Dearest fans of Clark Motherfucking Gable,
I am pleased to draw your attention to the following link:
http://channels.netscape.com/celebrity/package.jsp?name=fte/bestmoviekisses/bestmoviekisses&floc=wn-ns
It shows, as many have long posited, that Clark Motherfucking Gable is the single best kisser in the history of Hollywood and, as film stars are just like normal humans but far better, quite likely the world. Should the link be broken by the time you read this post, I will reprint the top ten film kisses below:
1. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in "Gone With the Wind"
2. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie in "Doctor Zhivago"
3. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman at the end of "Casablanca"
4. Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn in "Sabrina"
5. Rock Hudson and Doris Day in "Pillow Talk"
6. Molly Ringwald and Michael Schoeffling in "Sixteen Candles"
7. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in "A Place in the Sun"
8. Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson' in "The Breakfast Club"
9. Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in "Singin' in the Rain"
10. Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke in "Reality Bites"
A few minor points about the famous kiss in question must be brought to light, in spite of the myriad protestations from the estate of Vivien Leigh. First, it must be pointed out that any credit for the title of greatest kiss should fall clearly in the lap of Clark Motherfucking Gable. Vivien kissed, quite frankly, like a nine-year-old boy (a claim I first made before ever having kissed a nine-year-old boy but one that, purely in the interest of science, I verified on more than one occasion thereafter).
Second, and this one is difficult to explain, Vivien Leigh's lips tasted remarkably like fish, and I would swear during my more lucid, less mescaline-fueled moments on set, that they actually had scales as well. It was all I could do not to vomit in her mouth when she leaned in to kiss me. In truth, I did not always succeed in withholding the percolating bile and vomit, expelling the contents of my stomach onto her face take after take after take. Finally, I retreated to my trailer and coated my lips in peanut butter before returning to the set and firmly locking lips with the stench-lipped gorgon.
Few knew that Vivien was so deathly allergic to peanut butter - I plead the fifth - and we were forced to wrap shooting for the day while she was rushed off to hospital.
I visited her that night, ostensibly to apologize and ask forgiveness, but in sooth to slip a mild sedative into her intravenous medication and laminate her mouth in a fine plastic. My ruse worked, and the next day we filmed the greatest kiss since the kiss was first invented between two Frenchmen in a hot air balloon who were forced to find other ways to amuse themselves when the zippers on their pantaloons stuck.
In any case, since that time I have never travelled anywhere without a coating of smooth peanut butter on my lips, a habit which gave rise to many fallacious rumours about Clark Motherfucking Gable having halitosis, the likes of which I hope this tale will serve to dispel.
Before I leave you on this day, I would like to offer some salient observations about some of the other kisses on the Top 10 list.
• Humphrey Bogart makes this list twice, which should come as no surprise to anyone who knew of his trade secrets. Ever the method actor, he infused passion into his kisses by inserting his penis into his corresponding leading lady as the take was being filmed.
• Gene Kelly, it is often said, worked up the requisite zeal in kissing Debbie Reynolds by thinking of none other than Clark Motherfucking Gable! Such reverie would hardly be the case now, as Debbie Reynolds is mannish enough in her appearance to please even Gene Kelly.
• Molly Ringwald also makes this list twice, largely because any time she kisses on screen, it means that her mouth is otherwise occupied and she is forced to shut the shitfuck up. Honestly, who ever thought that this carp-mouthed automaton would make for a good leading lady?
• I would not allow Ethan Hawke to kiss so much as my shit. Were he to try, I would offer a quick karate chop to his trachea and then toss him a few dollars which he would hopefully use to purchase some real facial hair.
• The other kisses on the list were all utter cowshit.
With many peanut butter kisses,
Clark Motherfucking Gable!