Posted on 01/31/2006 3:48:15 PM PST by WestTexasWend
Heard any good Brokeback jokes lately?
No? Heres one courtesy of Jay Leno:
A movie theater in Utah abruptly canceled a screening of the movie Brokeback Mountain, Leno said in a recent Tonight Show monologue. They felt it was inappropriate for the community standards.
Instead, they ran Deliverance.
Ba-dum-dum. But seriously, folks...
The gay cowboy romance-tragedy, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as lovers Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, has become the office water-cooler topic of the moment.
The Internet is full of Brokeback jokes, some funny, some just crude. Last week, USA Today ran a lengthy story on its Life front addressing the phenomenon.
Against all odds, a Western romance about two men...has corralled the cultural zeitgeist, making it safe for our national funny bone to come out of the closet, wrote USA Todays Susan Wloszcyna.
The buzz extends from office e-mails with the inevitable tag line I wish I knew how to quit you the movies signature phrase all the way to the highest corridor of power, the Oval Office.
At a question-and-answer session recently, President Bush was asked whether hed seen the movie.
An awkward grin spread across the presidents face. He finally allowed that while hed be glad to talk about ranching, he hadnt seen Brokeback Mountain.
But you could tell hed heard about it.
The film, which has been gradually opening in theaters across the country, debuted in Fayetteville on Friday.
The R-rated movie is showing at the Market Fair 15 and Cameo Art House Theatre, where it drew good weekend crowds.
Nationally, the movie ranked No. 6 with more than $6 million in box-office proceeds last week, bringing its two-month take to about $50 million. Not bad for a movie that cost an estimated $14 million to make, according to press reports.
The movie has already won four Golden Globe awards, and Oscar recognition seems certain. Ledger, in particular, has been singled out for praise for his devastating portrayal of an inarticulate man struggling with his sexual identity.
But still, the jokes persist...
David Letterman listed his Top 10 Signs You are a Gay Cowboy. Number 5: Native Americans refer to you as Dances With Men.
On Saturday Night Live, Alec Baldwin and Will Forte played gay prospectors in a spoof called Brokeback Goldmine.
Brokeback Squadron, an online spoof making the rounds, features a character modeled after Tom Cruise in Top Gun making goo-goo eyes at his studly wingman.
The movies poster, which depicts the two cowboy-hatted characters in a pensive pose, has been the subject of any number of take-offs. One depicts indicted Congressman Tom DeLay and corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff over the caption, Kickback Mountain.
In the USA Today story, gay actor and writer Bruce Vilanch called the movie an irresistible target for parody.
Not only is it the first mainstream gay love story in a long time, its between two cowboys, Vilanch said. What greater American icons are there than gay men and cowboys? When you mix the two, its a stereotype too good to pass by.
So we can expect the nudge-nudge, wink-wink jokes to continue, at least until the phenomenon passes and Brokeback jokes become as dated as disco.
Until then, stay tuned for the inevitable Brokeback Mountain Valentines Day cards (Ill never quit you, etc., etc.), jokes about sequels (Brokeback II: Return to the Mountain) and, come Halloween, Brokeback cowboy costumes (Are you going as Jack or Ennis?).
After which point, I wish I knew how to quit you will mercifully pass into the memory banks of movie history, residing forever alongside Show me the money and Life is like a box of chocolates.
Gone, but never forgotten.
AM needs to put up a warning no jokes on this.
Wait no there's one!
LOL
YOU BROKE MY BACK MOUNTAIN which led to BROKE MY WALLET because of having to go to the BROKEN BACK DOCTOR.
Barry Manilow's Take On Brokeback Mountain
Brokebacabana (At The Brokeback) by Barry Manilow
His name was Ennis He was a Shepard With cowboy hat and assless chaps He should have kept it under wraps He would merengue and do the cha-cha And when he'd drink and fall asleep Jack Twist tended to the sheep Across the mountain heights They worked the summer nights They were young and they had each other And had rough sex fights
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain Those gay cowboys, they did some mounting Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain They felt the passion as they discussed fashion Up at Brokeback
.... they fell in love Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain
He was the boss man He did some firing When he went to the mountain top And he saw Ennis getting bopped And when they finished, he fired them pronto Later Jack went a bit too far Gay bashers saw him at a bar And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two There was blood and a single gun shot But just who shot who?
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain Those gay cowboys, they did some mounting Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain They felt the passion as they discussed fashion Up at Brokeback
.... he lost his love
His name was Ennis, he was a shepherd But that was a long time ago, when closets hid more than clothes Now gays have pride days, but not our Ennis Still in the chaps he used to wear, faded feathers in his hair He sits there so refined, and drinks himself half-blind He lost his Jack and he lost his family Taking it from behind!
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain Those gay cowboys, they did some mounting Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain They felt the passion as they discussed fashion Up at Brokeback
.... don't fall in love
Don't fall in love
BACK THAT THING UP MOUNTAIN by the BENDOVER HERE RIVER
How do you know?
What a howl!
your boyfriend told me.
Yeah, I should have formatted it better, but if you know how the Copacabana song goes, you can follow along. I was at work when I first read it and had to hold my hand over my mouth to not lough out very loud.
So So funny, thats what we need a good laugh now or then.
I thought they were Sheep-Pokes.
Rush keeps calling it "Humpback Mountain" - inadvertently. Sort of.
Boy, that's the truth!!
With the media shoving gay cowboys down our throats every 5 minutes, they should have expected a backlash.
When you look at those $30million receipts, you can figure that is less than 5 million people seeing the film in total, which is less than Rush Limbaugh's audience at any moment in his radio broadcast any day.
1st Cowboy: Yup?
2nd Cowboy: Yup.
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