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Biggest goof ever

posted 19 years ago by rorz999
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Surely Christina Applegate's character would have remembered giving birth? So she was shocked when she found out she had a son... um, surely she gave birth to him...?

[–] jgjackson2003 19 years ago

That's the joke. It was a spin on the fact that the woman always comes back and has a kid that the man never knew about. and they always say they named him/her after the father. They were reversing the situation. Actually the biggest goof was that Applegate's character was a female president, thats just laughable.

[–] beanwiggin01 19 years ago

takeoff of Forrest Gump, like the "run, florist, run" scene

[–] The_Batman_1939 19 years ago

-takeoff of Forrest Gump, like the "run, florist, run" scene-

That's not really a goof, more of a spoof.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

[–] Jeff-01 19 years ago

>>takeoff of Forrest Gump, like the "run, florist, run" scene

He meant that the scene with Christina Applegate was not a goof, but rather, a spoof of the scene in Forrest Gump in which Jenny tells Forrest that he has a son. It's intentionally ridiculous because *of course* a woman would know she had a child!

[–] Fashion_Trance 19 years ago

...That's cute.

[–] donotdisappointme 19 years ago

This thread is a joke, right?

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[–] drklawistosed 19 years ago

haha they're like taking in the jokes like they're suposed to be reality?

[–] DirectedByBrian 19 years ago

Bob & Ray did a similar gag on their radio soap opera "Garrish Summit"

Rodney: Mother, this man is an imposter. I'm your only son!

Agatha: Well, I'm just trying to remember...

[–] William_Pahllace 19 years ago

No she didn't remember giving birth, it was a joke.

And don't call me Shirley.

[–] rorz999 19 years ago

OK thanks for clearing this up =)

[–] davetpark 19 years ago

This could also mean that Diane isn't really the mother and Jay had an affair with another woman named Diane. Just because the little boy is named Diane, it doesn't mean that Diane Steen is his mother.

[–] miamisfootballplaya 17 years ago

Wow... you really read too much into that joke.