# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/121 "2008-03-21T19:52:16Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] Mine was too easy, I get a redo. "His name is ARTY MORTY! " [/QUOTE] Ooh, this reminded me of a good one. “MY NAME…IS MORTY!” ---
**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, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/122 "2008-03-21T19:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] “It belonged to my mother. She was buried in it.” [/QUOTE] > [@Krokodil](#): > > Addams Family Values? Nope, try again. ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/123 "2008-03-21T20:38:48Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] Ooh, this reminded me of a good one. “MY NAME…IS MORTY!” [/QUOTE] Ahhhh yes. Undercover Blues. “MY NAME IS MUERTE! DEATH! DONCHOO FORGETDAT!” “Morty…” My next one: “Oh I see, so you’re going to a cemetery with your toothbrush. How Egyptian.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/124 "2008-03-21T20:49:31Z")
[QUOTE=Little Plastic Ninja] Ahhhh yes. Undercover Blues. “MY NAME IS MUERTE! DEATH! DONCHOO FORGETDAT!” “Morty…” [/QUOTE] You may be the first person outside my family to acknowledge the existence of that movie. :eek: Marry me. ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/125 "2008-03-21T21:14:44Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] You may be the first person outside my family to acknowledge the existence of that movie. :eek: Marry me. [/QUOTE] Purchased the minute it came out on video. Is it out on DVD? It’s a family favorite, so you might have to marry my dad… :eek: 😃 ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/126 "2008-03-21T21:19:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Nope, try again. Look up to Post #115 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/127 "2008-03-21T21:27:10Z")
Looks like nobody’s figured out “Gesundheit!” yet. It’s the last line of _The Taking of Pelham 123._ ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/128 "2008-03-21T22:14:37Z")
[QUOTE=Little Plastic Ninja] Is it out on DVD? [/QUOTE] [Looks like.](http://www.amazon.com/Undercover-Blues-Kathleen-Turner/dp/B000089736/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1206137593&sr=8-1) I keep meaning to buy it myself before it can’t be found anywhere. ---
**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 22, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/129 "2008-03-22T02:21:52Z")
Here’s an odd one: “NEVER with a tux!” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/130 "2008-03-22T02:26:51Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] My quote is … “ **and they used Bon Ami !!!** ” [/QUOTE] _The Ghost and Mr. Chicken_. Please be merciful and tell me I’m wrong. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/131 "2008-03-22T14:03:59Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] “Shame on you, you macho shithead!” [/QUOTE] Dustin Hoffman in _Tootsie_. Here’s mine: “But how, in the name of Zeus’s BUTT-HOLE did you get out of your cell?” ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/132 "2008-03-22T14:06:59Z")
[QUOTE=Chanteuse] “But how, in the name of Zeus’s BUTT-HOLE did you get out of your cell?” [/QUOTE] _The Rock_. I’ll repost mine: “Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done.” ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/133 "2008-03-22T15:48:50Z")
1. That’s beautiful. What’s that, velvet? 2. I’m so hungry I could eat the ass end out of a dead rhino, I should have had you get me three of these things! 3. Oh, you wanna take an attack posture wit’ me? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/134 "2008-03-22T16:40:12Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] _The Rock_. I’ll repost mine: “Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done.” [/QUOTE] _High Fidelity_. “I’m going home…to sleep with my **wife**.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/135 "2008-03-22T16:45:15Z")
I’ll try one: “Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.” ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/136 "2008-03-22T18:38:33Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] 2. I’m so hungry I could eat the ass end out of a dead rhino, I should have had you get me three of these things! [/QUOTE] The first half of that quote is in Apollo 13 and said by Fred Haise, but the second half isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/137 "2008-03-22T18:52:56Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I’ll try one: “Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.” [/QUOTE] Monty Python and the Holy Grail. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/138 "2008-03-22T20:04:57Z")
[QUOTE=Little Plastic Ninja] “Oh I see, so you’re going to a cemetery with your toothbrush. How Egyptian.” [/QUOTE] The Birdcage. Love Nathan Lane in that. [QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] “I’m going home…to sleep with my **wife**.” [/QUOTE] Clue - one of my favorites! Let’s see . . . “You know what this family needs? A mute.” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/139 "2008-03-22T20:05:40Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] _High Fidelity_. “I’m going home…to sleep with my **wife**.” [/QUOTE] _Clue._ (Edit: **Unauthorized Cinnamon** beat me to it. :smack: ) I’ll post this one because I actually had the opportunity to use it the other day, to good effect: “Yeah, and in all the right places, too.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/140 "2008-03-22T20:15:37Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Silent Movie - The only spoken words in the film, delivered by Marcel Marceau. [/QUOTE] If the answer’s right, then the question is wrong: Marceau, being French, says “Non!” not “No!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794.md?page=8)