwhelmed, but pay attention to who has Lisa’s back — the other two members of the iron triangle and two of the regular customers especially. They’re initially hiding in the background but flash hints as the movie progresses.
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