# Only Spinal Tap Line of Dialogue

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-spinal-tap-line-of-dialogue/169626>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 18, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-spinal-tap-line-of-dialogue/169626 "2003-04-18T20:05:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-spinal-tap-line-of-dialogue/169626/1 "2003-04-18T20:05:54Z")

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[This](http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030418-9999_1c18wind.html) review of “A Mighty Wind” claims:

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> In the spirit of “Spinal Tap” – a film that contained only a single line of scripted dialogue – think of “A Mighty Wind” as an act of spontaneous construction.

True? What was that line?

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**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-spinal-tap-line-of-dialogue/169626/2 "2003-04-18T20:09:10Z")

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Just a guess:

“Hi. I’m Marti DiBergi.”

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-spinal-tap-line-of-dialogue/169626/3 "2003-04-18T20:15:16Z")

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The entire scene with Patrick McNee was scripted.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-spinal-tap-line-of-dialogue/169626/4 "2003-04-18T20:17:44Z")

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In the director’s commentary for _Best in Show_, Christopher Guest explained that before they started each scene, the actors had a general idea of what was supposed to happen in it, and what information should be revealed, and that sort of thing, but they made up the actual dialogue as they went.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-spinal-tap-line-of-dialogue/169626/5 "2003-04-20T05:20:06Z")

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Thanks so far. Any others? Cites will be appreciated…