Funny / October Sky

• The boy's first "Rocket" attempt basically amounted to making a powerful fire cracker, so strong that it not only blew the fence it was perched on apart, but it blew the boys off of their feet and onto the ground.
• The montage (set to Ain't That A Shame) when the Rocket Boys are trying to perfect their rockets. Every single one of them blows up for at least five to ten solid minutes. The funniest though is when one comes down intact and the boys become proud and excited... then it blows up.
• In science class after Quentin and Homer dump their new rocket fuel down the sink. Then a girl throws a match down the sink.
• The Boys are trying to figure out why their rockets keep exploding, Quintin suggest they need a different sort of fuel. O'Dell suggest Gasoline. Roy Lee explains why that's a bad idea.
  Roy: That's a good idea. Four unidentifiable high school students lost their lives earlier this morning when their toy rocket exploded.
• The boys decide to use an alcohol-based liquid mix for the fuel, which would require almost pure alcohol, so they go to a Hillbilly Moonshiner's house to get a bottle of moonshine. The four of them come out of the moonshiner's house, staggering slightly.
  Moonshiner: Is that rocket fuel, or what?
• An amusing scene occurs when Homer goes to talk to Quentin about their problem with the math used for the rockets...and he ends up getting directions to his house from a prostitute.
• After Homer absolves himself and the Rocket Boys of starting the fire, Roy celebrates by butchering Quentin's catchphrase, "Prodigious!"
  Roy: [Grinning] Predigenous!
  [Quentin stares at him, confused]
• A montage of the boys stealing materials for the test site is shown, including them stealing lumber from a lumber yard and a window from a railroad signal tower. The next day, a railroad worker is shown leaning out of the empty window in confusion.

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