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Tony's magic bean wishes

posted 8 years ago by Ushers_Passing
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I've seen this movie dozens of times, but I still get so frustrated the way Tony wastes his wishes. Lets start with is first wish, he wishes that his boss along with his entire family would kiss his butt and be his slaves forever. Now lets continue.

#2--Wishes for a never-ending supply of beer. Dude, send your newly acquired slave to the store to buy you some, it's not like there's no stores around.

#3--Wishes for "something" to clean his apartment so he'll never have to lift a finger. Again, you have a house full of "slaves" calling you master, tell them to clean the frigging apartment.

#4--Wishes for a million dollars. Why? Your boss, who is now your slave is obviously rich, take his credit card to go buy the wife some underwear for crying out loud.

So that's 4 wishes wasted that would have been covered by the 1st wish.

#5--Wishes to escape from the cop car (which he wouldn't have been in had he not made wish #4, but it at least got him to where Virginia was)

And finally wish #6 is to be able to understand everything Prince is saying. He couldn't have said "we", "I wish WE could understand everything this dog is saying"?

I know this is all to set him up as a foolish, impulsive, and somewhat irresponsible character, but really, wishes 2 & 3 just drive me crazy!

[–] MarblesLove 8 years ago

Oh my goodness, right? I have always thought that. I couldn't help but wonder why the heck he didn't just have his new slaves go buy him the beer, clean his house and give him their money.

But like you said, it was set up that way to show how foolish, impulsive and somewhat irresponsible he is.

Once upon a time there was a magical place where it never rained. The end.

[–] skoobydoo6789 8 years ago

I think so too.

[–] signlady 8 years ago

I agree - and btw, I've loved John Larroquette since I was a kid and had forgotten about him!

I was pleasantly surprised to see him in this movie - he just has a certain persona that makes him seem like he could be your
down-to-earth-and-a-little-goofy-but-nice-next-door neighbor . . .

Chalk that wish issue up to writer and director . . . I wonder of Larroquette protested?

I mean, it seems like he would've at least kept up with how many he had left - he just breezed right thru 'em ...

I suppose - like you said, to anchor the irresponsibility, or actually, the impulsive grandiose ideas of the Tony character . . .

[–] Suzume-san 8 years ago

It's traditional, isn't it? Like selling your mother's cow for a bean in the first place. The fairy-tale hero usually starts out as a simpleton; and people keep calling Tony that, don't they? He's a bit old for the role, but that's all part of the fun.