November 15th, 2009
Last night I found myself at a table full of people quoting the Indiana Jones movies. I just sat quitely and let them do their thing until one of them said, “Sorry, we do this all of the time. We’re kind of geeks that way”. I smiled and reassured him that it was no big deal as I had been married to a geek for many years and one of the things that he and his friends did all of the time was talk to each other in movie quotes. Also, it’s not as if I can’t quote certain movies up and down and all around…just not Indiana Jones, unfortunately.
With that said, it’s time for...
WHAT MOVIE(S) DO YOU (AND FRIENDS) QUOTE THE MOST?
Individually, I probably quote Swingers, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction more than any other movies out there. That’s not to say that I can’t keep up with other people and their geekery. Hell, I can quote almost every Monty Python movie ever made and I’ve probably seen most of them maybe once if that. My sister and I can quote any John Hughes movie from start to finish, especially The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. When I am hanging out with friends, we can all quote The Princess Bride, Ghostbusters and Tommy Boy. I am sure there are many many many more that I quote but uh yeah, in every day life? Swingers generally wins!
Now it’s your turn…what movies and/or television shows do you quote the most?
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Heathers I am always quoting Heathers and Sixteen Candles and Breakfast Club and yes Monty Python all the time.
I don’t know what others but I know I do it.
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Hilly Reply:
November 15th, 2009 at 9:12 am
@rachel, Gah! How could I forget Heathers especially when that is Britt, Becky and my theme movie.
“Fuck me gently” and “What’s your damage, Heather?” are ones that we say often around these parts!
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:27 am
I’ve never seen Swingers.
I can quote John Hughes movies at any time. They are my favorite. I also quote Heathers quite a bit while I’m at work. And Adam Sandler movies.
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:28 am
I quote Pulp Fiction, The Lost Boys, Reservoir Dogs, The Usual Suspects, The Simpsons, HIMYM, Fight Club, Memento and many other… Some days, I think I don’t speak one original sentence. :-)
The TV show I quote the most is Arrested Development. I say “I’ve made a huge mistake” and other funny one-liners all the time.
But let me kick it up a notch: I always have the narrator’s running commentary going in my head (He really does). I think I’m insane (He is).
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Spaceballs, Top Secret, the Simpsons, and Airplane.
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LeSombre Reply:
November 15th, 2009 at 9:53 am
@Avitable, Spaceballs! I say: “I’m surrounded by assholes!” all the time. But really, I was saying that before the movie. And in French too! :-)
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:34 am
The Simpsons! How could I forget that?
Let the record show that the witness made the drinky-drinky motion”
Last night I was talking about Max Power ad nauseum too.
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Definitely “Heathers” and I think everyone in the world (almost) does “The Princess Bride” but my family and I like “Four Rooms” (Problem?? I have problemS!!! PLURAL!!!)
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:38 am
I usually do The Blues Brothers, Spaceballs,and Twister, but lately I have been quoting Evolution, and not just because I took my costume from that movie either.
“I think we have establish Caw Caw, Caw Caw and Tookie, tookie don’t work!”
Best line ever!
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Definetly Young Frankenstein……..
“Abby somebody or other”
“Yes, Abby Normal……..thats it”
hahaha makes me laugh just thinking about it!
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Definitely, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I’m amazed at the number of ways I’ve managed to use “herring” in a sentence.
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November 15th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I’d have to say Forest Gump. Just yesterday I said: “Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here.” Other often used quotes:
“Run Forest RUN!”
“Me and Jenny, we’re like peas and carrots.”
“…in the buttocks”
“That’s my boat.”
“You have to do the best with what God gave you.”
“Now you wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!”
“Stupid is as stupid does.”
…and so many more. That movie is full of them.
“I’m not a smart [wo]man… but I know what love is.”
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Miss Britt Reply:
November 15th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
@MB, I forgot how often I quoted that movie!
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November 15th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Damn….there are so many. But lately, i’ve been quoting “Coming To America”, “Eddie Murphy Raw”, “Harlem Nights”, “Spaceballs.” and my favorite from “Heathers”…”Lick it up, baby…Lick.It.Up.”
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November 15th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Princess Bride, of course. And the Big Lebowski. It’s always Sunny In Philadelphia, HIMYM, anything John Hughes.
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November 15th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Oh, don’t we all do this? And if there are some of us who don’t, well, they should. Life is meant to be defined in movie quotes a lot of the time.
I’m sure there are more, but the three that come to mind most often for me are: The Princess Bride (because, of course), Forest Gump, and A League of Their Own (specifically, “There’s no crying in _____!”)
How could anyone live without quoting movies in everyday conversation?
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November 15th, 2009 at 11:00 am
I quote The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou quite frequently, especially the line, ‘I’m right on the edge; I don’t know what comes next.’ Also Talladega Nights and Anchorman.
But, no surprise, the movies I quote the most frequently are the Star Wars flicks. Like masturbation, there’s just never a time when it doesn’t work.
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November 15th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Amanda Peet: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?
John Cusack: Gift Shop.
Ahhhwwwhhh, I adore John Cusack.
I don’t quote movies.
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November 15th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Waiting for Guffman…for a theatre person, it’s rife with references!
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November 15th, 2009 at 11:34 am
The Simpson’s, Spinal Tap, Barfly, Vacation, The Breakfast Club, Monty Python almost anything, Spaceballs, … the list is so long and so random I’d never remember them all!!!
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November 15th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Top five quotables:
The Princess Bride
The Goonies
Pretty in Pink
When Harry Met Sally
Elf
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November 15th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Airplane, Friday, St. Elmo’s Fire, Don’t Be a Menace to South Central, Clueless, Win a Date With Tad Hamilton, Breakfast Club and Overboard.
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November 15th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
My favorite quotes that I am apt to use come from The Breakfast Club, a couple of Monty Python movies, Raising Arizona, This Is Spinal Tap, and Best in Show. Oh and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. An honorable mention from the past would be Hollywood Shuffle — “I don’t know why we leavin’ massa’s house…”
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November 15th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Hands down for me it’s Austin Powers (”That aint no woman, it’s a man, man” “Easy peezy lemon squuezy”… and of course, “Judo chop!”)… I quote that movie so much, I forget that I’m quoting it.
I used to quote Buffy the Vampire Slayer back in the day(yes, the awful movie version… “Does Elvis talk to you? Does he tell you to do things? Do you see spots?”… “Does the word ‘duh’ mean anything to you?”).
On a more embarrassing note, Monsters, Inc. (”2319!! We have a 2319!”) and Aladdin (”Phenomenal cosmic power… iiiity, biiity living space”).
Hey, I have a four year old, it seriously shunts the coolness factor.
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Miss Britt Reply:
November 15th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
@Faiqa, my mom and brothers and I use that Aladdin quote all the time.
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November 15th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
we don’t have a lot of money but extra funds nearly always go towards film. we love movies and quote them all the time…probably way too much.
extra points when you quote something that fits perfectly in a moment like a punchline.
you can learn a lot about people from the films they quote.
some frequents – way more cartoons than anyone probably ever watched, SW, Indy, Last Starfighter, any and all Trek, Fly, Jurassic Park, Arrested Developement, Conan, Better Off Dead, Fight Club, Predator, Alien, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, Scrooged, Tombstone, Back to the Future, Willow, and quickly i realize i should have said “way too many to list” instead.
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November 15th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Pulp Fiction
Heathers
Anything by Kevin Smith
Idiocracy – mainly for the Starbucks reference
Lately, my 6 year old and I have been yelling squirrel, from Up.
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November 15th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Probably Star Wars, sadly.
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November 15th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
The Fifth Element (Green!)and the Brad Pitt stoned-trying-to-give-directions-to-the-bad-guys scene in True Romance.
xo
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November 15th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
We quote Idiocracy ALL. THE. TIME. We are pretty much always being goofy, but it’s usually silly stuff we made up!
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November 15th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Family Guy, for sure. I personally quote TONS of Karen Walker (from Will & Grace)!!
And ’tis the Season to be quoting Will Ferrell’s funny ass in Elf! *answers phone* “Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?” or– “You’re not Santa, you smell like beef and cheese.”
LMAO!
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November 15th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I’m with Mew – extra points if the quote fits perfectly as a punchline.
We quote pretty much every Adam Sandler movie. And Steel Magnolias.
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hubs and his brother speak almost exclusively in movie quotes, and they have savant-like recall. It’s frightening.
For me the list is shorter:
Princess Bride
Napoleon Dynamite
Super Troopers (littering and…littering and….)
Office Space
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Forrest Gump
Love Guru
Goonies (Chuuuuunkkkk!)
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
“Hellooooo” (in the cow mooing voice from City Slickers)
“Show Me The Money” (at work when we pretend we’re greeting customers)
“If I only had a brain”
“RUN, Forrest, RUN”
“I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special”
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November 15th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
The Princess Bride
Office Space
The Princess Bride
The Matrix
The Princess Bride
Speed
The Princess Bride
Oh, and…
The Princess Bride
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November 15th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I was at a family poker game tonight and I think we all quoted something from Family Guy.
Stewie: Well, I’d love to stay and chat, but you’re a total bitch.
Peter: *singing* My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, And they’re like is better than yours, Damn right it’s better than yours, I could teach you, But I’d have to charge.
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November 16th, 2009 at 9:59 am
The Producers–new Nathan Lane/Matthew Broderick version (”I’m having a stroke! Of genius!”) and Office Space get quoted a lot. And TV shows like Simpsons, Friends and The Office. Never by me though because I lack the quote gene. Just by everyone I hang out with which makes me feel lame and left-out but strangely superior at the same time…
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November 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Kung Pow
The funniest movie in the world.
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November 16th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
My best friend since the age of 13 and I quote:
Real Genius
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Eddie Murphy Delirious
We know every single word to each one of these movies. It’s awesome, I’ll just get a random text message with a quote from one of these three movies and we can spend HOURS trading quotes with each other. It’s even worse when we are actually TOGETHER. LOL LOL
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November 16th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I’d argue that quotes from The Princess Bride now almost transcend “movie quote” status. They’re just part of the common vernacular.
Beyond that, I’ll add:
1. The entire Christopher Guest oeuvre, including This is Spinal Tap (which Guest wrote, but didn’t direct)
2. The best of Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein)
3. Trading Places
4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
5. Enter the Dragon
6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
7. Schoolhouse Rock
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Ghostbusters
Real Genius
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Those are all I need.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Spaceballs
Pulp Fiction
Better Off Dead
Office Space
I’m sure there’s a lot more, but 90% of the movie quotes I spew comes from those 4 movies.
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