# Let's talk about The Exorcist (spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-exorcist-spoilers/842706>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-exorcist-spoilers/842706 "2019-10-30T17:05:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-exorcist-spoilers/842706/41 "2019-11-02T21:54:09Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I’ll never forget _Mad Magazine_’s take on it.
> 
> _“Your Mother sews socks that SMELL!”_

Not Mad. SNL with Richard Pryor: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8dKnFU5LUE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8dKnFU5LUE)

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-exorcist-spoilers/842706/42 "2019-11-02T22:23:57Z")

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Mad Magazine definitely went along with the “these kids today” angle. More than one joke was based on how normal Regan appeared to various therapists.

Regan spits in a doctor’s face and screams profanity (#%@#) into his stethoscope.

Doctor: So ma’am, why do you think there’s something wrong with your daughter?

Regan snarls as her head twists around 360 degrees multiple times.

Father Karras: That’s how the girls reacted when I accidentally walked into their sorority house.  
In the end, the Devil just wants a movie franchise. Predictable ending really.

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**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-exorcist-spoilers/842706/43 "2019-11-02T22:31:06Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I’ll never forget _Mad Magazine_’s take on it.
> 
> _“Your Mother sews socks that SMELL!”_

“Get lost crud! Your church stinks! Your bishops take payola! And the pope reads Playboy!”

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