# 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:** 60
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1184 "2022-05-17T06:47:01Z")
“Do you know how much water it takes the Germans to make a ton of steel?” ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1185 "2022-05-17T14:50:47Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > If you took it from “The Howling,” it’s a mis-quote. Beyond that, beats me. It’s from the 1985 movie, “Re-animator”, from the operating room scene near the end of the movie. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1186 "2022-05-17T16:32:35Z")
“Alright, stand back you pedestrians, this ain’t no automobile accident.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1187 "2022-05-17T17:03:12Z")
_Back to the Future_, possibly II but most likely I, said by Biff Tannen to Marty McFly. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1188 "2022-05-17T17:04:14Z")
_Dr. Strangelove, or how_ I’m not going to write the whole title. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1189 "2022-05-17T17:06:02Z")
_Back to the Future III_, said by a random bar patron after Marty landed a full spittoon on Mad Dog (don’t call me Mad Dog) Tannen. Just saw that clip the other day! ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1190 "2022-05-17T17:10:55Z")
I think it’s Slim Pickens in _ **Blazing Saddles** _. Right actor, wrong movie. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1191 "2022-05-17T17:15:51Z")
“Well, boys, I reckon this is it. Nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Rooskies!” ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1192 "2022-05-17T17:26:32Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > _Back to the Future III_ , said by a random bar patron after Marty landed a full spittoon on Mad Dog (don’t call me Mad Dog) Tannen. Yep, that’s it. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1193 "2022-05-17T17:49:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Well, boys, I reckon this is it. Nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Rooskies!” Maj. Kong in _Dr. Strangelove_, obviously, but I believe he said “nucular”. I’m not sure there’s any line in that movie that counts as “non-famous”. It might be more quotable than _The Princess Bride_. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1194 "2022-05-17T19:48:16Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@terentii](#): > > > > “Well, boys, I reckon this is it. Nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Rooskies!” > > Maj. Kong in _Dr. Strangelove_, obviously, but I believe he said “nucular”. Entirely possible; Eisenhower always did the same thing. (So did Dr McCoy, IIRC.) ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1195 "2022-05-17T20:34:11Z")
“The first thing you’ve got to learn about this ship is that she was designed by geniuses to be run by idiots!” ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1196 "2022-05-17T20:44:45Z")
Shakespeare in Love? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1197 "2022-05-17T21:55:40Z")
“Young minds; fresh ideas. Be tolerant.” ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1198 "2022-05-17T22:25:22Z")
Yes! Well done! Here’s the full exchange, which is one of my favorite observations about show business: > [Philip Henslowe](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001691/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. > > [Hugh Fennyman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929489/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): So what do we do? > > [Philip Henslowe](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001691/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well. > > [Hugh Fennyman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929489/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): How? > > [Philip Henslowe](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001691/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): I don’t know. It’s a mystery. Being as I’m working right now on a show that my wife is directing for her middle school, which has been disrupted by Covid and a million other insurmountable obstacles, the quote is extremely meaningful, and we’re desperately hoping that it will all turn out well. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1199 "2022-05-17T22:34:37Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > It’s from the 1985 movie, “Re-animator”, from the operating room scene near the end of the movie. No, it isn’t. It’s from the 1986, “From Beyond.” It’s even [the tag-line on the movie poster](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091083/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1200 "2022-05-17T22:40:46Z")
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1201 "2022-05-17T23:11:39Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Star Trek III Yep. “You said ‘hard work’ twice!” “That’s because it takes twice as much hard work as perseverance.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1202 "2022-05-18T04:00:52Z")
Character 1 _Dude, it’s a history report, not a babe report._ Character 2 _Yeah, but these are historical babes_ ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1203 "2022-05-18T05:03:44Z")
Uhhh … _ **Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure** _? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=61)