George Clooney Likes Moosehead Beer and Corn Flakes

I’m sure everyone knows that during Academy Award winner/nominee George Clooney’s lean years he appeared in some terrible projects. Do The Facts of Life and Return to Horror High ring any bells? While those were pretty awful, Clooney’s cinema coup de grâce is without question 1988′s Return of the Killer Tomatoes!. It’s hack horror at its finest.

I had the distinct pleasure of watching this bastion of schlock recently and walked away impressed. When I say impressed, I mean I came oh so close to sealing my eyes shut with industrial strength epoxy. It’s my own fault. If I was drunk or at the very least drinking during the screening I probably would’ve had a blast. From now on I’ll be carrying a bottle of Jim Beam wherever I go. Lesson learned.

Anyway, Georgie boy is on top of his game in Tomatoes. Look past the well-groomed mullet and laughable wardrobe and you’ll spot the raw talent just waiting to burst out and take Hollywood by storm. Well, not really, but he does showcase those annoying facial ticks we’ve all come to despise.

Here’s one of my favorite scenes. It’s about blatant product placement in movies. The goodness starts at about the 1:30 mark (the quality is shit, but so is the flick).

Hey, at least they knew they were making a monumental failure. By the way, didn’t Wayne’s World steal the whole product placement gag a few years later?

Eureka! The producers of Return of the Killer Tomatoes! should file a lawsuit pronto. They could use the millions they’ll be awarded in a settlement to make another sequel. Hmm. I wonder if Clooney would be available?