# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 2, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142 "2022-04-02T06:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 196
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3905 "2025-08-04T09:44:00Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > “I’s jes’ a little wabbit in the sunshine…” Monty Woolley as Sheridan Whiteside in _The Man Who Came To Dinner_ ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3906 "2025-08-04T12:40:59Z")
Well done! I didn’t expect anyone to get that so quickly. For some reason, his silly delivery of that silly song popped into my head yesterday, and it took me a few minutes to remember where it was from. I hoped it was obscure enough that I might stump you all for a few days, at least. Whereas my last clue, from _The Maltese Falcon_, stumped everyone for months. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3907 "2025-08-04T16:27:48Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I didn’t expect anyone to get that so quickly. The instant I read it, I saw a vision of Monty Woolley’s face, screwed up into a sinister sneer as he triumphed over some mean trick that he pulled. He was great in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3908 "2025-08-11T01:35:32Z")
How about this one? “So you love alone?” “I used to have a roommate, but my mom moved to Florida.” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3909 "2025-08-11T04:22:39Z")
“We’ve got chicken tonight! Strangest damn things. They’re man-made! Little damn things! Smaller than my fist! But they’re new!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3910 "2025-08-11T11:51:38Z")
**Eraserhead** I drove through a snowstorm to see that film, which I’d read about, and long before David Lynch’s more famous films were made. I’m still trying to figure out if it was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3911 "2025-08-11T12:24:25Z")
A discussion I had with my husband made me think of this thread. I was mistaking a singer for an actor and I told him, “You know– he was in that movie– All the way with a red hot poker. The movie is not named All The Way with a Red Hot Poker. My husband guessed the movie and that I was conflatulading (I’m old and allowed to make up words) the actor with the singer. Anyway. . . “All the way with a red hot poker”. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3912 "2025-08-11T13:28:43Z")
Correct. It was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3913 "2025-08-11T14:37:37Z")
_One on One_ starring Robby Benson. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3914 "2025-08-11T14:56:41Z")
Correct. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3915 "2025-08-11T20:47:20Z")
“Manganese. A lot of people don’t even know what that is.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3916 "2025-08-11T21:12:46Z")
Caddyshack ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3917 "2025-08-13T11:10:59Z")
That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3918 "2025-08-13T17:58:19Z")
“It’s got a few years, but it’s a cream puff.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3919 "2025-08-13T18:22:08Z")
“Don’t Know. Never Been Attacked By Tree.” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3920 "2025-08-13T18:34:12Z")
Karate Kid 2 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3921 "2025-08-13T20:07:00Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > “It’s got a few years, but it’s a cream puff.” _Used Cars_, if I had to venture a guess. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3922 "2025-08-13T22:20:57Z")
I don’t know if _Used Cars_ had a similar quote, but mine is from a different movie. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3923 "2025-08-15T12:51:39Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > “It’s got a few years, but it’s a cream puff.” _Scarface_, the newer one with Al Pacino? “We’re all out of cornflakes, F.U.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3924 "2025-08-15T13:22:57Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > “We’re all out of cornflakes, F.U.” **The Odd Couple** Oscar is quoting a note that Felix left in the kitchen. It goes on “I looked at that note for twenty minutes before I realized that “FU” was “Felix Unger”” I love this line. One of my roommates claimed that it was a throwaway line that Neil Simon came up with on the spur of the moment. But it isn’t. Simon refers to a character named “Felix Unger” in his second big play, **Come Blow your Horn** (although he never appears onstage), so I think he was fooling with the idea of a character whose initials were “F.U” for a while. (There was no “FU” gag in Come Blow your Horn, though). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=195) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=197)