Many years ago, my brother and I were watching Journey to the Seventh Planet on TV. When it got to the part where a horrified John Agar asks the alien “What about the Earth?!?” my brother replied (like Marvin the Martian) “It obstructs my view of Venus.”
I only became aware of the sketch a couple of years ago, but now every time the town is mentioned: “NIAGARA FALLS!!! Slowly I turned…”
When I used to have two dogs, I would open the door for them, and in my best Monty Burns voice yell out, “Release the hounds!”
Oh yeah, I do that too. How could one not?
If someone says “mostly” in a sentence… I’ll repeat “Mostly” like Newt in “ALIENS.”
Your friend here is only mostly dead.
You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.
My daughter always says "That’s fine, dad, as long as you’re amusing yourself…" Then the eyebrow cocks and I know she means no one else would ever be amused by my humor.
One time I was piling pun on top of catchphrase on top of a worse pun and getting giddy, and when I kept going just to annoy everyone, she sneered “Dad, give up. I think you’ve passed the point where you’re not even amusing yourself.”
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We have one pastor who slips a Big Lebowski phrase into every sermon. The other is enamored of Princess Bride lines… to the extent that he promised he’d preach on “dead vs. mostly dead” if he could do the Easter sermon. Of course, he got to do it, and it was indeed entertaining.
There is also “Release the Kraken!”, which can be used in a variety of situations, such as letting the dog run crazy, or just before a large belch or flatulence.
… makes me quote Calvin: “Must be a barge coming through.”
When my boss demands to know why articles I’ve posted aren’t on the server, I’m tempted to reply “Dey’re dere.”*
*Also from The Great Race.
Whenever anyone mentions eyes, odds-on that one of us will say something like
“he’s got lifeless eye’s, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes…”
etc, etc, until the rest of us tell them to shut up.
Similarly whenever a quantity of money is mentioned there is a fair chance that someone will say.
“I’ll A it for B, but I’ll C it and D it for E”
My Harrison Ford quotes are generally one of two options:
Either “I don’t know…I’m making this up as I go” or his Han Solo quip “I don’t know how we’re going to get out of this one.”
My favorite Harrison Ford quote is from Star Wars, although it has been said by other characters, too. It is one that I’ll say when I’m afraid something is about to go belly-up.
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
I have said “I know” when my wife says “I love you”
Whoops, I dropped the ball not posting the strip. Thanks, Cartman cochrane.
I don’t do this but the rest of my family does: whenever Santa Claus is shown or seen somewhere, they shout “SANTA!!” from Elf.
I have a few.
Mel Brooks Frankenstein. “Could be worse. Could be raining.” Even when it is raining.
Catch 22. “Catch 22.” Of course.
Fifth Element. “Multi pass.” Presenting the thing that satisfies the bureaucracy “I know.” When someone correctly points out my fault, but I don’t care.
Lego Movie. “Everything is Awesome!” When everything is actually Shi#! Sometimes I even sing the phrase.
This is our go-to phrase when referring to the next phase of an ongoing project.
Not exactly a phrase, but this song comes up rather often at work:
And as one of my coworker’s is Italian, if he starts talking to me in Italian (I don’t speak Italian), I respond in the style of La Linea.