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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,630 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(70,896 posts)Ritabert
(2,630 posts)LisaM
(29,691 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,120 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
(2,630 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(70,896 posts)anciano
(2,321 posts)Jim__
(15,282 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,653 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,480 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,480 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
(8,565 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,587 posts)JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,182 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,503 posts)JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,503 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)red dog 1
(33,503 posts)red dog 1
(33,503 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,837 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,747 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
(33,503 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 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
(8,565 posts)jgo
(1,026 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,669 posts)jgo
(1,026 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
(64,669 posts)jgo
(1,026 posts)Historic NY
(40,139 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)Figarosmom
(13,574 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(13,574 posts)DFW
(60,475 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(13,574 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
(68,511 posts)Figarosmom
(13,574 posts)boonecreek
(1,557 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,269 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,503 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,475 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,279 posts)DFW
(60,475 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,182 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,503 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,503 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,751 posts)red dog 1
(33,503 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,751 posts)Shermann
(9,074 posts)Niagara
(12,160 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Niagara
(12,160 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,885 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Niagara
(12,160 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,503 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,503 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,294 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,865 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,330 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)catbyte
(39,330 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,587 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(480 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,229 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,182 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,589 posts)red dog 1
(33,503 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,589 posts)red dog 1
(33,503 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,182 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,301 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,182 posts)JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,279 posts)pdxflyboy
(949 posts)n/t
Tbear
(742 posts)Tbear
(742 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
(9,747 posts)JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)red dog 1
(33,503 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,503 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
(18,182 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,565 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,563 posts)._.
(1,895 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,896 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,896 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,480 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,565 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
(9,747 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
Harker
(18,182 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,182 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
(8,565 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
(18,182 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,565 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,182 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,182 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
(18,182 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,182 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,565 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
(18,182 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,480 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,480 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,024 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,189 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,102 posts)JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,102 posts)JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,102 posts)Cloudhopper
(184 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,102 posts)Cloudhopper
(184 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,837 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,024 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,837 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,511 posts)CTyankee
(68,511 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)CTyankee
(68,511 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,511 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,536 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,480 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,483 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,480 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,565 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
(40,480 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
(184 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)red dog 1
(33,503 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,182 posts)red dog 1
(33,503 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Janbdwl72
(285 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,182 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,182 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,182 posts)tikka
(850 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,379 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,379 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
(9,747 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,747 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
(18,182 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,182 posts)oasis
(54,026 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)oasis
(54,026 posts)Janbdwl72
(285 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,182 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,154 posts)The Wizard
(13,865 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)lpbk2713
(43,301 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,182 posts)lpbk2713
(43,301 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,182 posts)JoseBalow
(9,747 posts)VGNonly
(8,565 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)CanonRay
(16,280 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)CanonRay
(16,280 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,236 posts)gladium et scutum
(832 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)gladium et scutum
(832 posts)Harker
(18,182 posts)a kennedy
(36,379 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.