Aug 4-10  Stoner Comedy Week: I don’t gas reefer anymore, but I love it when people in movies do!

For a fifty-mile stretch of the highways surrounding Spurbury, Vermont, Captain John O’Hagen (Brian Cox), Lieutenant Arcot Ramathorn (Jay Chandrasekhar), “Rabbit” Roto (Erik Stolhanske), “Mac” Womack (Steve Lemme), Rodney “Rod” Farva (Kevin Heffernan) and Carl Foster (Paul Soter) are the law. Mainly, their power is used for pranks and shenanigans (“Hey Farva, what’s the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy stuff on the wall and the mozzarella sticks?”) until a Winnebago with a dead body and tons of drugs is found. The local cops get there first and won’t share the investigation. Maybe now is a good time for the troopers to actually be police officers.

Made by the comedy team Broken Lizard, Super Troopers was inspired by road trips to weddings by Steve Lemme and Jay Chandrasekhar, who were frequently high. They were also frequently getting pulled over by cops, who could have screwed with them had they only known how out of their minds the two were.

This brings back the hijinks ensue form. All you need to know is the basic outline, and you can come in at any moment for this quotable film. You either love it or you think it’s immature, but who cares? For example, I say lines from this scene all the time:

Dimpus Burger Guy: Double baco cheeseburger. It’s for a cop.

Farva: What the hell’s that all about? You gonna spit in it now?

Dimpus Burger Guy: No, I just told him that so he makes it good. Don’t spit in that cop’s burger.

Or this scene…

Captain O’Hagan: There was a time when we’d take a guy like you in the back and beat you with a hose. Now you’ve got your God-damned unions.

Farva: Cap’n… you know I’m not a pro-union guy.

Or this…

Farva: Gimme a litre o’ cola.

Dimpus Burger Guy: What?

Farva: A litre o’ cola.

Thorny: Just order a large, Farva.

Farva: I don’t want a large Farva. I want a goddamn litre o’ cola.

Obviously, I have seen this film too many times to be objective.

Also: Brian Cox is the best Hannibal Lecter.