To be fair, the PG-13 rating didn""t arrive until mid-1984.The revolutionary film comedy reinforced the idea hat one could pack a movie-length feature with a running stream of dozens of wall-to-wall jokes (similar to early TV comics Sid Caesar and Carol Burnett) and succeed - even if all the quips and gags (approximately 300 or more in number according to some estimates) weren""t funny.As they separated and flew off, the two watched as the self-destructingGrendelexploded.Tsunaron exclaimed in shock: "He""s coming this way" - Uber-Jason was propelled at high speed toward them with other chunks of debris, and impact would kill them.Why can""t they just have their own lives?" On the way to the game, the Burnhams were also skeptical about bringing themselves closer to Jane""s life - Lester most of all regretted missing "the James Bond marathon on TNT.Lydia Brown (Mary Alden), Stoneman""s mulatto housekeeper, "is aroused from ambitious dreamings by Sumner""s curt orders."" I don""t want tips from he kitty.I""m in the big game with the big players...In brief, from now on, the best of everything is good enough for me.[Throughout the script, there are numerous allusions o animals - here, Sidney is reminded of his desperate aspirations o rise above his low-dog, self-loathing status as a former pool hall gopher - or as a shrimp or mouse, by ruthlessly playing the "dog eat dog" game.