Favourite movie one liners

Of course, I think the whole population of Britain has seen Fawlty Towers (FlatTy Owls, Farty Towels etc), everyone I know knows of it and most of them like it, many love it. Comedy is one of our finest exports (incedentally if any of you watch my family I know 2 people who write it, friends parents)

 

' Fawlty Towers ' is arguably one of the funniest British TV Comedy series ever made.

At only half-an-hour per episode, each one took ( I think ) about three weeks to make and were - as is often the case - not at all funny to be involved in, with John Cleese demonstrating 'control-freakery' bordering on the insane at times.

But they are very, very funny and regularly repeated today on British TV ( first shown in the late 70s/early 80s I think ).

But I often wonder if the humour is a little too 'British' to suit other countries' tastes....

 

Well, it's a possibility, but I sure as heck love that show, as do all of my friends. In fact, a buddy of mine who works at border's books just ordered dvds, I think. He also has "Till Death Do Us Part", which I understand was the inspiration for it's american copy, "all in the family".

 

Hi Daniel: Sarge is a friend of mine who was a Platoon Sergeant in the Army for 20 yrs. He was stationed in Germany and Korea--mostly Germany..

Sarge's MOS's are Medical, Mechanical (Track Mechanic) means he fixes broken tanks, and he was into Demolitions and heh heh heh, Construction. When he left the army--he was getting into the Artillery branch.

Sarge is now my roommate in the new Apt im living at. Sarge is now nocturnal--as he works night shift most of the time--so he is known as "The Bat."

 

Steve McQueen from: "Hell Is For Heroes." "If we don't make a push Pike....were dead."

 

Thinking of McQueen, I always rather like :

' We deal in lead, Mister '

from 'The Magnificent Seven '

 

Reese/McQueen: "A General, Two Majors, A Captain, A Lieutenent and me"

Sgt Pike: "Sounds like a Courtmartial?"

Reese/McQueen: "It was."

 

"7 days...." (The Ring)

"Suck Me Beautiful" (American Pie)

"Sometimes when I get nervous I stick my hands under my armpits and I smell them like that" (Superstar)

"My Cats breath smells like cat nip!" (Simpsons)

Just To Name A Few...

DUCE

 

"I think were gonna need a bigger boat" One of the actors in Jaws.

Do doot, do doot, duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh daa da daaa, da da daaaa

 

Right on the metal Doc. ‘Alf Garnet’, played by Warren Mitchell, is ‘Archie Bunker’, played by Carroll O’Connor.
Now, in the British version, the son-in-law is played by Anthony Booth, who in real life, is the father of
Cheri Booth who is now Cheri Blaire – Phoney Blaire’s wife.
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Anthony Booth is not related to the lovely Connie Booth who is American though played ‘Polly’ the
English waitress/maid in Fawlty Towers with one-time husband John Cleese of Monty Python fame,
in which Connie also made appearances, (e.g. the witch in ‘Holy Grail’), but not as many as the equally
lovely and better stacked, Carol Cleveland (Zoot in the ‘Holy Grail’)
who is English and lives in Brighton and who was the lady more likely to strip off.

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And, Alf’s daughter (in the series) was played by the lovely Una Stubbs who played Cliff Richard’s girlfriend
in the film ‘Summer Holiday’

which also featured the incomparable ‘Shadows’, (Apache), who were the British counterparts to the
American ‘Ventures’, (Walk don’t Run). Cliff, (real name Harry Webb) being the British counterpart to Elvis
whom he emulated unlike Elvis Costello who doesn’t look, sound or act like Elvis but shares the name.
And, ‘Till Death us do Part’ was written by Johnny Speight, who’s nephew Danny I went to school with,
which makes me a celebrity so my posts should now cost $5 a time!

No.9

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Well, at least interesting, in a way...

"Talk to the hand" by Arnold in terminator III

 

Indeed.

"I Will Be Back."

Heh heh--an oldie but goodie: "Wheres The Beef?"

Clint Eastwood: "Go Ahead...Make My Day."

 

V for Vendetta

“People shouldn’t be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people.”

 

I'm unpleasant, not stupid.

Francis Sternhagen (the Doctor) in "OUTLAND"

 

'Id rather have my bottom impaled on a giant cactus' Johnny English
'My bottom will be king of England before you!' Johnny English
'All right, so I was wrong about the Archbishop's bottom!' Johnny English

 

Having watched "El Dorado" again last night, I thought i'd revive this thread. I just couldn't resist posting the following great one-liners.


Sheriff J.T. Harrah (Robert Mitchum): "What the hell are you doing here?."

Cole Thornton (John Wayne): "I'm looking at a tin star...with a drunk pinned to it."

 

From "The Good Bad and the Ugly"..........Tuco,when confronted with the bounty hunter in the bath tub.

"When you have to talk,talk. When you have to shoot,shoot."

 

I need to re-watch: The Outlaw Josey Wales. I always did like this line: "Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"

 

".....over.......over....nothing is over....
was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
.............NO!.....
and it's not over now
..............Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



John Belushi
Animal House

 

He's dead Jim, McCoy, Star Trek

A wink from a pretty girl at a party results rarely in climax, Karl. But a man is a fool not to push a suggestion as far as it will go.

Give me another one of those Bolshevik firecrackers. I think I fell asleep in the snow!

I realized fear one morning, when the blare of the fox-hunters sound. When they are all chasing after the poor bloody fox, it's safer to be dressed like a hound.


The truth be known, Colonel, I'm a bloody literary genius All from:The Eagle has landed

We fight to win Otto, James Mason, Blue Max

Stick around

I ain't got time to bleed. both from Predator