# Opinions about a line in ''Porky's'' (1982) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175 "2005-05-03T04:00:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175/1 "2005-05-03T04:00:13Z")
Oh, yes. Canada’s “Titanic.” But anyway. . . I was watching this a week or so ago, and here’s the setup: The guys are about to go to the shack, in which Cherry Forever is awaiting. The guys outside give a signal, and the guys inside (with Cherry Forever) return the signal, flashing the inside lights on and off (or was it off and back on?) Anyway, when they get the signal, one of them says, “The coast is clear,” and they all start heading toward the shack. Right after that line, someone is heard saying, “Can you believe this dialogue?” An ad lib? A message from the writers to the audience to say that, “Hey, this is all for fun”? Or actually in the script and intended to be directed to the person who said, “The coast is clear” as if to say, “You’ve seen to many movies.” Any ideas??? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175/2 "2005-05-03T04:53:03Z")
I bet it was an ad lib, which was not caught before it was sent to the theaters. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175/3 "2005-05-03T04:59:13Z")
I didn’t know _Porky’s_ was Canadian. Doesn’t it take place in California or someplace like that? It’s been a _long_ time since I’ve seen it, but I seem to remember palm trees. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175/4 "2005-05-03T05:07:58Z")
> [@MidnightRadio](#): > > Doesn’t it take place in California or someplace like that? It’s been a _long_ time since I’ve seen it, but I seem to remember palm trees. Understandably so, as the movie was set in [Florida.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084522/plotsummary) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175/5 "2005-05-04T01:11:33Z")
> [@MidnightRadio](#): > > I didn’t know _Porky’s_ was Canadian. Doesn’t it take place in California or someplace like that? It’s been a _long_ time since I’ve seen it, but I seem to remember palm trees. I don’t know of any specific connection to Canada, but for the longest time, it was the highest grossing movie of all time in that country (like “Titanic” in the US)–hence my little wisecrack. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175/6 "2005-05-04T02:31:27Z")
> [@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker](#): > > I don’t know of any specific connection to Canada, but for the longest time, it was the highest grossing movie of all time in that country (like “Titanic” in the US)–hence my little wisecrack. More like, it’s the highest-grossing movie of all time _from_ that county. Says [iMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084522/trivia): > [@](#): > > As of January 2005, this is _still_ the highest-grossing movie from Canada. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175/7 "2005-05-04T05:23:36Z")
> [@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker](#): > > Right after that line, someone is heard saying, “Can you believe this dialogue?” > > An ad lib? > A message from the writers to the audience to say that, “Hey, this is all for fun”? > Or actually in the script and intended to be directed to the person who said, “The coast is clear” as if to say, “You’ve seen to many movies.” > > Any ideas??? It’s been 20 years since I saw the flick, but IIRC, isn’t the Cherry Forever scene a gag where the jokesters get somebody to come in all crazy and pretend to be Cherry’s pissed off husband or something? I seem to remember the guys going over the prepared script of what they want the pissed off husband to say. I think the dialogue remark is in reference to that. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-a-line-in-porkys-1982/302175/8 "2005-05-04T05:38:56Z")
What the…? [**Porky’s (2005)** Also Known As: Howard Stern Presents Porky’s (USA) (complete title)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365647/) :eek: