# 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:** 240
**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 12, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4785 "2026-08-12T21:52:09Z")
> “Whisper sweet nothings in my ear.” > “Motorcycle cop.” > “‘Motorcycle cop’ is a sweet nothing?” > “A motorcycle cop is chasing us.” ---
**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 12, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4786 "2026-08-12T22:17:41Z")
The Muppet 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 12, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4787 "2026-08-12T22:56:33Z")
Correct. ---
**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 12, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4788 "2026-08-12T23:50:08Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > "Alright fellas, you keep this up and I’m gonna get sore, okay? Additional quote from the same movie: “_Everybody_ has to pay taxes! - Even businessmen, that rob and steal and cheat from people everyday, even _they_ have to pay _taxes_!” ---
**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, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4789 "2026-08-13T01:18:11Z")
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4790 "2026-08-13T01:47:08Z")
> “Tie the lovebirds together.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4791 "2026-08-13T02:42:20Z")
somethingsomethingsomething ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4792 "2026-08-13T03:11:29Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Correct. ---
**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 13, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4793 "2026-08-13T10:56:40Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “Tie the lovebirds together.” This sounds close to Emil Sitka’s line “Hold hands, you lovebirds” in the Three Stooges short _Brideless Groom_. Are you sure you’re quoting correctly? Or is that actually a line from another film? Emil Sitka was in a lot of Three Stooges shorts, and was almost Larry Fine’s replacement after his stroke. But he’s best remembered as the justice of the peace in that on Stooges short. Until the end of his life he was in demand to perform marriages for Three Stooges fans. > Notably, a clip of this short is featured in _[Pulp Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction_(film) "Pulp Fiction (film)")_ (1994), for which Sitka’s name even appears in the credits as “Hold Hands You Lovebirds.” Emil also utters the phrase in his cameo as a supermarket customer in the horror film _[Intruder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intruder_(1989_film) "Intruder (1989 film)")_ (1989). > > ## Later years > > Sitka continued his acting career, more out of love for acting than the need for money, appearing in films as late as 1992. He was in demand at various Three Stooges conventions, and he had numerous requests from Three Stooges fans to appear at their wedding to say “Hold hands, you lovebirds!” > **[Emil Sitka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Sitka)** > > Emil Sitka (December 22, 1914 – January 16, 1998) was an American actor who appeared in hundreds of movies, short films, and television shows, and who is best known for his numerous appearances with The Three Stooges. He was the unofficial "last Stooge", since he was tapped to be the new middle Stooge when Larry Fine suffered a stroke in 1970. He is one of only two actors to have worked with all six Stooges (Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Joe Besser, and Joe DeRita) on film ... ---
**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:** [August 13, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4794 "2026-08-13T14:54:24Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This sounds close to Emil Sitka’s line “Hold hands, you lovebirds” in the Three Stooges short _Brideless Groom_. My thoughts exactly when I saw that quote, I can hear him saying that in my mind. Edit: [Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=6b5dfc5de771b6b8&rlz=1C1EJFC_enUS922US922&udm=7&fbs=ABfTbFVyMZGZf1hfvX9uKjN_-G8c4u0nXx4bEIpwm1lnNH832cY0rzciwbWdjW1sV3VNzLw6aUZJt2XKLzI6SnICUdGmgapAOie6USVlszK_bYS7NyGFbisd2HPznbA3NjOc0qzZw73OBWd41ZPzB_iUJqgvqEoZeLmNZlpKWXPjcZpAM0F8EPIJeUJ3DIyK_pQH9IMtuKP9hlwMJSERrlIa6TOfQuGW2Q&q=pulp+fiction+Character+eating+cereal:+Lance,+eating+the+discontinued+General+Mills+monster+cereal+Fruit+Brute.On-screen+quote:+%22Hold+hands,+you+love+birds%22.&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx9N3q7p2WAxWRNzQIHfDHItkQtKgLegQIFRAB&biw=1283&bih=859&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5448a6ab,vid:ZWeTars6X_M,st:0) ---
**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 13, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4795 "2026-08-13T18:20:07Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > “Tie the lovebirds together.” > > This sounds close to Emil Sitka’s line “Hold hands, you lovebirds” in the Three Stooges short _Brideless Groom_. Are you sure you’re quoting correctly? Or is that actually a line from another film? Definitely a line from another film. ---
**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 13, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4796 "2026-08-13T22:49:36Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Definitely a line from another film. Then is it from the end of **Who Framed Roger Rabbit**? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4797 "2026-08-13T23:15:23Z")
“I read Sylvia Plath, I listen to Bikini Kill and I eat Tofu. I am a unique rebel.“ ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4798 "2026-08-13T23:37:11Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > Definitely a line from another film. > > Then is it from the end of **Who Framed Roger Rabbit**? Yep! ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4799 "2026-08-17T01:05:53Z")
> “Anyway, I think you should go because… I don’t really _have_ a good reason, but if I did, you’d be like, ‘I should go, cuz that’s a good reason.’” ---
**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:** [August 17, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4800 "2026-08-17T15:24:37Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > “Thanks, Gary” > Hint: The Stones’ Dead Flowers playing in background. Too short? Hint - Strikes and gutters, up and down ---
**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:** [August 25, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4801 "2026-08-25T01:00:08Z")
“Who’s been holding up the damn elevator?” ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4802 "2026-08-25T01:09:10Z")
_Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan._ McCoy says it to Kirk and Saavik. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4803 "2026-08-25T01:11:35Z")
Ha! That was fast. I watched the movie on my flight this afternoon after having not seen it since I was a kid. ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4804 "2026-08-25T01:13:24Z")
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