Watch this ironic minority twist link Annette's career until it becomes a beaten dead horse by Ed!

'nuptialis interruptis'--the Foolin' Around plotline summary:

The 'cute under-achiever' guy rescues the 'unavailable (but genuine and fun-loving) uptown' Daddy's girl from her upcoming marriage plans. Similar plotline to Tom Hanks in Bachelor Party, or even Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate. The scientific name for this comedic-action ploy is 'nuptialis interruptis.' Annette's amour-to-be: the rough & tumble Gary Busey (fresh from an Oscar bid for The Buddy Holly Story).

In cliche plotlines, why must our hero rescue the girl without a sensible transport? Before the climactic rescue, our hero will run out of gas, crash his vehicle, lose his keys, hoof it to continue the chase, snatch the girl & finally, escape via a hasty but improbable mount or vehicle.

Busey attempts a (clumsy) tennis match in Foolin' Around; strikingly like Tom Hanks with a stuffed shirt crowd in Bachelor Party (1984). Hank, in his match, brazenly lofts tennis balls for "a home run!" In Busey's match, he receives 'a point' shot squarely...in the balls. Not unlike their future career paths!

The Heroic Method 'vehicle redux'

Seeming bent-on-death, Gary Busey was the reigning cum laude of the "helmetless motorcycle racing" school. Busey barely escaped death & survived a long term coma after a helmetless California highway crash!

A hero (at last) in Stephen King's Silver Bullet, Busey is a sympathetic loser (in this film, he survives) battling a local werewolf. No winning the girl, no fancy escape.

Before his monstrous encounter, Busey utters one of my favorite lines: "...I'm tired of playing the Hardy Boys meet Reverend Werewolf!"

Experienced in speed, Busey builds a fast motorized wheelchair (called the Silver Bullet) for nephew Corey Haim. Note: Annette O'Toole also faced a Stephen King monster (IT).

Hanks went on to win 2 Oscars (Forrest Gump & Philadelphia); he was nominated even more (Big, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, Castaway).

Annette's rescue in Foolin' Around comes crashing through a church steeple in a hang-gliding stunt. (see 'nuptialis interruptis')

Busey Hangs in There

'All We are is Dustin the Wind...'

The new heroic method was immortalized by Dustin Hoffman (another twice honored Oscar vet) in The Graduate. He runs out of gas a mile from Church, then heroically snatches the lovely Katherine Ross from a hastily arranged wedding then heroically yields a menacing cross, then heroically escapes (boarding a passing city bus).

click for sounds of "the Graduate"

California ministers (in response to sudden outbursts of the new heroic method) newly developed a special prayer. Upon sudden crashing of doors, windows or the roof, the church choir will sweetly intone the original hymnal, 'nuptialis interruptis.'

Notes from Ed: where has Annette O'Toole appeared lately? 'Made for TV' stuff-a victim in Stephen King's IT. The star of a short lived cable action show, The Huntress (she plays a Charlie's Angel amalgam--Mother/cop/detective). I saw a USA cable Nash Bridges re-run; she played Don Johnson's ex-wife, mother to a teen daughter. In this episode, they suspect the daughter of inappropriate "foolin' around." The estranged parents confer to discuss suspected unladylike behavior…then had some of their own. Annette relives her 'foolin' with O' Toole' history...they do the deed on top of Don Johnson's yellow supercharged "Nash-mobile", no less! Once again, there's an ethnic minority comic partner played by...Cheech Marin, who comically detects to Nash the fresh hood dents on Nash's hot rod!