Posted on 08/10/2010 7:25:50 AM PDT by MissTed
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“Don’t you know that man’s a ni...”
“Hey, where the white women at?”
I’ll run it by: the lab, the boys downtown, the captain——
“Perfect storm”, I’m not sure they actually used it in the movie, but boy is the phrase grossly over used. Still to this day any time two or more things combine to make something suck somebody will call it a perfect storm.
Roman Moronie ... “Johnny Dangerously”
The special edition DVD has interviews with the surviving cast members. Burton Gilliam, who played Lyle, said that he had a lot of problems with some of the dialog and was really struggling to say it.
He finally confided in Cleavon Little, who told Gilliam: "It's OK. I know what you don't really mean it."
I'm paraphrasing, because I don't remember their exact words. But, Gilliam said that it was like a weight being lifted off his chest, and he was able to finish the movie with a clear conscience.
Blazing Saddles was hilarious! One of the best comedies ever, imho. ;o)
I’m tired of Will Ferrell quotes getting over-used.
“That just happened!”
“We’re going streaking!”
And Austin Powers quotes
“Get in my belly!”
Re: self imposed censorship-
“ I have a bad feeling about this.”-Luke Skywalker et.al.
Agree on Blazing Saddles. Madeline Kahn’s ‘ I’m Tired’ never fails to crack me up. Brilliant! Doubt that it could be made today with all of the dialog. I wonder if even Brooks would be that daring now.
“It’s an .88 Magnum...It shoots through schools.”
And now some from “Back To School”
Thornton Melon: Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minutes until somebody passes out. And then bring one every ten minutes.
Thornton Melon: What’s your favorite subject?
Bubbles: Poetry.
Thornton Melon: Really? Well, maybe you can help me straighten out my Longfellow.
Diane: Actually, I’d like to join you, but I have class tonight.
Thornton Melon: Oh. How ‘bout tomorrow night?
Diane: I have class then, too.
Thornton Melon: I’ll tell you what, then. Why don’t you call me some time when you have no class?
Thornton Melon: [chuckling to his classmates] Good teacher. He really seems to care. About what I have no idea.
Thornton Melon: The football team at my high school, they were tough. After they sacked the quarterback, they went after his family.
"Here's looking at you kid"
Even back then, Mel was really pushing the envelope.
I've always thought that only Mel could make a movie like that. Given his personal history, no one could accuse him of racism.
Oh yes. Austin Powers was mildly annoying as a pop icon. Now that it's 15 minutes are (thankfully) long since gone .... it's just something that needs to go away, permanently.
"Animal House" quotes, however, can live forever. Just the other night, my oldest was describing "Fizzies" (a treat he'd just learned about) to his Grandpa.
Dad looked at me and asked "Wonder if we could dump a whole truckload of them into the swim meet?"
:-)
Nope. It was misquote. The actual quote was “OK, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”
A while after the first trilogy, Lucas realized he'd never get any peace from fans bothering him about making the rest of the movies. So he made the next three. Now no one bothers him and he lives in peace. His plan worked perfectly.
I don’t think any of them should be “retired” at all. Our culture is defined by such silly things. These shared bits define us, make us one, because they represent a common experience we can all relate to.
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