# Pulp Fiction - What's on the radio when Butch runs into Marcel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703 "2003-03-24T04:16:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/1 "2003-03-24T04:16:35Z")
Butch (Bruce Willis) has just left his old apartment after killing Vincent on the can, when, worse luck of all, he’s spotted by Marcel as the latter crosses the street. What song is on the car radio at this moment? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/2 "2003-03-24T04:47:08Z")
I believe it’s “Countin’ Flowers on the Wall.” Happy ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/3 "2003-03-24T04:57:49Z")
“Flowers on the Wall” by the **Statler Brothers** ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/4 "2003-03-24T21:29:40Z")
Smoking Cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo, now don’t tell me, I’ve nothing to do. Then MW - “Mother F—er”. Butch - accelerates then slamsthe car into MW. A lady talks to him, then MW says “I’ll Be Damned” MW takes out his gun and shoots at Butch - hits him once, and he also hits a couple other people. Then they stumble into the Pawn Shop. ---
**Author:** ![greenphan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@greenphan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenphan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/5 "2003-03-25T03:19:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Intaglio \* > \*\*Smoking Cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo, now don’t tell me, I’ve nothing to do. > > Then > > MW - “Mother F—er”. > > Butch - accelerates then slamsthe car into MW. A lady talks to him, then MW says “I’ll Be Damned” > > MW takes out his gun and shoots at Butch - hits him once, and he also hits a couple other people. > > Then they stumble into the Pawn Shop. \*\* I dont’ think MW hits Butch, does he? I know the first shot hits the one lady in the thigh, but then doesnt’ Butch just run off without getting hit? Hmmm, methinks I need to rewatch the movie… –greenphan ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/6 "2003-03-25T04:13:05Z")
No, butch doesn’t get shot by MW. Butch’s bleeding from breaking his nose when his car runs into that building. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/7 "2003-03-25T05:02:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by greenphan \* > I know the first shot hits the one lady in the thigh, but then doesnt’ Butch just run off without getting hit? Well, more limp than run. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/8 "2003-03-25T05:23:52Z")
“Smoking Cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo” A line John McClain (Willis) says at the opening of _Die Hard 3_, starring fellow _PF_er Samuel L. Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/9 "2003-03-25T14:25:18Z")
I thought MW hits Butch like in the thigh - making Butch limp. I forgot about the nose getting broken and bleeding. I may have to rewatch Pulp Fiction as well. ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/10 "2003-03-25T19:52:39Z")
Butch should have untied The Gimp! The poor guy! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/11 "2003-03-25T20:11:01Z")
It’s “Marsellus” btw. (Going for a couple a days without anyone mentioning this is: Good that the SDMB is fairly tame. Bad that there aren’t enough PF geeks running around.???) ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/12 "2003-03-25T22:27:40Z")
I’ve heard that the woman Marsellus shoots is the woman whose car Mr. White and Mr. Orange steal after Mr. Brown crashes theirs in _Reservoir Dogs_. QT must not like her much… ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/13 "2003-03-28T17:55:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ender\_Will \* > \*\*I’ve heard that the woman Marsellus shoots is the woman whose car Mr. White and Mr. Orange steal after Mr. Brown crashes theirs in _Reservoir Dogs_. QT must not like her much… \*\* That woman is Tim Roth’s dialect coach. In the special edition DVD interview with Tim Roth (and the Reservoir Dogs Synchronized Swimmers), Tim Roth admits he got her that job in Reservoir Dogs. He said she’s the one who goes over his dialog and makes notes about what he does wrong. I think shooting her in the movie is payback for all the work she makes him do. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/14 "2003-03-28T18:01:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ender\_Will \* > QT must not like her much… Work is work. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/15 "2003-03-28T18:40:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ender\_Will \* > \*\*I’ve heard that the woman Marsellus shoots is the woman whose car Mr. White and Mr. Orange steal after Mr. Brown crashes theirs in _Reservoir Dogs_. QT must not like her much… \*\* Close. As Grace points out, the lady whose car is stolen in “Reservoir Dogs” by Mrs. White and Orange and who then gets shot is Suzanne Celeste, a dialect coach. She did NOT appear in “Pulp Fiction.” The woman who gets shot in the leg in “Pulp Fiction” is played by Linda Kaye. She was in “Reservoir Dogs” as the woman whose car is stolen by Mr. Pink - you’ll recall he dragged her out the window. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/16 "2003-03-28T21:04:23Z")
Lawrence Bender, who was one of the producers of the film, has a small part in the film too. IIRC, he’s one of the policeman Mr. Pink has a shootout with before driving off in a stolen car. I believe he also had a bit part in Pulp Fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-whats-on-the-radio-when-butch-runs-into-marcel/163703/17 "2003-03-28T21:45:25Z")
I think Bender is the “Yuppie Scum” in the diner in PF. Sir Rhosis