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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,579 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(70,561 posts)Ritabert
(2,579 posts)LisaM
(29,681 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,090 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
(2,579 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(70,561 posts)anciano
(2,297 posts)Jim__
(15,267 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,595 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,336 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,336 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
(8,547 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,579 posts)JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,086 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,415 posts)JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,415 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)red dog 1
(33,415 posts)red dog 1
(33,415 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,824 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,701 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
(33,415 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 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
(8,547 posts)jgo
(1,024 posts)Historic NY
(40,120 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)Figarosmom
(13,104 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(13,104 posts)DFW
(60,393 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(13,104 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
(68,424 posts)Figarosmom
(13,104 posts)boonecreek
(1,554 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,245 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,415 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,393 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,184 posts)DFW
(60,393 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,086 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,415 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,415 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,625 posts)red dog 1
(33,415 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,625 posts)Shermann
(9,067 posts)Niagara
(12,063 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Niagara
(12,063 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,869 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Niagara
(12,063 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,415 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,415 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,272 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,837 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,314 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Angleae
(4,820 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)catbyte
(39,277 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,579 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(465 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,203 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,086 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,477 posts)red dog 1
(33,415 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,477 posts)red dog 1
(33,415 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,086 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,291 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,086 posts)JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,184 posts)pdxflyboy
(943 posts)n/t
Tbear
(736 posts)Tbear
(736 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
(9,701 posts)JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)red dog 1
(33,415 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,415 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
(18,086 posts)Angleae
(4,820 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,547 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,477 posts)._.
(1,886 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,879 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,879 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,336 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,547 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
(9,701 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
Harker
(18,086 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,086 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
(8,547 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
(18,086 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,547 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,086 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,086 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
(18,086 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,086 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,547 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
(18,086 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,336 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,336 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,947 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,129 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,083 posts)JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,083 posts)JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,083 posts)Cloudhopper
(181 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,083 posts)Cloudhopper
(181 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,824 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,947 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,824 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,424 posts)CTyankee
(68,424 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)CTyankee
(68,424 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,424 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,526 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,336 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,403 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,336 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,547 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
(40,336 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
(10,382 posts)Cloudhopper
(181 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)red dog 1
(33,415 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,086 posts)red dog 1
(33,415 posts)VGNonly
(8,547 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Janbdwl72
(283 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,086 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,547 posts)Angleae
(4,820 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,086 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,086 posts)tikka
(849 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,285 posts)sammythecat
(3,599 posts)JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)sammythecat
(3,599 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,701 posts)Harker
(18,086 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,701 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
(18,086 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,086 posts)oasis
(53,900 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,221 posts)oasis
(53,900 posts)Janbdwl72
(283 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,086 posts)That's a stab for you.