# "Hey, that's great" - movie dialogue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994 "2011-03-09T01:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/1 "2011-03-09T01:58:04Z")
A local radio station used to play a snippet of dialogue - a man’s voice saying “Hey, that’s great” - a couple of times a week. It sounded a little like Ben Stein from _Ferris Bueller_ saying “Bueller? Bueller?”, but in a more lively (and not purposefully boring) tone of voice, with almost a laid-back-California vibe. Slight emphasis on the last word of the phrase. Anyone recognize that? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/2 "2011-03-09T02:44:32Z")
Sounds like Jim Carrey in “I Love You Phillip Morris”. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/3 "2011-03-09T05:03:34Z")
No, it definitely predated that. This was at least five or so years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/4 "2011-03-09T08:44:54Z")
Could it be Office Space? It uses the word “great” a lot. Here’s a clip where two of the characters say, [that would be great](http://movieclips.com/4aBM-office-space-movie-did-you-get-the-memo/)." ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/5 "2011-03-09T15:19:47Z")
That sort of sounds like it. Hmmm. Maybe that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/6 "2011-03-09T15:41:34Z")
When I worked in a radio station, we used to periodically get comedy cuts that we could use as drop-ins during radio shows. Some were clips from movies, but others were just non-sequiters recorded in a studio for stations to use. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/7 "2011-03-09T17:13:48Z")
10-1, it’s Lumbergh from office space. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/8 "2011-03-09T17:22:30Z")
[IMDB lists 12 possibilities…](http://www.imdb.com/search/text?realm=title&field=quotes&q=%22Hey%2C%20that%27s%20great%22) ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/9 "2011-03-09T17:42:39Z")
I have a very strong feeling that it’s Joel and the bots from MST3K, but I can’t find any confirmation. WAIT! Is [this](http://kemporama.com/wavs/bey_grea.wav)it? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/10 "2011-03-09T18:14:55Z")
I don’t have the answer, but I do remember hearing it in radio spots. I just don’t remember whether they were part of a commercial, or just a stock radio drop. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/11 "2011-03-09T19:03:20Z")
Does it include “man” at the end? I have a definite memory of a clip with either Cheech or Chong (I never really knew whose voice was whose) saying that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/12 "2011-03-09T19:17:33Z")
I don’t remember “man” at the end, and it didn’t sound clipped off prematurely, but I don’t know, man. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/13 "2011-03-09T19:33:28Z")
Daves not here, man. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/14 "2011-03-10T04:17:50Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > I have a very strong feeling that it’s Joel and the bots from MST3K, but I can’t find any confirmation. > > WAIT! Is [this](http://kemporama.com/wavs/bey_grea.wav)it? Whoa - I’m 90% sure that’s it! What’s that from? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/15 "2011-03-10T05:34:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Whoa - I’m 90% sure that’s it! What’s that from? I’m pretty sure that’s Office Space. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/16 "2011-03-10T13:46:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Whoa - I’m 90% sure that’s it! What’s that from? According to the source page for the .wav, it’s [The Richard Bey Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bey). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-great-movie-dialogue/573994/17 "2011-03-12T06:54:01Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Sounds like Jim Carrey in “I Love You Phillip Morris”. Oh god I love that movie! Btw, that line is “That’d be great” which means nothing on its own as a quote, but as you know from seeing the film and hearing the quote in context, hearing it anywhere in any context from now on will be enough to start a fit of giggles.