Refried Screens

Movies have to power to change lives.  An undersized kid realizes his dream of playing football after watching Rudy.  Evangelicals flock to church after watching The Passion of the Christ.  A owner of a old, raggedy horse decides against the glue factory after enjoying Seabiscuit. 

In Queens, a guy watches Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams and corrupts Mister Softee:

Customers would walk up to the truck, place a combined ice cream and drug order, and Jordan would put the dope under the scoops in doubled Mister Softee cups, police said. Marijuana was sold in $25 bags, while cocaine came in various denominations of “snow” cones, police said. (NY Post)

The Original “Nice Dreams“:

Extra Crispy Drug Dealer Version:

Brooklyn drug dealers mess with Harry Potter and now Queens has it in for Mister Softee?  I’m not going to try to guess what’s going on in the Bronx! 

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Have you ever tried to mimic the movies? If so, how did it turn out? And have you seen shady ice cream trucks in your ‘hood?