Apex Mountain
Dustin Hoffman; Justin Henry; Entenmann's; divorce movies; French toast; jungle gym accidents
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- Hoffman gets a yes over Tootsie: for about a year he takes the belt from Pacino and De Niro with the number one movie and an Oscar sweep; the same conclusion is recalled from the Rain Man episode.
- Streep is a no, called possibly ineligible because she has been on the mountain for 40 years.
- Justin Henry is a definite yes.
- Entenmann's is a yes, with the film showing the height of grocery-store baked-goods breakfasts; crumb cake and powdered donuts are recalled fondly.
- Divorce movies get a yes, with this film on the genre's Mount Rushmore and likely number one; The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story, Irreconcilable Differences and Bye Bye Love are also named in an informal three-or-four-film list.
- Jane Alexander is a no, with All the President's Men probably her apex.
- French toast is at its apex given its starring role in several key scenes, although the missing cinnamon is previewed as a nitpick.
- Jungle gym accidents are definitely at apex.
- Benton is raised, with two Oscars and the number one film of the year called pretty good, without an explicit yes.