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15 Trivia Tidbits About ‘Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story’
Alyson Lewis
May 14, 2023
Welcome to the Cracked newsletter!
This issue is about “Motherlover,” trivia tidbits, John Cleese, extreme survival stories, and much more.
What’s endlessly frustrating about Saturday Night Live is that whenever the show hits upon a funny sketch or character, you can bet the writers will quickly run that idea into the ground, bringing it back again and again until you forgot what made it funny in the first place. (David S. Pumpkins, I once loved you, but I don’t need to see you ever again.)
So it was understandable to be worried when Justin Timberlake hosted SNL on May 9, 2009. “Oh no,” you probably thought, “they’re not going to do another ‘Dick in a Box,’ are they?” Sure enough they did, but something extraordinary happened: The follow-up was actually pretty fantastic. As we prepare for another Mother’s Day, let us pay tribute to “Motherlover,” the funniest song ever about having sex with your best friend’s mom.
In June 2004, a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks got pummeled at the box office by a silly little comedy about grown-ups throwing balls at each other. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story gave us one of Ben Stiller’s funniest (and grossest) characters, helped propel Justin Long’s career and even spawned an actual ESPN channel that celebrates bizarre and lesser-known sports like Corgi racing and something called Spikeball.
It has recently been announced that a sequel is officially in the works. Naturally, we decided to strap on some spandex, recite the “Five D’s of Dodgeball,” and assemble this list of tidbits about the movie where practically everyone gets hit in the face by some balls — and the occasional wrench…
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