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Last edited Tue Feb 24, 2026, 03:26 PM - Edit history (2)
"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,674 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,081 posts)Ritabert
(2,674 posts)LisaM
(29,696 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,154 posts)What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff... Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanos. The dead rising from the grave. Dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!
Ritabert
(2,674 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,081 posts)anciano
(2,328 posts)Jim__
(15,292 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,674 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)The story was set on a fictional New England island, but filmed in Mendocino and Fort Bragg in Northern California. Early morning scenes with the sun rising in the Atlantic had to be shot in the late afternoon with the sun setting in the Pacific.
Emergency! Everybody to get from street!
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,594 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,229 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,842 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)That line wasn't in Animal House. Good guess, though!

Another hint: "It tastes like the back of a fucking L.A. school bus."
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Ned Ryerson
"You wanna throw up here, or you wanna throw up in the car?"
(One of my all-time favorite movies....I've probably watched it 20 times)
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)jgo
(1,031 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,726 posts)jgo
(1,031 posts)The full quote may help-
"Some people call this hell, but you're still in Oklahoma Territory... Save your breath. I don't know who hung you or why, but if you're innocent, the judge will set you free. And if you're not, we'll have to take the trouble to hanging you again."
Wounded Bear
(64,726 posts)jgo
(1,031 posts)Historic NY
(40,159 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)Figarosmom
(13,885 posts)DFW
(60,533 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(13,885 posts)DFW
(60,533 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(13,885 posts)When he's in jail for the murder of Richard Crenna and he realizes Kathleen Turner didn't die in the boathouse explosion and had set him up from before even meeting him.
CTyankee
(68,543 posts)Figarosmom
(13,885 posts)boonecreek
(1,558 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,274 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,533 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,378 posts)DFW
(60,533 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,229 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,853 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,853 posts)Shermann
(9,075 posts)Niagara
(12,221 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Niagara
(12,221 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,893 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Niagara
(12,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,317 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,903 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,364 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)catbyte
(39,370 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,594 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(486 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,245 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,229 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,671 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,671 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,229 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,307 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,229 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,378 posts)pdxflyboy
(953 posts)n/t
Tbear
(745 posts)Tbear
(745 posts)The line is fromJimmer as he woke while his buddies were trying to get him to fart to jolt Jeff Daniels (the Buckless Yooper) out of his stupor.
Greatest fart scene ever from a fine movie depicting life in a UP deer camp.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)I recently read Bob Woodward's book about Deep Throat, "The Secret Man," and Mark Felt never actually said, "follow the money."
(But they stuck the line in the movie anyway)
Harker
(18,229 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,631 posts)._.
(1,897 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,902 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,902 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)John Wayne
James Stewart
Lee Marvin
Vera Miles
John Carradine
Lee Van Cleef
Andy Devine
Woody Strode
Strother Martin
Denver Pyle
John Qualen
Vera Miles is still living, almost 96. John Qualen was in Casablanca and in a very memorable role; Muley in The Grapes of Wrath.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
LSparkle
(12,238 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)LSparkle
(12,238 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,229 posts)the first with Inge Sargent, Austrian former Burmese princess. Very interesting woman. My second year teacher was a dead ringer for the magician on the "Agents of Fortune" record sleeve. I brought my copy in one day, and everyone saw the resemblance but him.
My in-laws are German citizens, born in Germany in the 30s, green card holders since the late 50s.
I'm less accomplished than I ought to be, but I get by.
Swear words are a good thing to know.
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)My grandpa was from coastal Germany near the Dutch border. He could speak both German and Frisian. My fraternal people were from Switzerland/Germany in the early 1830s. I have a smattering of English/Scottish, but I'm about 95% Germanic.
Harker
(18,229 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,229 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,229 posts)Pretty quiet, and an all around nice guy.
Between the Universities and the plethora of scientific labs, governmental agencies, etc. Boulder was packed with a lot of smart, creative people. I was very fortunate to be friendly with many, and friends with some.
Harker
(18,229 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,229 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)were The Fortune Cookie with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, their first pairing. Another was One, Two, Three with James Cagney, an absolute madcap comedy.
Harker
(18,229 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,076 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,246 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,113 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,113 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,113 posts)Cloudhopper
(189 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,113 posts)Cloudhopper
(189 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,842 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,076 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,842 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,543 posts)CTyankee
(68,543 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)CTyankee
(68,543 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,543 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,544 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,516 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)There's a rumor that Captain America (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) were based on Roger Mcguinn and David Crosby respectively.
Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)But I cant visualize George participating in football.

Dennis Hopper totally nailed David Crosby, but the jury is is still out on the Fonda/Mcguinn connection.
FM123
(10,386 posts)Cloudhopper
(189 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,229 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Harker
(18,229 posts)Not sure how I missed it before.
Janbdwl72
(289 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,229 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,229 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,229 posts)tikka
(852 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,482 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,482 posts)I just cant and well talk again when you totally give up. It was a classic. 1999. And thats all Im giving ya.
sammythecat
(3,602 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)I agree, "friendo" is pretty distinct to this film. I figured that'd be the clue that gives it away.
I've used "friendo" a few times in the wild, I like it!
Harker
(18,229 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,229 posts)oasis
(54,108 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)oasis
(54,108 posts)Janbdwl72
(289 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,229 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,158 posts)The Wizard
(13,903 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)lpbk2713
(43,307 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,229 posts)lpbk2713
(43,307 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,229 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)CanonRay
(16,288 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)CanonRay
(16,288 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,241 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)a kennedy
(36,482 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,229 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,564 posts)efhmc
(17,061 posts)VGNonly
(8,573 posts)I feel as big as a damn mountain."
Harker
(18,229 posts)Is it "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
I read the novel in 75, then watched the film in early January 1976 while I was a freshman at college.
Harker
(18,229 posts)1973. His quiet enthusiasm was contagious, and I'd bet that he made a very fine teacher.
A bookshop owner for whom I worked as an adult had been college roommates with Brad Dourif.
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)it netted $163m. One of three films in history that received the big five; Best Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay. The others were It Happened One Night 1934 and The Silence of the Lambs 1991.
Harker
(18,229 posts)I very much enjoyed "Double Indemnity" again, nudged by you toward a closer look at Billy Wilder.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)I quote it in my signature line
VGNonly
(8,573 posts)"I'm too young to be a beatnik, too old to be a hippie".
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)"Why you gotta mess with the clubs?"
Harker
(18,229 posts)JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,502 posts)red dog 1
(33,564 posts)Harker
(18,229 posts)The only line spoken in this movie.
JoseBalow
(9,801 posts)Ironically spoken by Marcel Marceau