# 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:** 238
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4745 "2026-06-30T17:41:31Z")
“How does one take the temperature of toast?” -and- One 've asked more than once, but nobody ever tries to answer: “Boy, when I die I hope I go to Akkra!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4746 "2026-06-30T17:45:22Z")
“In case I get any mail, you can send it to Canon City Prison for the next month or so. After that, you can send it to Hell!” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4747 "2026-06-30T19:18:06Z")
I just got your username - pretty funny! 😂 ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4748 "2026-06-30T21:09:02Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Hmmm. Relatively simple alcohol molecules with traces of fusel oil.” _Forbidden Planet_, I just saw it the other day on TCM. Did you happen to see _The Apple_ earlier that day? That was deeply weird. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4749 "2026-06-30T21:42:08Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > _Forbidden Planet_, I just saw it the other day on TCM. > > Did you happen to see _The Apple_ earlier that day? That was deeply weird. I didn’t understand until I was much older – fusel oil is regarded as an undesirable constituent due to bad distilling, and was widely held as responsible for hangovers. So it was a joke that “Cookie” extolled the virtues of “Real Kansas City Rocket Bourbon” that was “real smooth” (then coughs) when it contains fusel oil. Actually, according to Wikipedia, “fusel oil” is responsible for some of the flavor, and might not be the villain it’s made out to be. But in the 1950s I know, it was not well-regarded. James Bond, in _Moonraker_, drinks vodka at M’s club and reflexively puts pepper in it (!) – a habit he picked while stationed in Russia. The pepper carries fusel oil to the bottom of the glass, and you dab up the escess with your fingertip. I don’t know what you mean by _The Apple_ – is that the _Star Trek TOS_ episode, or something else? Why was it deeply weird? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4750 "2026-06-30T21:59:59Z")
“Such impudence never came my way.” ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4751 "2026-07-01T00:05:56Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I don’t know what you mean by _The Apple_ – is that the _Star Trek TOS_ episode, or something else? I’d never heard of it before this past weekend, either. > **[The Apple (1980 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apple_(1980_film))** > > The Apple (also called Star Rock) is a 1980 science fiction-musical film written and directed by Menahem Golan. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart as a young singer named Bibi, who, in a futuristic 1994, signs to an evil label named Boogalow International Music. It deals with themes of conformity versus rebellion, and makes use of biblical allegory including the story of Adam and Eve. > Principal photography took place in late 1979 in West Berlin. The film was panned by critics and has been consid... > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Why was it deeply weird? Sci-fi disco fascist biblical allegory musical ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4752 "2026-07-01T02:28:01Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’d never heard of it before this past weekend, either. I haven’t heard of that before, either, but it sounds interestingly weird. Catherine Mary Stewart was in _Night of the Comet_ and _The Last Starfighter_, but this appears to predate both of those. Mixing music and science fiction and religion is weird. For an example without the music, consider the movie _Star Crystal_. It’s a knockoff of _Alien_ – monster loose aboard a spaceship. But the resolution is truly off-the wall. They defeat the Creature by… …converting it to Christianity. Really. > **[Star Crystal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Crystal)** > > Star Crystal is a 1986 American horror science fiction film directed by Lance Lindsay. The film stars C. Juston Campbell and Faye Bolt as a pair of astronauts who must survive against a mysterious alien lifeform seeking to kill them, while also facing dwindling supplies aboard their damaged shuttlecraft. > In 2032, a crewed expedition to Mars discovers a mysterious egg buried under the planet's surface and brings it to their ship, the SC-37. While the astronauts are away, the egg hatches, releas... ---
**Author:** ![schnebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4753 "2026-07-23T07:21:48Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I never meant this to get autobiographical _Encanto_! A blink and you miss it line from the opening number. ---
**Author:** ![schnebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4754 "2026-07-23T07:25:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Burden](#): > > - the pros from Dover “God-damned Army.” 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4755 "2026-07-23T07:31:01Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > I don’t know what you mean by _The Apple_ – is that the _Star Trek TOS_ episode, or something else? > > I’d never heard of it before this past weekend, either. > [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Apple\_(1980\_film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apple%5C_(1980_film)) > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > Why was it deeply weird? > > Sci-fi disco fascist biblical allegory musical One of my favorite YouTube channels, _Weird Movies With Mark,_ has a great [review of this movie](https://youtu.be/eNMsWgTbXMk?is=HDFE3TnawXZvveC_). ---
**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:** [July 23, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4756 "2026-07-23T10:13:22Z")
> [@schnebs](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > I never meant this to get autobiographical > > _Encanto_! A blink and you miss it line from the opening number. Correct! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4757 "2026-07-23T11:01:36Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “In case I get any mail, you can send it to Canon City Prison for the next month or so. After that, you can send it to Hell!” I really thought this one would be easy. Clue: It’s from a Jimmy Stewart movie, ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4758 "2026-07-23T15:28:29Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > One of my favorite YouTube channels, _Weird Movies With Mark,_ Welcome back TO the show ---
**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:** [July 23, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4759 "2026-07-23T16:23:14Z")
“You see, the poor old geezer got shot at the finish and I guess if I’d left him alone we’d all been better off. This is sort of an apology.” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4760 "2026-07-27T09:11:03Z")
“Go to bed or I’ll sell all your toys.” ---
**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:** [July 27, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4761 "2026-07-27T09:38:38Z")
“Back to sleep, Louis, or I’m telling Mom about your Playboys.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4762 "2026-07-27T09:46:35Z")
“I’m a teen idol, dammit! Don’t you recognize me? Look at me! I’m the piefucker!” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4763 "2026-07-27T09:59:28Z")
_Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back_ ---
**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:** [July 27, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4764 "2026-07-27T11:03:19Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “Back to sleep, Louis, or I’m telling Mom about your Playboys.” **The Last Starfighter** , an underappreciated gem. Too bad the CGI wasn’t up to the challenge yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=239)