This ’90s movie made an entire generation change the way they thought about cheese forever
Author: Robert Skuch Published
One thing everyone born in the late ’80s and early ’90s have in common is a scene from a Disney movie that forever changed the way they think about cheese. The year was 1995, a stupid movie making waves at the box office.
Little did we know at the time, but one specific 16-second moment would have a profound impact on all of us: When PJ (Rob Paulson) and Max (Jason Marsden) meet by chance while traveling, they share pizza that’s forbidden at a motel. Here, we get a glimpse of perfect pizza in the form of PJ’s legendary cheese-pulled cheese, cementing our collective consciousness that this is the only way to live.
Legendary cheese pull
For those of you who, unlike me, don’t see themselves online permanently as a means to make a living, play games, find new music, and socialize, you may not know what a cheese pull is. If you have seen a stupid movie However, when your brain is still developing, you absolutely know what it is, even if you can’t articulate it at the time. Cheese pull is what happens when you unwrap a grilled cheese sandwich and take a bite of a steaming hot mozzarella stick, or in the case of PJ and Max. a stupid movieGrab a slice of piping hot pepperoni pie while enjoying the leisurely breeze.
PJ is very handy here, with a long upward pull, folding the excess melted goodness back onto the top of his slice, and then takes his first delicious greasy bite. Max certainly knows how to eat a slice of pizza, and he lets his cheese hang down the side, which some seasoned pizza lovers might consider an amateurish move.
Cheese salad is everywhere now
Although I can’t definitively prove this a stupid movie This is why cheese stringing has entered the cultural lexicon so widely, and I have reason to believe that the reason why Millennials of a certain age are obsessed with pulling away at those sweet curds is because they watched the movie at a pivotal time in their lives. Pizza Hut’s advertising predates a stupid movieThere were certainly examples of cheese pulls in these ads, but they weren’t nearly as impressive as today’s ads produced by people who were probably kids. a stupid movie First go on tour.
Just log into any social media platform, search “cheese pull” and tell me what you see. Mozzarella stretched across a pixelated screen is no longer a privilege but a birthright that we can never get enough of. So much so that TikTok user NomadRyanEats traveled to Japan to experience the “world’s best pulled cheese,” only to end up disappointed when he took what he thought would be the first bite of his life. He held the ten-dollar, fried, cheese-filled yen in front of him, closed his eyes, and waited for the legendary pull, only to open his eyes and find nothing.
As the light leaves his eyes and he reexamines what just happened to him, he finally regroups and gets the bite he was chasing. For a moment he fell into a state of extreme panic. Watching the video was like a roller coaster ride for me because, thanks a stupid movie And the impact the pizza scene had on my life, I knew exactly what kind of dragon he was chasing. When his redemption was successful, I dropped my pearls, truly relieved that his journey had not been in vain.
There are other reasons for this Goofy movie too
All this cheese is set aside; a stupid movie Still a hit because it gave us a perfect cast, Powerline’s infectiously positive bop music, “Stand Out” (written and recorded by Tevin Campbell) and a touching story about a father-son relationship, I personally think this is the ultimate animated coming-of-age road comedy that the whole family can enjoy. It also gave us Pauly Shore’s Bobby Zimurusky, who was also obsessed with cheese, and his unforgettable “Leaning Tower of Cheese” construction.
for whatever reason you happen to like a stupid movieI hope all your cheese stringing, past, future, and present, is everything you’ve ever wanted it to be, because it’s the glue that holds us all together, one piece at a time.
a stupid moviein all its cheese-pulling glory, is available to stream on Disney+.
