Corrected entry: There's a scene in the very beginning that has the father trying to get cereal for his breakfast. Yet, his son has cut the coupons from the boxes before they were empty. Each box the father takes out dumps a ton of cereal out of the bottom backs of the boxes. Now how could the kid have put those boxes back without making a mess? Also, where are the plastic bags that the cereal should be in?
Ray
27th Aug 2001
Better Off Dead (1985)
Correction: When I was a kid, they didn't have plastic bags inside the cereal boxes. The cereal was inside the box touching the cardboard. I think when this movie was made that was still the case.
No, plastic bags were in cereal boxes in 1985. I remember them. I remember wondering the same thing when I first saw this movie back in 1985.
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Correction: Simple - he did make a mess. He, or someone else, cleaned it up after him. As for the plastic (or greaseproof paper) bags inside the cereal box, Badger cut a hole in those too when he cut open the box to take the tokens.