A Cool Treat?

It doesn't matter what time of the day it is and if it's extremely hot out they really come out of the woodwork.

The dreaded ice cream trucks are back in full force and even though they've only been out a couple of times I already hate "Turkey in the Straw." Six (maybe six and a half more months and I'll be singing it in my sleep).

Of course when I hear the music approaching from far down the street or on the next block I immediately begin to think of a couple of movies which make fun of the truck (and maybe even the driver).

In "After Hours" Catherine O'Hara finds her truck and occupation to be a rather sexy occupation as she tries to pick up Paul (Griffin Dunne). All he wants to do is use her phone and while he tries to make a call she playfully, yet flirtatiously, tells him of her job.

She takes great pride in driving her truck and who would have thought later in the film it would become the center of focus for the vigilantes. While she's driving the truck (in the middle of the night) it does play music. Of course this helps Paul while he's fleeing the angry mob since he can hear them before actually seeing them.

While Gail finds being a mobile ice cream counter on wheels appealing, it's Mark Kendall's (Jim Carrey) mode of transportation in "Once Bitten" as he and his friends (Thomas Ballatore and Skip Lackey) head off to Hollywood to pick up girls. Mark's the only one who gets lucky (thanks to a raid at the club they decide to go to) and winds up going home with Lauren Hutton (the Countess).

When it's time for him to head home a few hours later she has her butler (Cleavon Little) bring the truck around for Mark and being the keen guy Mark is, he even gives them a free popsicle which the two toss over their shoulders.

As Mark starts his transformation into a vampire, he scares away two potential customers when they approach him for ice cream. That pale skin and hiss would surely scare me away.

If it weren't for the Terenzi brothers (Michael Siegel and Peter Licassi) from "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" chances are we could have all become cotton candy.