11 Biggest Crowd Pleasing Film Moments Of 2012
5. The Thunder Song Ted
Seth MacFarlane has always had his way with a tune, as well as a raunchy running gag. His work on his various television shows has groomed him into a creative force with a lot of clout and control over his projects. Indeed, for better or worse, you can tell when something belongs to Seth MacFarlane. Ted was a film that a lot of people thought would collapse under the weight of MacFarlane fatigue, seeing as he's worn his formula so into the ground on television that it's almost hard to watch his shows and not think "Is this happening on American Dad too?" Thankfully this wasn't the case, as anyone who saw the trailer for Ted could tell you, this fine musical moment was the first sign that the film was going to be, at the very least, watchable. John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) is confronted once again with his childhood fear of thunder, and sensing (and sharing) his fear, Ted (Seth McFarlane) runs to his side. Together they sing their special "Thunder Buddy Song" that they've shared since John was a kid. However, this sequence takes two left turns: the first is, John and his girlfriend Lori (Mila Kunis) are about to get intimate when this occurs. Second, their rebuttal to one of natures most awesome forces is as profane and hysterical as Seth MacFarlane is allowed to create without the constraints of broadcast television. This had to be on the list because right from that first Red Band, people were practically starting to memorize the song. Not to mention this was the scene that launched a thousand Hot Topic t-shirts, so clearly it was something worth remembering. Most importantly, it proved that if a grown man telling thunder towell, service him orally, is something to laugh at; its even funnier when he does so with a talking teddy bear. (Let's see Teddy Ruxpin do that!)