# Looking for a cable TV comedy short with two guys quoting movies

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**Created:** [December 27, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cable-tv-comedy-short-with-two-guys-quoting-movies/956695 "2021-12-27T00:03:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cable-tv-comedy-short-with-two-guys-quoting-movies/956695/1 "2021-12-27T00:03:52Z")

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I think this was from the 1980s or 1990s, a short film that was run between features on either HBO, Showtime, or Cinemax:

Two guys (security guards?) are in a warehouse, sitting/standing amongst boxes. They have nothing better to do, so they are taking turns quoting famous lines from different movies (eg, “Top of the world, ma!”; “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”; etc.).

I have tried googling this, but can’t seem to find it on YouTube or anywhere else. Does anybody know this short film I’m talking about–and if so, can you please post a link to it? Or, at least, please provide more information that could help me track it down?

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cable-tv-comedy-short-with-two-guys-quoting-movies/956695/2 "2021-12-27T14:20:34Z")

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Is it “Stakeout” with Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez? I’ve never seen it but remember discussions here of a scene where they are passing time playing a game where one person quotes a movie line and the other has to identify the movie. Estevez throws out a famous line from “Jaws” which Dreyfuss fails to recognize.

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**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cable-tv-comedy-short-with-two-guys-quoting-movies/956695/3 "2021-12-27T20:23:28Z")

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No, it wasn’t _Stakeout_–but you have the right idea. Thank you for trying, anyway.