I'm quoting myself just so I can mention Tsung-I Dow. He appeared in only one movie in his life. He didn't speak in it. And yet he is iconic in certain circles. He played Mr. Wang, no offense. He passed away a couple of years ago after living to 101. (View Tsung-I Dow's Obituary on Sun-Sentinel.com and share memories )
When someone wants you to do something. Uh, I got to go re-primer the Jeep man. Actually from a Cheech and Chong comedy album I believe, but close enough. No one ever gets it.
Oh, if it opens up to albums there are so many from Firesign Theatre "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over" "Unhealable deep-cut discounts!" and on and on...
So you say that Caddyshack is a quote machine — but I could quote almost every line from another movie, and often do, that may or may not be obscure. Let's test it. Famous or obscure? Without Googling these quotes, let's see how quickly anyone can tell me the name of the film: "I have brought the brother home for dinner." "Hurry it up!" "Sit down, sit down, that's what chairs are for!" "Wipe your muddy boots!" "Wipe your feet!" "Sorry mum." "Ahh schaaaa schaa scha scha scha schaa..." "Do ya go fer it?" "Now mind ya, no petti-fingers!" "Ya little squint!" "You'll need lots and lots of manure, horse is the best!" "It's just a good stretch of the legs." "I'm fresh as a daisy!" "You look more like a black-eyed-Susan." "Here's a good stick ta beat the lady with." "Have the courtesy ta not hit the man until he's your husband; and entitled ta hit ya back!" "Well, I think yer smarter than meself!" "Do ya have any wet in the house?" "But, me throat, me throat's gone dry..." "Would you like a little water in your whiskey?" "When I drinks water, I drinks water; when I drinks whiskey, I drinks whiskey. Right now, I be drinkin' whiskey!"
I quote Heathers a lot. It was written by Daniel Waters who graduated from my high school in the same year (following another other successful writer/director from the same school, Larry Karaszewski, and preceding his brother Mark Waters of Mean Girls fame). The finest teen black comedy...ever? I also quote Mike Leigh's Naked (1993) quite a lot. The improv structure of all of Leigh's films, and the intense performance in an extremely bleak role by David Thewlis, makes it one of my all time favorite films. Naked (1993 film) - Wikiquote
“Let’s go get sushi - and not pay!” - Repo Man. Useful for those “so, what should we do tonight?” moments.
Standard responses among my friends when we discuss where we might go for dinner, some more obscure than others. "Hush puppies daddy!" "A diablo sandwich and a Dr. Pepper and make it fast, I'm in a G*d-d@mned hurry." "The In and Out Burger in North Hollywood near Radford." And of course ...
Favorite from Repo Man - response to the cop's "What's in the trunk?" "Oh, you don't want to look in there."
"Die alcoholische gerung, oder die gerungs alcohols, erzuegt alcohol, erzuegt gerung, soggenente die gerungs alcohols!"-The hilarious WWII German comedy DIE FEUERZANGENBOWLE(1943-44).
"Well, there's a million more where that one came from." Anthony Quinn, "The Secret of Santa Vittoria."
Oh yeah, Ren & Stimpy have contributed a few phrases to my vocabulary. In addition to the above, I still use: “You eeediot!” “joy!” “I’m gonna hit ya! And you’re gonna fall.” “(Stage whisper) call the police!”
On clear starry nights, when lazily speculating life, the universe and everything, my lad or I will often throw in Burt Lancaster's "Keep watching the sky, MacIntyre...."
"HOW DARE YOU SIR." "I'll have a steak sandwich and... a steak sandwich." "DRAIIIIIIINNNNNNAGE!!!!" "Go get the butter." "Whoremaster!" "Are you out of your ****ing mind, Wendy???" "Mmmmmm.... Juicy Fruit...." "THIS IS CETI ALPHA FIVE!!!!!!" "YOU CALLED DOWN THE THUNDER WELL NOW YOU'VE GOT IT." "ok...that's it, I'm leaving the **** out of here." "Two dollars." "You hear me Larry? LARRY??!?" "There wasn't enough time Michael." "Sumbitch!" "Just walk away and I will give you safe passage in the wasteland. " "GET OVAH!!!! GET OVAH!!!!" "Thats the way I'm gonna clear the table." "Who the crikey-**** is 'Half-Squat'?" "Is Tamara home?" "SHES MY SISTER AND MY DAUGHTER." "MY LIFE HAS VALUE, GODDAMMIT!" "WHORES DONT GET A SECOND CHANCE." "I think I ruined your roommate's bathrobe." "You go in the cage? Cage goes in the water? You go in the water? Shark in the water. Our shark." "WE FOUGHT YOUR KIND IN THE GREAT WAR... AND WE KICKED THE LIVING **** OUT OF YOU!" "TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER. WHORE!!!" "I think he's gonna pork her!" "PUT THE ****ING LOTION IN THE BASKET." "Anybody who'd paint his truck like that would show up at a ministers's funeral dressed in feathers." "You know what they do to you when they find out that you cant walk AWWW CHRIST!!!" "Well??!? We're waiting!!" "Dont make me use my stuff on you, baby." "I HAD COFFEE WITH MACCAULLY HALF AN HOUR AGO!!!!" "MY CLIENT... THE HONORABLE HENRY T FLEMMING... SHOULD GO RIGHT TO ****ING JAIL!!!" "Let's smoke awhile." "FLY, FAT ASS, FLY!!!" "Twenty five. Three tons of him." "ERIF KLAW HTIW EM." "Heineken???!!? **** THAT ****! PABST BLUE RIBBON!" "He's skiing on one ski!!!" "WHERE YOU GOING? YOU FORGOT THE BRIEFCASE! YOU FORGOT THE BRIEFCASE!!!" "Get busy living or get busy dying." I'm starting to think I might be a crazy person.
Probably! Hard for me to just because I've used it for 30-plus years! Though to work, you have to say "maistly" like Newt does. Pronouncing it correctly is forbidden!
Oh, unquestionably - or "get away from her, you BITCH"! I just have seen "Aliens" so much over the last 33 years that it's hard for me to separate my knowledge of the film from what the "general public" knows. "Game over" is definitely not obscure. "Mostly" probably is!