We would never want to make light of someone’s pain. We just think it’s awesome that variations of the phrase “Happy Gilmore shot” were used 14 times in court papers. Props to The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq. blog for finding this decision, which explains why a man in Nova Scotia is liable for the serious hand and wrist injury he caused his cousin when he beaned him with his running-start “Happy Gilmore shot” at a booze-laden golf bachelor party in 2002. (“He agreed that he did not tell them that he was about to hit a ‘Happy Gilmore.’ The defendant maintained that he can reliably hit a ‘Happy Gilmore’ shot.” “The plaintiff submits that it is ‘completely unreasonable’ to suggest that the defendant could reliably hit a ‘Happy Gilmore’ shot, let alone after consuming at least nine beers and half a pint of tequila.”)
What is the stupidest thing you’ve ever attempted after seeing it done in a movie or on a TV show? It doesn’t have to be as stupid as burning your genitals while simulating a Jackass stunt. It could just be as dumb as spending an hour trying to catch quarters off your elbow like Fonzie’s cousin Angie did in that episode of Happy Days. (You’re going to attempt it now, right? I caught one on my fourth try. Beat that.)
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I used to love Stephanie Tanner’s dance routines on Full House and tired to pull them off but failed.
HA and here I thought I was the only one!
I also learned the urkel dance
After seeing “A christmas Story” for the first time, being all of 7, I had to see if my tongue would stick to a frozen pole. Living in Texas at the time there were none, so I opted for the metal bar in our freezer. Needless to say, it totally worked!
The tv series Sports Science had pro golfer and 2008 PGA Championship winner Padraig Harrington try out the “Happy Gilmore” to see if it actually had a benefit. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wguFY0DDoAU
I feel sorry for the dude who got hurt. He has permanent damage and won’t ever be able to do his job again. Yeesh. A buddy of mine, about a million years ago, was Happy Gilmore-ing it up at a driving range. He got puzzled and disgusted looks from our fellow patrons, but he was *murdering* the ball. I’ve never tried to copy something I’ve seen from a TV show or movie, because that’s sheep-like and ridiculous. Most people are damaged more from aping the style of a character than something they do.
I tried to make Skittlebrau once in college…it made a big mess and didn’t taste that good. whomp whomp.
We tried Elliot and Turks dance from season one of scrubs…..fail.
My friends and I tried playing ‘Light as a Feather Stiff as a Board’ after watching The Craft.
hahah EVERYONE has done this at sleepovers since the beginning of time.
totally the first thing that came to mind when i read this article..tried this a number of times and never worked obviously
the various drinking games from Beerfest. Including the strikeout.
yeah not my smartest times but sure were fun
Sliding across the hood of my dad’s Dodge Dart like the Duke boys.
In 7th Grade I tried to fill our house with bubbles (not proud!) using an oscillating fan and dish soap just like in the music video for “Everyday is a Winding Road” (even less proud than before!). Suffice it to say, I broke the fan.
Bought a lotto ticket with the numbers when I turned 18. Suffice to say I did not win the lotto.
Sledding down the steps in the front hall, inspired by Home Alone.
Kate wins.
I have a friend of mine who used to do that Happy Gilmore running golf shot and he could hit that ball so damn far,we would laugh so much afterward because it looked so funny but he could really crush it.
Who hasn’t tried the crane kick after seeing The Karate Kid? I remember landing flat on my back on the way out of the theater after seeing that movie.
When I was in 1st grade, I saw the singer Brandy jump off the balcony in the movie trailer for “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.” I was at the park and I jumped off the slide and hit my arm on one of those little speakers that kids can talk to each other through. I broke my arm.