Oh my gosh, Tygr, I reference that too, only I say “A Pterodactyl!” when someone asks me “what’s that?” or “what are you doing there?” and then I make the CAW CAW noise. At which point I start choking with laughter, because honestly, is anything funnier than the noise of a pterodactyl? And then the other person usually says “wow, your life is really sad, isn’t it?”
Others:
“I have no response to that.”
from Joe vs. The Volcano which I use absolutely deadpan in stupid work meetings.
“Always remember, and don’t ever forget …”
from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai just before I am about to spout some wisdom, usually about things like how to change the toner in the fax machine.
“… cats and dogs, living together …”
which I think is from Ghostbusters. Said with great agitation when something has fallen into complete chaos, like when the toner gets jammed into the fax machine because someone didn’t put it in correctly and everyone is standing around wringing their hands over it. This probably doesn’t quite fit into this thread, because some people DO get it, but if they don’t get it, they are absolutely confused, and sometimes you can see them sort of running through the mental picture of cats and dogs, well, living together.
I remember “I’d buy that for a dollar” from a game called Super Smash TV where you fought monsters and won fabulous prizes. Just sayin’, there may be different sources.
“I’ll buy that for a dollar” is originally from Robocop – it was the punchline to a commercial that you could see running in the background in various scenes. IIRC, a nebbishy little guy with a beautiful trohpy wife was ecstatically pleased when she hired a similarly-beautiful prostitute for him on his birthday; the phrase was his, um, ejaculation of pleasure.
It was then used in SmashTV some years later as one of the things the smarmy host said whenever you did something particularly cool.
I thought of another one I use – whever I see some person get injured in a funny way, especially if it’s the result of a prank I pulled, I say “Now that’s comedy!” – Slappy Squirrel’s tag line from Animaniacs.
I have the unfortunate habit of spouting old SNL lines in a country that doesn’t show SNL. Just try explaining why you just said “I’m Gumby, dammit!” to someone who a) has never seen SNL and 2) doesn’t know who or what Gumby is. I think that’s grounds for commital in the UK.
I actually pulled a double the other day. Waiting quietly in the choir onstage for the arrival of the (late) soloists and conductor, and watching the audience get progressively more restless, I turned to the person next to me, gestured to the crowd and said (in my best Linda Richmond impersonation) “Tawk amongst yawselves. I’ll give you a tawpic: A fishstick is neither a fish nor a stick; it is a fungus. Discuss.” I got a very strange look indeed. Fortunately the person sitting behind me was American and thought this was quite funny indeed.
Except that now I can’t remember where the fishstick joke came from – it’s either from “Life in Hell” or “Sam and Max” though.
Well, I have been dying to say, “Don’t worry honey, as long as there’s sidewalks, you’ll have a job” to somebody, but I haven’t worked up the nerve nor gotten angry enough yet.
One that people rarely get is from Spinal Tap: “I’d probably feel much worse about this if I weren’t under such heavy sedation.” Perfect when people are freaking out about something that’s really not such a big deal, and you’re maintaining your cool and they give you a hard time about it.
From Robocop, of course… but the interesting thing about it is that it’s a quote itself. From “The Marching Morons”, a short story by CM Kornbluth, I believe. Classic science fiction about the dumbing of the world.
Heh. That reminds me: on at least two occasions I’ve been able to use the line “Mickey Mouse’s dog was gay?!?” to great comic effect. It helps that nobody remembers Soap anymore, so I can take full credit for the line.
On the pre-1970’s front, I’ve also used “If that’s too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff”, but Marx Brothers quote too often require a good lead-in. I do sometimes do Lena Lamont impersonations that at least make my wife laugh; especially “Whaddaya think I am: dumb or sumpin’?” and “I caaaaahhhn’t stannum.”
And then, depression set in. (When something bad happens to me)
Cleaning woman. (With very exaggerated lip movements. When I’m trying to get someone’s goat)
There’s always work at the post office. (When something bad happens to someone else)
Wee - na (When someone doesn’t get what I’m explaining)
That’s my head! (When I’m drunk/stoned)
Now… someone else gets to guess what movies/shows they are from.
Grape plantations for raisins, not wine. They were trying to be breakfast-cereal kings.
You might be thinking of the blessedly short lived Filthy Rich, source of “Marrrr-shalll, it’s raining! <pause> Thunder Marshall, Thunder!”
“I want my cigarettes, Miss Ratched! I don’t want his cigarettes, or his cigarettes! I want my cigarettes!” (If you commit to the performance, this one gets you some really strange looks.)
As I myself posted earlier in this very thread, it’s from “Life in Hell.” Brush up your Shakespeare, bucko.
Oh, goodness YES! Lena makes for great commentary. “Put together!”
AND we often will go into an exaggerated shaking-your-head-while-in-a-deep-voice-saying-“Yes, yes, YES!” followed by the other person going into an exaggerated nodding-your-head-while-in-a-high-voice-saying-“No, no, NO!”. (all of the above, in case you’re wondering, are from “Singing in the Rain”.)
I’ll also sometimes answer a question with a metallic-voiced “Yes!” or “No!”, or, if called for, an emphatic “No! No! No! No!”, a la the bit from Tron.
