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DECEMBER 03, 2010

Friday Fromage: Princess Di has an appointment today with The Dentist

Forgive me for a personal smear of Cheez Whiz, in loving tribute to today's loss of a wisdom tooth or two by Mrs. Moviedude, a.k.a Princess Di. She's a trouper, and I guess surviving a week of soft-to-chew food with her makes me one, too.

I could post the dentist scene from either version of Little Shop of Horrors or Marathon Man ("Is it safe?") but those are pretty good flicks and the office visits are, after all, only one scene. No, we need a full-length feature of improperly applied drills and anesthesia to get my baby in the proper mood. Therefore, we present the newest Fromage ever delivered on a Friday, 1996's ortho-horror flick The Dentist.

Remember when Corbin Bernsen was the hottest actor on TV in L.A. Law? He's still one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood but you'd have to squint to notice. Mostly TV guest shots, straight to video movies and a role on General Hospital (hey, that hasn't done badly for James Franco). In The Dentist he plays a stressed out tooth jockey who discovers his wife is having an affair, and begins taking it out on his patients. It's the only time when getting stranded in a waiting room is a blessing.

Enjoy!

 

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