What’s Aged the Worst?
Censored television versions, the sequels, the swastika helmet and dated cultural associations.
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- Potentially nine-hour bus rides if Charlestown is Pennsylvania, although the setting seems intended as New England.
- Bad daytime television: Hawaiian showcase, soap operas and bowling.
- Edited television versions mutilate the film, including darkening the bottom of Dillon's nude scene.
- Seeing Melinda Dillon later as the mother in A Christmas Story creates a jarring association with Suzanne.
- The claim that the Hanson performers rejected a Universal spinoff is treated skeptically; the later sequel is dismissed.
- The harsh language and Jerry Houser's later role as Marcia Brady's husband are cited.
- Putting a bounty on an opponent now recalls the Saints' Bountygate scandal.
- Maxim's 1998 declaration of Slap Shot as the best guy movie feels dated, as do the two sequels.
- The bus driver's swastika helmet.
- The decline of Dickie Dunn's sentimental sportswriting is disputed: similar columns and credulous sourcing still exist.
- Dickie Dunn's dismissive response to his daughter's complaint about being insulted.