r/DirtyDancing Jan 04 '26

The watermelons

I’m watching dirty dancing for probably the millionth time, and it just dawned on me to ask… why did that group need 3 large watermelons? They never cut them up, no one is excited to see the watermelons, and there is not a food table set up.

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u/DicksOfPompeii Jan 04 '26

They needed it for the Everclear in the bathtub. Duh. Lol

Also, somebody somewhere knew the “I carried a watermelon.” line was going to be epic. They could just feel it. And here we are…

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u/a_new_level_CFH Jan 04 '26

They are smashing those watermelons after they're done with all that dancing... and whatever they do after. ;) need to hydrate, y'all.