But Honestly, Who Gave Pierre McGuire A Corndog In The First Place?
Here's the thing you have to remember--Pierre McGuire is just a giant child with an insane recollection of where current NHL superstars played their youth hockey. He may look like an adult, he may have an adult job, but he is a child at heart.
Now there are a lot of shitty things that kids will do sometimes but most of the time, those shitty things are directly correlated to shitty parenting. Like those stories you hear about a kid who brought a bunch of meth to school. Are you really going to blame the kid in that scenario or are you going to blame the shitty parents?
Same idea here. I can't sit here and blame Pierre McGuire for now haunting my dreams for the rest of eternity with this image of him devouring a corndog on national television. Because I don't, for one moment, think that Pierre McGuire went over to the concession stand during the middle of the game to grab a corndog himself to devour in the middle of his shot. Instead, somebody from NBC gave Pierre that corndog, and that's the asshole who has some explaining to do. Because all Pierre did here was eat a corndog which was given to him at a hockey game. We'd all do the exact same thing in that scenario. But the jackass who gave it to him in the first place? Who knew that they were actively sabotaging every hockey fan's New Years Day and potentially their decade by broadcasting this image into their homes? Well for fuck sake's, man….honestly that's a top 5 worst human on the planet, and this planet is filled with giant pieces of shit.
But again, Pierre is completely devoid of blame here. The only crime he committed was eating a deliciously deep-fried hot dog which was given to him. And if that's a crime, you can lock everyone up for life.
P.S. - Such an underrated scene and underrated movie in general.