The Band Camp scene (where Jim plays the trombone as the crowd roots him) was one of the few "Pie" locations not shot in the Long Beach area. It was shot in an amphitheatre on the north side of Farnsworth Park, at 568 E. Mount Curve Ave., in Altadena, CA. Alas, the grand lake...
American Pie 2 This may seem crushingly obvious, but here goes: The problem with a sequel like “American Pie 2” is that it’s about the same characters, and the elements of surprise and discovery are gone. In the first movie, Stifler’s mom appeared unexpectedly like a gift from above...
In the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, look for Laura Wheeling Waring paintings of Marian Anderson and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The 5 O’Clock Bandby Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, Brian Collier In New Orleans, Shorty and his friends are the 5 O’Clock Band, th...
Continuity mistake:In the scene where the Asian guy is taking a piss of the balcony atStifler's party, you see Stifler and his girl stand up when the pee hits the pillow. Then the camera is switched to the balcony where the Asian guy and a girl are talking. Then again we see Stifler...
Is that mulled cider running through your veins and an apple pie baking in your solar plexus? Yes it is and it sure beats the painful sunburn you'd suffer from in an invincible summer. I suppose there may be dark moments when a dreadful sense of pumpkin spice pervades the air, but on...
So cue thesad trombone, and let’s talk about some of the more maddening/ridiculous goings-on from the season 9 Los Angeles tryouts. Shall we start with that sour-patch kid in the ”hip” black hoodie with ”amusing” devil horns? To be fair, I don’t think there was a person on ...