# 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:** 6
**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 20, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/101 "2008-03-20T14:12:46Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] **Forbidden Planet** “Like I always say - put a fox in the henhouse and he’ll have chicken for dinner every time.” [/QUOTE] The Quick and the Dead? ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/102 "2008-03-20T14:33:48Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Trading Places [/QUOTE] That’s not the one I was thinking of. ---
**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 20, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/103 "2008-03-20T14:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Oh shit, I totally know this one. It’s Michael Douglas saying it… is it _The Ghost and the Darkness_? [/QUOTE] Correct! ---
**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 20, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/104 "2008-03-20T14:41:29Z")
[QUOTE=Reno Nevada] “Who’s got _you_?” [/QUOTE] Margot Kidder, _Superman_ “Shame on you, you macho shithead!” ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/105 "2008-03-20T15:06:59Z")
Forgot to add one: “Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done.” ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/106 "2008-03-21T02:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] “I dated his wife for a while.” [/QUOTE] Ocean’s 11- the Clooney version. “No!” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/107 "2008-03-21T02:26:44Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Ocean’s 11- the Clooney version. “No!” [/QUOTE] Silent Movie - The only spoken words in the film, delivered by Marcel Marceau. “Where the devil are my slippers?” ---
**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 21, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/108 "2008-03-21T11:33:05Z")
> [@](#): > > “Where the devil are my slippers?” **My Fair Lady** – and definitely NOT what Shaw had in mind. “Why Richard, it profiteth not a man to give his soul for the entire World… But for Wales?” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/109 "2008-03-21T12:21:30Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] “The cuckoo clock” [/QUOTE] The Third Man. “It’s a delicacy. And you know where it’s been.” (Qualifies as a punchline, I think, as it’s the next-to-last line of the film.) ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/110 "2008-03-21T13:14:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] “It’s a delicacy. And you know where it’s been.” [/QUOTE] The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. “Nah. There are friendlier places ta drink.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/111 "2008-03-21T13:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] “Why Richard, it profiteth not a man to give his soul for the entire World… But for Wales?” [/QUOTE] _A Man for All Seasons._ “It belonged to my mother. She was buried in it.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/112 "2008-03-21T17:55:29Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] _A Man for All Seasons._ “It belonged to my mother. She was buried in it.” [/QUOTE] Addams Family Values? “Been dabbling in watercolors, Eddie?” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/113 "2008-03-21T19:01:28Z")
“baby mice.” ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/114 "2008-03-21T19:10:47Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] “baby mice.” [/QUOTE] Donnie Darko? “So you’re telling me there’s a chance? Yeah! I read ya.” ---
**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 21, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/115 "2008-03-21T19:14:49Z")
> [@](#): > > “It belonged to my mother. She was buried in it.” Wasn’t that **Naked Gun 2 1/2**? ---
**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 21, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/116 "2008-03-21T19:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] Donnie Darko? “So you’re telling me there’s a chance? Yeah! I read ya.” [/QUOTE] Dumb and Dumber ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/117 "2008-03-21T19:20:36Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Dumb and Dumber [/QUOTE] Mine was too easy, I get a redo. "His name is ARTY MORTY! " ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/118 "2008-03-21T19:32:31Z")
“Arty Morty” is from “ **Without a Clue** ” My quote is … “ **and they used Bon Ami !!!** ” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/119 "2008-03-21T19:34:50Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] 1. “Did you just say ‘yutes’?” 2. “All right, pussy, pussy, pussy! Come on in pussy lovers! Here at the Titty Twister we’re slashing pussy in half! Give us an offer on our vast selection of pussy, this is a pussy blow out! All right, we got white pussy, black pussy, Spanish pussy, yellow pussy, we got hot pussy, cold pussy, we got wet pussy, we got [sniffs] smelly pussy, we got hairy pussy, bloody pussy, we got snappin’ pussy, we got silk pussy, velvet pussy, Naugahyde pussy, we even got horse pussy, dog pussy, chicken pussy! Come on, you want pussy, come on in, pussy lovers! If we don’t got it, you don’t want it! Come on in, pussy lovers!” [/QUOTE] I think someone got 1, it’s My Cousin Vinny. 2 is From Dusk Till Dawn. [QUOTE=CalMeacham] Shelley Long in **Outrageous Fortune**. [/quote] I was stunned when I saw the question and knew someone had seen the movie. More so when I saw someone ELSE had. 😛 Mine: “Black barbecue sauce?” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/120 "2008-03-21T19:45:53Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] “Been dabbling in watercolors, Eddie?” [/QUOTE] Who Framed Roger Rabbit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794.md?page=7)