Rubber-plant condom joke; young Dean Norris and Nestor Serrano; blond Hitler-haired henchman; South African accents; Joss Ackland; Patsy Kensit; Eric Clapton soundtrack; decision not to kill Riggs; Pesci's introduction; nail guns
The condom material with the daughter paying off in the rubber-plant joke is classic cop humor.
Seen on cable as a kid, a dad laughed with his entire soul at the condom scene; the joke only made sense years later; a room full of cops is the right setting.
The bad guy with the blond Hitler hair; a wispy mustache would have been too on the nose.
The South African accents get special applause ('who is the dickhead now, eh?').
Asked why no South African accent was attempted, the reply is that South African is hard to do. — Chris Ryan
Joss Ackland, the Russian diplomat in Hunt for Red October, is good with a variety of accents.
Patsy Kensit does a great job, though notes follow about her character having no apparent culpability for working there; she looks great.
She faced a tough crowd in Michelle Pfeiffer's golden age, with Greta Scotchy and Meg Ryan also around; a high-school argument over Scotchy versus Kensit is recalled.
Kensit married Liam Gallagher and was originally a singer in a band.
The soundtrack: Eric Clapton does the guitar work and there is a George Harrison song.
The decision not to have Riggs die, financially.
The introduction of Pesci, like a microwave scorer off the bench, injects adrenaline and breaks into the Riggs-Murtaugh chemistry.
Nail guns: this was the first time seeing one, and with Snoop in The Wire nail guns aged really well.
