# Planes, Trains and Automobiles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684 "2019-07-07T21:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/21 "2019-07-09T16:02:29Z")
The only part I remember is You’re going the wrong way! You don’t know what you’re doing! You’re going to kill someone! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/22 "2019-07-09T16:16:58Z")
How would they know where we’re going? ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/23 "2019-07-09T16:17:41Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > “Do you think this car is safe for highway transportation?” > > “Yes I do.” > > I try to watch it around Thanksgiving most years. Blue Moon of Kentucky come on shinning… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/24 "2019-07-09T16:30:48Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You can say “fuck” all you fucking want. Just don’t fucking direct it at other fucking posters outside of the fucking Pit. And, please- keep it out of thread \*\*titles. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/25 "2019-07-09T18:33:23Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > “Do you think this car is safe for highway transportation?” > > “Yes I do.” > > I try to watch it around Thanksgiving most years. Watching it you would never guess that that’s Lenny playing the trooper. Great little understated part for him. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/26 "2019-07-09T18:45:31Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Watching it you would never guess that that’s Lenny playing the trooper. Great little understated part for him. AKA David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/27 "2019-07-09T19:20:11Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > AKA David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap AKA Chuck McGill of Better Call Saul. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/28 "2019-07-09T20:13:17Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > AKA Chuck McGill of Better Call Saul. Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner from Coneheads ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/29 "2019-07-09T21:54:22Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Watching it you would never guess that that’s Lenny playing the trooper. Great little understated part for him. Cop: “Do you have any idea how fast you were going?” Del: “Well, funnily enough, I was just talking to my friend about that. Our speedometer is melted, and as a result, it’s very hard to say with any degree of accuracy exactly how fast we were going.” Cop: “78 miles an hour.” Del: (whistles) “78, huh? Well, yeah, I could buy that, sure, I guess. You know, uh, you would know better than us, especially since we got a melted speedometer.” Cop: “Do you feel this vehicle is safe for highway travel?” Del: “Yes I do. Yes I really do. I believe that. I know it’s not pretty to look at, but it’ll get you where you want to go.” Cop: “You’ve got no outside mirror.” Del: “No, we lost that.” Cop: “You have no functioning gauges.” Del: “No, not a one. However, the radio still works! Funny as that may seem, with all this mess, the radio is the only thing that’s really working good, and it’s clear as a bell, don’t ask me how!” One of many great scenes in that film. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/30 "2019-07-10T00:58:37Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Cop: “Do you have any idea how fast you were going?” And if you’re observant, you’ll notice the patch on his uniform indicates he’s a Wisconsin State Trooper, but Wisconsin is not on their route from Saint Louis to Chicago. This was not a mistake – they filmed a whole scene where the two discover they had driven clear past Chicago and were now in Wisconsin, but it got cut out for time. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/31 "2019-07-10T15:00:21Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > And if you’re observant, you’ll notice the patch on his uniform indicates he’s a Wisconsin State Trooper, but Wisconsin is not on their route from Saint Louis to Chicago. This was not a mistake – they filmed a whole scene where the two discover they had driven clear past Chicago and were now in Wisconsin, but it got cut out for time. I always wondered about that. St. Louis to Chicago isn’t very far at all. IIRC, it is about a 4 hour drive. Steve Martin could have called his wife to come get them. Definitely no need for a hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/32 "2019-07-29T02:39:37Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Cop: “Do you have any idea how fast you were going?” > > Del: “Well, funnily enough, I was just talking to my friend about that. Our speedometer is melted, and as a result, it’s very hard to say with any degree of accuracy exactly how fast we were going.” > > Cop: “78 miles an hour.” > > Del: (whistles) “78, huh? Well, yeah, I could buy that, sure, I guess. You know, uh, you would know better than us, especially since we got a melted speedometer.” > > Cop: “Do you feel this vehicle is safe for highway travel?” > > Del: “Yes I do. Yes I really do. I believe that. I know it’s not pretty to look at, but it’ll get you where you want to go.” > > Cop: “You’ve got no outside mirror.” > > Del: “No, we lost that.” > > Cop: “You have no functioning gauges.” > > Del: “No, not a one. However, the radio still works! Funny as that may seem, with all this mess, the radio is the only thing that’s really working good, and it’s clear as a bell, don’t ask me how!” > One of many great scenes in that film. I have a boring, quiet life. Watching the movie again, was going to quote that very scene. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/33 "2019-07-29T13:33:01Z")
> [@pool](#): > > “You’re Going The Wrong Way!!!” > > Well I had that in all caps but I guess the board didn’t like it. [You need to hide two lower case characters in the post.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21746711#post21746711) ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/34 "2019-07-29T15:36:12Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > The entire scene at the end when Steve Martin is realizing that John Candys wife is actually dead and goes back to take him home for dinner will always be one of the most gut wrenching tear jerking moments in movie history for me. It was extremely well done. The montage really worked well and didn’t beat you over the head with the twist. Movie isn’t the same watching it after that but is still hilarious. Yeah, it makes me tear up, if not actually sob… and it has since I was a little kid (came out when I was 7). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/35 "2019-07-29T18:09:41Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > The entire scene at the end when Steve Martin is realizing that John Candys wife is actually dead and goes back to take him home for dinner will always be one of the most gut wrenching tear jerking moments in movie history for me. It was extremely well done. The montage really worked well and didn’t beat you over the head with the twist. Movie isn’t the same watching it after that but is still hilarious. My cynical, disaffected, mid-twenties self didn’t care for the ending when the film first came out. I thought Hughes diluted a great slapstick comedy by tacking on a sappy, maudlin ending. I have since realized, of course, that the ending is the entire _point_ of the film (“Here’s a tip: when you’re telling these little stories of yours, have a point! It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!”), and makes the comedy that much deeper and richer upon subsequent viewings. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684/36 "2019-12-02T00:02:33Z")
Wasn’t there a recent thread about this movie? I searched and didn’t find it, so I’ll post here. I should just buy the DVD, for the 2nd time in a couple of months, I paid $3.99 to rent it. This will definitely become a Thanksgiving tradition. That final scence, just mentioned above, gets me every time. It has made Ebert’s Great Movies list. He said he saw it the first time, gave it a good review, and then forgot about it. But rewatcing years later, he realized how great it was. Because it has heart. Breaking hearts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-trains-and-automobiles/836684.md?page=1)