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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,890 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,742 posts)Ritabert
(2,890 posts)LisaM
(29,714 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,233 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
(2,890 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,742 posts)anciano
(2,363 posts)Jim__
(15,327 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,770 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,684 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,684 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
(8,627 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,618 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,350 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)-misanthroptimist
(2,012 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,960 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."
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Different character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 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
(8,627 posts)jgo
(1,040 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,900 posts)jgo
(1,040 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
(64,900 posts)jgo
(1,040 posts)Historic NY
(40,230 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Figarosmom
(15,044 posts)DFW
(60,902 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(15,044 posts)DFW
(60,902 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(15,044 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
(68,606 posts)Figarosmom
(15,044 posts)boonecreek
(1,565 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,326 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,902 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,514 posts)DFW
(60,902 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,350 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,272 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,272 posts)Shermann
(9,075 posts)Niagara
(12,477 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Niagara
(12,477 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,923 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Niagara
(12,477 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,361 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,978 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,453 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)catbyte
(39,500 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,618 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(505 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,303 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,350 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,923 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,923 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,350 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,320 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,350 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,514 posts)pdxflyboy
(973 posts)n/t
Tbear
(759 posts)Tbear
(759 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
(9,960 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,801 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
(18,350 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,798 posts)._.
(1,916 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,930 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,930 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,684 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,627 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
(9,960 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
LSparkle
(12,262 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)LSparkle
(12,262 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,350 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
(8,627 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
(18,350 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,350 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,350 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
(18,350 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,350 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,627 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
(18,350 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,684 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,684 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,265 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,489 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,157 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,157 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,157 posts)Cloudhopper
(201 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,157 posts)Cloudhopper
(201 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(2,012 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,265 posts)-misanthroptimist
(2,012 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,606 posts)CTyankee
(68,606 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)CTyankee
(68,606 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,606 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,578 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,684 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,589 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,684 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,627 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
(40,684 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
(10,390 posts)progressoid
(53,594 posts)Such a funny line! So MANY funny lines from Galaxy Quest!
Cloudhopper
(201 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,350 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Harker
(18,350 posts)Not sure how I missed it before.
Janbdwl72
(315 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,350 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,350 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,350 posts)tikka
(854 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,884 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,884 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
(9,960 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,960 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
(18,350 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,350 posts)oasis
(54,459 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)oasis
(54,459 posts)Janbdwl72
(315 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,350 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,175 posts)The Wizard
(13,978 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)lpbk2713
(43,320 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,350 posts)lpbk2713
(43,320 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,350 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Same character, same movie
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)CanonRay
(16,326 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)CanonRay
(16,326 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)a kennedy
(36,884 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,350 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)efhmc
(17,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)I feel as big as a damn mountain."
Harker
(18,350 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
(18,350 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
(8,627 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
(18,350 posts)I very much enjoyed "Double Indemnity" again, nudged by you toward a closer look at Billy Wilder.
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)I quote it in my signature line
VGNonly
(8,627 posts)"I'm too young to be a beatnik, too old to be a hippie".
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)"Why you gotta mess with the clubs?"
Harker
(18,350 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,684 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)progressoid
(53,594 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)The only line spoken in this movie.
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Ironically spoken by Marcel Marceau
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2026, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)and if you prefer, although there's no point to it, it puts bones in fish."
Harker
(18,350 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like".
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)your lean, mean and not so far in between ".
JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,770 posts)Skittles
(173,769 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)LOVE that movie!
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)(Director Roger De Bris in a dress asks) "And what do you think, Mr. Bloom?'
(Leo Bloom answers) "Where do you keep your wallet?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)red dog 1
(33,801 posts)Harker
(18,350 posts)JoseBalow
(9,960 posts)Slap Shot was always one of my favorites, what a classic!
Harker
(18,350 posts)Newman said it was the most fun to make of his career.
red dog 1
(33,801 posts)VGNonly
(8,627 posts)and I hear also your French".