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Also, I remember laughing out loud at the "penis breath" comment. PERFECT example of brotherhood.

Eddie Torres the Extra Testicle.. IYKYK

I do wish people who suck cock weren't denigrated all the time it seems misogynistic and homophobic

A few years ago, my dad was complaining about kid’s shows today having bad language and being too adult. When I asked him for an example, he said “they say things like penis breath in E.T.” That was his only example of how kid’s shows “today” go too far.

Easily the most relatable.

That scene has always stuck in my head for the sadness underneath it, accentuated by the lighting and Elliot's response to contacting his dad... "...he's in Mexico with Sally"

As a parent this is extremely real.

It’s such a tiny moment, but that’s exactly why it works. Everyone reacts like a real family instead of characters waiting for their next line.

I remember reading many years ago that the movie was rated PG for ‘one slightly vulgar remark’

For me, the most impactful moment in ET was when Elliot stands on his fallen classmate in order to kiss the girl in his class who was much taller than him. Thus was a preference for taller women born.

Ian's Origin Story™

"aged wet chicken breath"

btw as someone who has talked to kids about many awkward topics -- you can choose between "yup it's funny, let's also learn about it" and "i don't mind that it's funny to you, but it's not funny to me" "that's not funny" never works. that way lies guaranteed failure

For me it was when he killed a bunch of people and hid in Europe so cops couldn't ask him about it, truly epic

When I was a kid, my aunt and uncle had an argument at table. My uncle had thick glasses. And at one point, she : "and you, you have eyes that look like cat's balls" We started laughing. But the funniest was her face when she turned around toward us: confused, she did not understand our laughter. 🤣

youtu.be/7DMQP8fWuHo?...

i was a kid and saw this in a theatre with two nuns sitting behind me and I remember them laughing. all these years later...

One of the great bits of ad-libbing and corpsing.

cultural apex

That’s in the novelization too. Along with the douche line.

I thought about this scene when I had to keep a straight face telling my son that calling his sister "poopface" was ABSOLUTELY NOT FUNNY and also making sure he didn't hear me laughing about it later with my adult friends.

Can you imagine trying to act the part of acting angry while stifling surprised laughter? Imagine if Spielberg had to shoot that scene over! Could you pull off that reaction twice?

I love Mary's reaction to Elliott and ET's goodbye hug at the end just before he leaves in the spaceship, especially, on watching as an adult, you understand the context about Elliott's absent father and how Mary finally "gets" what his bond with ET was actually about.

I don't think I've seen the remaster, I'm remembering seeing it in the 80s

And it got past the UK censors who rated it "U" (equivalent to a US "G" rating)!

Real parent moment

I went to see E.T. w a few friends, and discussion of that scene after the movie came up. A girl in the group tried really hard to convince us he said, “Peanuts breath”.

I must have said “penis breath” 500 times in the first week after I saw that movie in the theatre. 😂

We lost something when movies stopped including meaningless scenes of the characters goofing off.

me2 Ian

Look, I like a good pejorative as much as the next person, but sucking cock is a lovely thing that ought not be made out as a negative. I mean, I have a cock. Getting it sucked is The Goal.

The only two things I remember from ET is “penisbreath” and ET looking like a defrosting turkey in a ditch

I took my boys to that movie and after that line was said a little boy in front of us laughed and said: "Mom, he said he had peanut breath". Still chuckle about that today.