Posted on 01/14/2015 9:34:54 AM PST by reed13k
Okay so I recently hired a few recent college grads in technical roles and a conversation was struck up at the end of the day. The conversation was a result of a missed movie reference during another conversation earlier in the day. The type of thing where you assume some level of common culture so you don't have to explain in more detail.
What follows in my comment was the result and follow-on question for my fellow Freepers.
"Manuel, you have too much butter on those trays."
Agreed - especially since I’m in the Cleveland area. Also reminded me of Bull Durham
“And don’t go home, don’t go to eat, and don’t play with yourself. It wouldn’t look nice on my highway. Oh, you can think about it, but don’t do it.”
“You can’t kill the actors, they’re not animals, they’re human beings!”
“Have you ever eaten with one?”
Classic Three Stooges:
Judge - “He said do you swear....”
Curly - “No, but I know all the words!”
From Disorder in the Court
You’ll have to forgive him...he’s from Barcelona.
YES!!!! YES!!! I ADMIT IT!!!
HE!
VAS!
MY!
BOYFRIEND!!!!!!!!
Classic,
I have a dvd somewhere. Im actually looking right now for it.
Me and one of my co-workers don't recite comedy movies per se, but since we watch a lot of the same things we've pulled out some snippets that we thought were comical and use them around the office. Although they are somewhat esoteric:
For example, when UPS or FedEx comes to the office (which is quite frequent) one of us, in our best Brad Pitt impersonation from the movie Seven will say, "What's in the box?"
Plus various lines from Martin Scorsese movies is always good for a laugh: Goodfellas, Casino, etc. Before going to lunch we'll sometimes say as Joe Pesci did in Casino, "Suppose I want to go into the restaurant and get one of those sandwiches?" Robert DeNiro: "Forget it! You can't even step foot in the parking lot."
And in discussing the goings on of the office one of us will inevitably reach for Mr. X from JFK (being Oliver Stone fans)and say, "That was pure Black Ops!"
Various lines from Full Metal Jacket are recited as well, but not in mixed company.
2) Do you think quoting from movies/skits is less a part of common culture in today's generation?
For the millenials? Most definitely. As Gen X'ers we seem to be the last generation to do it.
What comedy movies/skits do you still laugh at when you see them and believe should be on the all time greatest list?
Definitely Full Metal Jacket. Hilarious.
Thanks for posting!
Oh ... just thought of this one: Cannonball Run
Love Power!
LOL!
I'm sitting here about to fall out of my chair, trying to laugh as quietly as possible just thinking of his ad-libs. Let alone watching them...
“I was angry before, but now I’m p!$$ed off!!”
“If I was that close to a horse’s weiner, I’d be worried about being p!$$ed ON!”
Lighten up, Francis...
“Come out to the coast, we’ll have a few laughs...”
Die Hard
Yeah, we love MP’s Holy Grail (”I am of the shoe! I am of the gourd!” “Splinter!!!!”)
And today I asked my early 20’s co-workers if they knew who Ellie Mae Clampett was (character on Beverly Hills, actress died just a few days ago, age 82), and the response was *crickets, crickets*.
But Hey! Don’t overlook the great SciFi series. Here are a few of my family’s favorites, employed (sometimes in paraphase) when any discussion could benefit from a shared reference:
(delivered deadpan) “Yes, sir, About yeah high.”
(Commander Ivonova on Babylon 5 about Mimbari Ambassador Delenn being in a cocoon!)
“Natural born IDIOTS!”
(Neelix to Kes on Star Trek: Voyager:
Kes: These people are natural born explorers, Neelix.
Neelix: These people are natural born *IDIOTS*, if you ask me! They don’t appreciate what they have here. This ship is the match of any vessel within a hundred light years, and what do they do with it?
Neelix: [mimicking] “Well, uh, let’s see if we can’t find some space anomaly today that might RIP IT APART !!!” “)
(delivered very softly and introspectively) “Been thinking about moving to the middle.”
(Capt. Mal Reynolds on FireFly:
Jayne: [the three of them are playing Chinese checkers; to Mal] Your move.
[Mal jumps four marbles]
Zoë: That’s a bold move.
Mal: I live on the edge.
[Zoe jumps six of his marbles]
Jayne: Nice work dumb-ass.
Mal: [as Zoe chuckles] I’ve given some thought to moving off the edge. Not an ideal location. Might get a place in the middle.)
“Ith not the heat, ith the humidity.” (Quark from Star Trek: Deep Space 9, on a “camping trip,” making the (groan) expected complaint about the weather, in his own slightly lisping way)
“...where they’re be no tribble a’tall” (Scotty to Kirk on Star Trek: The Original Series, in “The Trouble With Tribbles”)
(delivered very guardedly) “I may have experiemented with a few options.”
(Rommie to the jealous Becca, in Andromeda, about how Rommie chose her (beautiful, sexy avatar appearance:
Beka: So, what you’re saying is that you randomly chose a bunch of human female features, you mixed them all up, and this was the first face that you came up with?
Rommie: I may have experimented with a few options.
Beka: Define “a few”.
Rommie: 170,894)
And so on!
Iss Zis ze Kvick Fuse/or ze slow fuse?
I just read a very serious book about the plot to kill Hitler, and there was a discussion about the briefcase bomb on whether to use a slow fuse or a quick fuse and I burst out laughing in the middle of reading it!
“That’s an attention getter.”
I have referred to my wife as Lieutenant Hooks while she was driving.
Also I have used some tackleberry lines on friends.
"Scaaarrryyyyy, boys and girls!!!"
"Thanks to Mrs. Yachke for the cabbage rolls and the coffee."
"G'day. How's it goin' eh?? Our topic for today is...."
"Blowed up!! Blowed up good!! Yeah, real good."
And we pass items to each other Dr. Tongue 3-D style. "Would you like some ....... MUSTARD???"
She can do a pitch perfect Pirini Scleroso that totally cracks me up every time, even after 25 years.
Johnny Upton: I’m gonna flash them, Joe!
Joe McGrath: Aw jeez, son...
Johnny Upton: Yes I am! I’m gonna walk down that stinkin’ aisle, and open this faggot bathrobe and wiggle my —— at ‘em!
Joe McGrath: You WILL not.
Johhny Upton: Yes I am, Joe, and you know why? Because I want you to have a heart attack and die so that we never have to do this —— again. You and your ——’ fashion shows.
Joe McGrath: It’s good publicity! You boys just haven’t been bringing in the crowds like you used to.
Johnny Upton: I’m telling you, ya better be prepared, because when I yank it out, everybody in that audience with the exception of my wife is gonna be runnin’ for the exits!
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