10 More Trippy Freak Out Film Scenes That Will Melt Your Mind

9. Zapped!

zapped1 Zapped! is a lewd (but not entirely unlikable) 1982 comedy starring Scott Baio as a preppy teen gifted with telekinesis. Yep, Bob Loblaw can lob logs with his mind. Or something. Of course, such a premise serves not to examine the usual existential angst of the superhuman but rather an excuse to make pretty girls' clothes magically fall off. But that's not why we're here. No, we're here to see Scatman Crothers play Dex, a baseball coach who, having accidentally inhaled an ungodly amount of weed, is given to dreaming about meeting Albert Einstein. ''Mr Einstein!'' cries Crothers, ''I'm feeling strange. Someone put some sh*t on my mind!'' ''Sounds like too many chili dogs, Dex'' comes the improbable yet no less hilarious response. That's right; if you've ever wanted to see that guy from The Shining and one of the greatest minds in history get into an argument about chili dogs then, man, Zapped! will not disappoint. A nice bike ride seems to calm the pair down- that is until Dex's wife appears out of nowhere; riding a chariot and firing cartoon salamis from a bazooka.
 
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