Beginning Responsibility: Lunchroom Manners (1959)

★★★★★ · Mwahahahahahahaha!!! · Spuzz · 2006-01-08

Oh1 Oh! This is one of my all time favorite films.. There are so many laugh out moments in ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂLunchroom MannersÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ…

★★★★★ · Only a Mr. Bungle Would Eat Dessert First! · Christine Hennig · 2004-09-15

Two words: Mr. Bungle. That's right, an incredibly lame hand puppet named "Mr. Bungle" attempts to show us what not to do in the lunchroom, except he's so pathetic we need the narrator to explain what's going on. A moment of pure horror is narrowly averted when at the last minute they decide not to show us Mr. Bungle going to the Boys' Room. The rest of the film features incredibly white Phil showing us how we should behave in the lunchroom. Great moments to watch for include the amount of soap Phil uses to wash his hands, Phil and his buddies attempting to comb their nearly-hairless heads in…

★★★★★ · Comparisons and more · MoshMasterD · 2006-10-27

OK, let's cut this sucker down. If you make this same movie in a today scene, you will get only the fashion of the time as the forefront of the movie, with all the rap and rock that comes with it. Back then, as this film was made, it stuck with one and only one thesis, THE MESSAGE. Yes, it is very campy with the narration, the everchanging Phil crew cuts, the Mr. Bungle comparisons, et al, but the message was perfectly clear. Showing more fashion than message is a huge problem in educational films and TV today. I have a challenge, which was done once before with great success, to the student…

★★★★★ · Nobody likes a Mr. Bungle · ScotisRule · 2004-09-29

The thesis of this short, "nobody likes a Mr. Bungle," is easily refuted when you notice just how many children burst out in joyous laughter when watching the Mr. Bungle puppet show. The narrator attempts to spin this outpouring of gleeful laughter by explaining that the children might think this is funny, but they would not like to know a Mr. Bungle in their class. Things to watch for: -- When Mr. Bungle is sitting at the lunchroom table the stick person on the right-hand side of him seems to fall due to the sheer power of psychic energy or the power of the deadly vibrating palm. -- When…

★★★★★ · C'mon Mr. Bungle, tell me why · dynayellow · 2004-11-03

I first saw part of this short in a Pee Wee Herman special (his nightclub act, not the kid's show), and I've been looking for the whole thing ever since. Oh man, where to begin? The children who look like they just stepped out of the Master Race Breeding Program (note that the naughty child who runs in the lunchroom is a brunette)? The pile of soap that's bigger than the kid's hand? The unintentionally hilarious edit where the announcer says "he saw what he really wanted?" Or the HUMUNGOUS piece of cake? One of those great indoctrination videos where adults use shame and name calling…

★★★★★ · Deja Vu · MemberoftheCast · 2006-07-30

I would like to defend those "creepy" kids as it turns out, I'm one of them. I am the "cute", (not creepy) little girl in the puff-sleeve dress who was all of 6 when this was filmed. After reviewing, I can understand why we all turned into the hippies of the sixties. I don't remember any of it, but my brother, who is also in the classroom scene, saw the HBO special and found this site. I can only say "Wow, you never know what will show up on the Internet."