# Name the movie based only on the punchline. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794 "2008-03-18T16:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/21 "2008-03-18T17:59:39Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Taxi Driver? “Ty Cobb wanted to come, but none of us could stand that sonofabitch while we were alive, so we told him to STICK IT!!!” 😛 [/QUOTE] Field of Dreams ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/22 "2008-03-18T18:01:32Z")
[QUOTE=Cubsfan] Touche. I think you are correct. [/QUOTE] Not quite – it was “my mother’s old douchebag.” * * * My entry: "Yup, we got the description . . . average height, average build, red nose, blue hair . . . " ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/23 "2008-03-18T18:03:21Z")
[QUOTE=Švejk] That’s the one. What about “That rug really tied the room together.”? This one’s actually too easy but it belongs in a thread like this one. [/QUOTE] The Big Lebowski. "Well, a man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever. " ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/24 "2008-03-18T18:04:32Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] Not quite – it was “my mother’s old douchebag.” * * * My entry: "Yup, we got the description . . . average height, average build, red nose, blue hair . . . " [/QUOTE] Quick Change “And she’s terrible partial to the periwinkle blue, boss.” ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/25 "2008-03-18T18:12:42Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Quick Change “And she’s terrible partial to the periwinkle blue, boss.” [/QUOTE] snatch. “the horror… the horror!” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/26 "2008-03-18T18:16:23Z")
[QUOTE=InappropriateHumor] "Well, a man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever. " [/QUOTE] **Secondhand Lions**. Just watched it last week. “Lady, if you take my picture with that thing, I’m going to rip your brassiere off and strangle you with it.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/27 "2008-03-18T18:19:02Z")
> [@](#): > > “the horror… the horror!” **Apocalypse Now** , lifted from _Heart of Darkness_ “He’d kill us if he got the chance!” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/28 "2008-03-18T18:21:27Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] “He’d kill us if he got the chance!” [/QUOTE] **The Conversation**? ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/29 "2008-03-18T18:24:01Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] **Apocalypse Now** , lifted from _Heart of Darkness_ “He’d kill us if he got the chance!” [/QUOTE] i’m going to say Full Metal Jacket, but i’m not sure. “Das ist der schlimmste Verrat!” ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/30 "2008-03-18T18:41:18Z")
[QUOTE=Švejk] i’m going to say Full Metal Jacket, but i’m not sure. “Das ist der schlimmste Verrat!” [/QUOTE] Guessing Schindler’s List or Sophie’s Choice. “I should never by gribines from a mohel; it’s so chewy!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/31 "2008-03-18T18:42:33Z")
> [@](#): > > The Conversation? Bingo! Unlike many of the others listed here, this one really IS a punch line. Not in being funny, but in being significant. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/32 "2008-03-18T18:51:11Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] “Lady, if you take my picture with that thing, I’m going to rip your brassiere off and strangle you with it.” [/QUOTE] Witness “What took you so long?” “Traffic was a bitch!” ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/33 "2008-03-18T18:53:08Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] “Either I’m dead right, or I’m crazy.” [/QUOTE] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington “Once again, we’ve saved civilization as we know it.” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/34 "2008-03-18T18:55:11Z")
[QUOTE=cornflakes] “What took you so long?” “Traffic was a bitch!” [/QUOTE] The movie in **The Player**. “Don’t you want to hear my last words?” “I just did.” ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/35 "2008-03-18T19:01:16Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Bingo! Unlike many of the others listed here, this one really IS a punch line. Not in being funny, but in being significant. [/QUOTE] you’re right, none of the things i’ve mentioned above where significant in the story … or funny, for that matter. But - and this is off topic - do all movies _have_ punch lines? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/36 "2008-03-18T19:02:23Z")
No…have you? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/37 "2008-03-18T19:06:57Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Guessing Schindler’s List or Sophie’s Choice. “I should never by gribines from a mohel; it’s so chewy!” [/QUOTE] Mrs. Doubtfire! “. . .They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory”. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/38 "2008-03-18T19:07:01Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] No…have you? [/QUOTE] _Aliens_. Spoken by the hottest butch in cinema. What, no-one knows mine? I thought it’d zip right away. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/39 "2008-03-18T19:09:30Z")
Repost unsolved quotes? “I guess I sort of went west, you know, the way of Horatio Alger, Davy Crockett, the Donner party…” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/40 "2008-03-18T19:11:00Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] “Sure, we can take off as many inches as you want!” [/QUOTE] No one answered this one? I’m pretty sure it’s “Deep Throat.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794.md?page=3)