# Stump the dope with your most obscure reference **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904 "2005-11-13T22:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/281 "2005-11-17T21:17:04Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I’d like to thank Remy Martin cognac for saving my life by being so bloody expensive. I’m sure this is a rock ‘n’ roll guy…Pete Townshend? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/282 "2005-11-17T21:26:24Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “Don’t touch my eyes!” _Blade Runner_, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/283 "2005-11-17T22:49:57Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “Don’t touch my eyes!” Dick Van Dyke Show, “It May Look Like a Walnut”. Laura says it as Rob reaches for the back of her head. “with their halos glowing and rotating, easing eyestrain, and bringing in better reception” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/284 "2005-11-17T22:56:51Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > Dick Van Dyke Show, “It May Look Like a Walnut”. Laura says it as Rob reaches for the back of her head. > > “with their halos glowing and rotating, easing eyestrain, and bringing in better reception” “I don’t care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my plastic Jesus…” “Some guys think crackpipe burns are sexy on women!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/285 "2005-11-17T23:14:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “I don’t care if it rains or freezes, > long as I got my plastic Jesus…” _riding on the dashboard of my car…_ In _Cool Hand Luke_, Luke sings that to himself while lying in bed (shortly after hearing about his mother’s death, if I remember correctly). But I’ve heard that song in other places, too, including a really obscene tape of English drinking songs that a friend of mine bought at the World’s Fair in Vancouver. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/286 "2005-11-17T23:23:02Z")
Anyone else care to take a guess on “Absotively Posilutely”? To refresh your memory, it’s from an animated film. It is the phrase that the main character in the movie uses a lot. Hint: the character is voiced by a musician. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/287 "2005-11-18T01:32:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Sorry. Missed it. > > How about: > > “Cushlamochree!” > > “Money is the eat of all Roovels.” > “Imagine renting a Roovel suit to make that stupid joke.” > > “If I could only write, I’d send a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read.” Those all sound like Marx Brothers lines. Here’s one of my favorites: “Unga bunga bunga, Inga binga binga bunga.” ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/288 "2005-11-18T03:21:27Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > “Unga bunga bunga, Inga binga binga bunga.” The lodge greeting from _The Mel Blanc Show_, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/289 "2005-11-18T05:36:42Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “Cushlamochree!” From the Barnaby comics, that would be a favorite expression of Barnaby’s Fairy Godfather (and member in good standing of the “Elves, Leprechauns, Gnomes, and Little Men’s Chowder & Marching Society”) Mr. O’Malley. Great Stuff. Ok, I’ll try one: “about two people in the strangest place” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/290 "2005-11-18T05:37:44Z")
> [@RJKUgly](#): > > Ok, I’ll try one: > > “about two people in the strangest place” It’s about time, it’s about space… I already have one out there, so… ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/291 "2005-11-18T06:38:41Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It’s about time, it’s about space… Ok, I’m impressed. Either that or worried that there is someone else who watched as much bad TV in the 60s as I did. At any rate, good job! ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/292 "2005-11-18T09:40:57Z")
“It’s so big; it’s fuckin’ great!” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/293 "2005-11-18T12:13:40Z")
> [@RJKUgly](#): > > Ok, I’m impressed. Either that or worried that there is someone else who watched as much bad TV in the 60s as I did. > > At any rate, good job! Heh! I wasn’t even alive in the 60s, but I used to have one of those TV themes compilation tapes with that on it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/294 "2005-11-18T18:06:58Z")
Answers to my unguessed lines : “But I’m a mother. Shouldn’t it be ’ Matron of Evil ’ ?” : From the Cineverse Cycle. “Kesho !!” : Akuji the Heartless, Playstation game. “I am Dionisio Vega. Welcome…to my domain.” : Brahma Force, Playstation game. “I have seen just one of these weapons destroy a whole company of giant robot spiders” : _Full Moonster_ “…for some more martial molars” : _Rocket Racoon_ “Then you may already be a fourteenth-generation copy of the original Jamail. You just may be getting a little fuzzy around the edges.” : _Delta Pavonis_. “That is not a word I like. I prefer to regard myself as an adventureous businessman, a dealer in the transfer of expensive commodities.” He smiled broadly and snapped his fingers. “Now _these_ are pirates.” : _The Horse Lord_ Character 1 : “Are you aware that I can crush your skull like an eggshell ?” Character 2 : “Please don’t crush my skull like an eggshell.” : Ambush Bug in Superman’s body to a supervillian. “Who _makes_ these things, anyway ?” : Rikku in Final Fantasy X Some new ones : “Stronger and stronger !” “Payback time, harpy !” “Rebal is not a bad name. I shall gather men, the corrupt, the greedy, men you would call evil, and many others.” “He had many names, but one nature, and this unique nature made him subject to certain laws not binding upon ordinary persons.” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/295 "2005-11-18T18:09:00Z")
> [@Der Trihs](#): > > “ **Rebal** is not a bad name. I shall gather men, the corrupt, the greedy, men you would call evil, and many others.” Oops, that’s “Rebel”. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/296 "2005-11-18T18:22:06Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I’m sure this is a rock ‘n’ roll guy…Pete Townshend? Correct. The dedication to his _Empty Glass_ album. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/297 "2005-11-18T18:57:29Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t even think that’s obscure. It’s Victor Hugo’s query to his publisher as to the sales of _Les Miserables_ and his publisher’s reply. > > I don’t have one to give, though. Regarding the “?”, “!”… I thought this was a Solid Snake reference. Here’s mine: “It’s a sha-molly!” ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/298 "2005-11-18T19:21:17Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > "I just want to get one thing clear. I don’t work on January 8… > > …'cause that’s Elvis’s birthday." Gary Busey in _ **DC Cab** _. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/299 "2005-11-18T19:31:55Z")
> [@waits](#): > > Gary Busey in _ **DC Cab** _. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/300 "2005-11-18T19:45:46Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Those all sound like Marx Brothers lines. > Here’s one of my favorites: > > “Unga bunga bunga, Inga binga binga bunga.” This is Bugs Bunny I believe, interacting with a native islander spearman and doing a one-upmanship of complex native babble. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904.md?page=16)