Movie Mondays at The Troc, Monday August 22
“Beavis and Butthead Do America”
by Emily Currier
Being a girly girl during my adolescence, I missed out on the whole phenomenon of “Beavis and Butthead” (I eventually got on board with the spin-off of “Daria”). But when a friend invited me out on a Monday night for a $3 big-screen movie, I felt I couldn’t resist. We made sure to show up before 7pm to make those three dollars really count- for the movie, a free beer and popcorn, and towards $3 at the bar. Basically, the night turned into a cheap drunk.
Armed with our free beers and popcorn, Jon and I took a seat in the small bar area upstairs at The Troc. There was some sort of delay on the movie, so they kept the early birds satiated by showing episodes of “Beavis and Butthead” on the TVs in the bar. With our spot right next to the blaring speakers, our attempts at conversation were drowned out by early ‘90s punk music videos and punctuated chuckling. So, instead of dwelling on catching up with an old college friend, we continued to drink PBRs. Being clever, poor, and an alcoholic, I figured out we could pool together our $3 tokens towards a $10 bucket of four PBRs. Three beers for $2, not bad, Troc.
A slow stream of tattooed punk types filtered into the bar and added their chatter to the deafening noises of Beavis and Butthead’s nasal dialogue. Instead of seeming like an atypical event, Movie Mondays at the Troc are an apparent regulars’ hang out, regardless of the movie playing. The bar was packed by the time the doors to the big screen were finally opened up around 8:15. The movie screen drops down the Troc’s main stage and audience members sit on cushioned rows in the balcony. Unlike in expensive, stifled (and sober) movie theaters, audience members were loosened up to laugh out loud and hoot-n-holler along with the movie. The stupid, stupid movie.
Emily Currier
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