# "I thee endow" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 11, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693 "2024-03-11T04:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693/1 "2024-03-11T04:28:34Z")
This is a long shot. Some time ago, maybe in the 1980s, I saw a comedy movie in which there was a scene at a wedding where someone, not a native Engish speaker, was confused by the words “I thee endow”. I think he repeated the words in a foreign accent, saying something like “I dee en-doe”. That’s all I remember about the movie. Does this ring a bell with anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693/2 "2024-03-11T04:38:09Z")
Best Friends: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CrBOEekIPqY/hqdefault.jpg "goldie hawn burt reynolds in best friends") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrBOEekIPqY&t=89) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693/3 "2024-03-11T04:50:13Z")
Can we give props to Richard Libertini? Such a great character actor that most people only recognize as “That guy from all those 80’s movies.” ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693/4 "2024-03-11T05:15:37Z")
Thanks for the quick answer! ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693/5 "2024-03-11T13:46:49Z")
Hah! My family has called the next door neighbors “the swamis”, from \*All of Me,\*ever since we moved into that house since the father looks like Libertini. My folks have lived there since 1989, and I still don’t know their real name. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693/6 "2024-03-11T20:50:42Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > My folks have lived there since 1989, and I still don’t know their real name. You should be able to get by just calling them Mom and Dad 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693/7 "2024-03-11T22:00:54Z")
Well - they are rich…? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693/8 "2024-03-12T04:50:52Z")
Is he a fargin icehole?