Perhaps slapstick hasn't taken its ultimate pratfall. If the slices of success enjoyed by farcical summer hits The Naked Gun 2 1/2 and Hot Shots! are any indication, directors will be throwing more meringue-filled pies than ever before. It might work like this:
· JONATHAN DEMME Throws pie. Anthony Hopkins eats baker.
· FREDERICO FELLINI Throws pie, hitting fat woman's breast. Midget claps.
· SPIKE LEE Throws pie. Incites mob to burn down bakery.
· AKIRA KUROSAWA Recounts throwing of pie from five points of view.
· ALFRED HITCHCOCK Throws pie. Pie takes six shots to land. Chase ensues.
· BRIAN DE PALMA Throws Hitchcock's pie.
· DAVID LYNCH Throws pie just like everyone else. Media call him a genius.
· STEVEN SPIELBERG Throws pie. It turns into a wonderful spaceship...as seen through the eyes of a small boy.
· BARRY LEVINSON Throws pie at Warren. Annette turns up pregnant.
· MIKE NICHOLS Pie hits nasty Harrison Ford in head. Dumber but sweeter Ford buys puppy.
· JOHN HUGHES Throws same pie every three months.
· WOODY ALLEN Throws pie. Feels guilty for getting laugh.
· INGMAR BERGMAN Throws pie. God dies.
· MARTIN SCORSESE Throws pie better than anyone else, but Costner gets Oscar.
