TFG's 5 Flicks To Reduce Stress During COVID-19 Isolation

Social distancing to avoid the Novel Coronavirus?

Keeping a 6-feet-plus distance from others while out can be hard, so I've been been staying mostly inside during the pandemic. I'm really good at being an introvert, so I don't miss being around people too much. But, I get bored easily, and my to-do list is complete.

1. Stock the fridge - check
2. Spring cleaning the house - check (somewhat. . .  mostly. . .  better than it was)
3. Organize my comic collection by title - check
4. Mow the lawn - check
5. Re-organize my comic collection by character - check

All the important stuff is done! Now what?

Movies, baby.

Here are TFG's picks for the 5 Flicks To Reduce Stress During COVID-19 Isolation:

1988's The Naked Gun is comedy-dense, so you're gonna find new funny every time you watch it. Leslie Nielsen's  Frank Drebin is one of the best comedy characters of all time.

Period.

Watch this one with your kids (and don't be a downer and tell them the OJ story).

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Sorry, not recommended. Not sure how that got there.

Skip this.

Move on.

Sure, you think Will Ferrell is hit or miss. And he has been. But 2008's Stepbrothers is comedy gold, Ferrell's best. And John C. Reilly is even better in this film than Ferrell.

Get lost in the hijinks.

We can't do the time warp and go back to months-ago Wuhan, China to stop this pandemic.

Do the next best thing and re-watch 1975's The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Throw rice and toast, and dance with your kids. But, take extra time to explain to them the character of Eddie, and that  Meatloaf was once a legit rock star.

I betcha a lot of things going on in Riley's mind are currently going on in yours.

You know them all -- Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger. You've cycled through them each time you've seen an empty shelf where the toilet paper used to be at Wal-Mart.

Re-watch 2015's Inside Out for  tips on how to recognize and control those emotions! And laugh while you watch.

Tom Hanks announced a few weeks ago he and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19.

What better way to honor Hanks, and also distract yourself from all the stress, than to re-watch 1988's Big?

You've seen him eat the tiny corn 50 times, I know. You'll still laugh at the 51st.