“Citizen’s arrest! Citizen’s arrest!” - Andy Griffith Show (Gomer) for when you see someone doing something unlawful or just stupid.
“Hello Bedford Falls!” - It’s a Wonderful Life. For when you finally get home. And/or you happen to be in a quaint little downtown area and it’s snowy out (perhaps downtown Bedford, Ohio)
“You bet your sweet bippy!” - Laugh In. Just whenever
“You’re a better man that I am, Gunga-Din” - Gunga-Din. Never saw the movie but I use it all the time, thanks to my mom.
more classic SNL:
“That’s the ticket!”
“I’m ACTing!”
“You look mahvelous”
“It’s better to look good than to feel good”
And general Dana Carvey Grumpy Old Man impersionations.
(Back in my day we didn’ thave video games. We had a game called ‘stare at the sun’ where you stared at the sun until your eyes would bleed.)
Mr. Wrong, behold the glory that is The Forbidden Zone. (Not the crap 3D Scifi – the one where Herve plays the Wicked Dwarf King of the Sixth Dimension.)
Take the aesthetics of Hellzapoppin!, a sensibility that makes John Waters look like Frank Capra, a soundtrack of '30s jazz & pop classics worked over by the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, mix it all up like a batch of bathtub amphetamine, and you’re beginning to get close to The Forbidden Zone. It rocked my world, and I’m a fella that doesn’t blink at Russ Meyer or Alejandro Jodorowsky.
I also sometimes use “I’ll see ya later, I gotta go change a Tampax,” also from FZ, as an exit line/cue that a telephone conversation is over. Everybody get’s that, though because I haven’t yet dared to try it on someone that I haven’t already forced to watch Forbidden Zone.
Oh man, that reminds me of The Sopranos, which in turn reminds me basically all HBO original shows are chock full of good ones:
What, no fuckin’ ziti? when somebody isn’t coming. From The Sopranos.
I come here to feel better. You think that’s a mistake?: Also from The Sopranos.
Fuckers! FUCKERS! whenever your being screwed by the man. From The Larry Sanders Show, when Hank’s request was denied by the network.
And my favorite porno movie name of all time: Catch Her In The Rear, from Martin Tupper on Dream on. (Take off of Catcher in the Rye; he also penned “Eat a Pus, Rex”. hehheh)
Whenever I think of Fresno - and I’ll have you know I actually lived there, from ages 6 mos. to 3, ah, the memories - I think of “It all started at a 500-watt radio station outside Fresno, California” - The opening line Ted Baxter always used when he thought people wanted to hear his life story, from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Of course - “This one goes to 11” from Spinal Tap deserves another mention - I used it all the time. I also use “I like my coffee black - like my men” from Airplane all the time, too.
from Buckaroo Bonzai - “Wherever you go in life - there you are” and "Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!!"
In terms of mysterious lines, where I use it all the time, but can’t remember the source - “It’s twue, it’s twue” - can anyone remember where that came from? It sounds like something Tweety might say, but I have no memory of him actually saying it…
In terms of pre-1970’s lines, Eve - I use a lot of lines from Casablanca, the Most Quotable Movie of All Time [ul]
[li]“Round up the usual suspects”[/li][li]“Of all the gin joints in the world and she had to walk into mine”[/li][li]“You played it for her, you can play it for me - Play it!”[/li][li]“Shocked! I’m Shocked!!”[/li][li]Here’s lookin’ at you, kid[/li][/ul]
That barely scratches the surface, but they all see a lot of use.
I also use Bacall’s famous line from To Have and To Have Not - "You know how to whistle, don’t’cha Steve?.."
and The Philadelphia Story - when Tracy Lord talks to Mike Connor and they say “Hey You!” “Hello, You!” or when Mike calls to Cary Grant - “Oh, C.K. Dexter Haaaaven!”
Mine may not be pre-70s, but they’re obscure enough and most of them are all mine…
Something gotta be wrong – I used this recently, the phrasing and spelling is from Grease: “When a man picks a chick over his friends, something gotta be wrong!”
Absotively and Not especially – both from Mannequin.
I dunno, it’s a mystery! – Shakespeare in Love
What a maroon! What an ignoraninamous! – Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes. Also, What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground? (Tazmanian Devil)
Sadness! – to explain my feeling when I see something sad. Can also be extended to Multiple sadness! From Witchboard, a little known movie starring Tawny Kitaen and no one else.
I am shocked and dismayed at this… shocking dismayance! – From the TV show Charles in Charge. As far as I know the kid only said it one time and it stuck with me.
Response to “It’s not fair!” – You say that so often. I wonder what your basis for comparison is. Labyrinth
Do you also pull your shirt over your head and demand TP for your bunghole?
Ah, well, see, that just proves Bugs Bunny’s brilliance.
;)[sup]— Smile, and wave to the camera. You’ve been WHOOSHED.[/sup]
Sometimes, after we’ve all piled into the car, but I’ve not yet turned the car on, I’ll sit & stare at the steering wheel and say, “He’ll keep calling me…he’ll keep calling me…He’ll make me come over. He’ll make me feel guilty…”
from Ferris Bueller
Oh, and my brother likes to say, “Why don’t you stick your thumb up your butt?”
“Trumpy! You do magic things!”
“Schhhhhhhhhhhmucker’s Raspberry preserves!”
Both from the “Trumpy” MST3K.
“Oh, wall!” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I’m usually thinking of the one with Kevin Kline. Handy for when someone’s overacting or overplaying something.
Once the engine is running I’ll say “It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.” My brother usually says “Hit it!”
The Cheeze-Wiz and Both Kinds! lines are also frequent in my house.
Here are some of the most obscure ones I could think of that I’ve actually used:
Whenever you’re in heavy traffic, or surrounded by maniac motorists: “They’re all bad drivers!” – Jackie Chan in the English dub of Winners and Sinners. (I love that movie!)
Whenever someone is mumbling incoherently: “Do you like to draw? Paint? Or maybe just sketch and doodle?” – from the Free Art Test commercial (the one that’s been playing since the Carter administration) with the guy who talks as if his upper and lower teeth are glued together.
Whenever someone calls you by name (i.e. “Hey, Bob?”): “YEEEEEEEZZZZZZ???” – that guy from the Jack Benny Show who turned up as the cashier at every store Jack ever went to.
And here’s one I got to use just last night at a Christmas party . . .
Whenever someone asks to borrow something: “Oh no, my brother! You’ve got to buy your own!” – from that unintentionally hilarious commercial for a compilation album called “Hey Love.” (Incidentally, this was also referenced in a John Cusack movie, but I can’t remember which one. High Fidelity?)
