From a Simpson’s episode. It’s part of a school film about why it’s good to eat beef. Troy McClure explains to little Bill why it’s OK to eat meat. The “he” in the quote is a cow.
From the play “Oklahoma!” It was also used in the They Might Be Giants song “Memo to Human Resources”
My username is somewhat obscure, although a few Dopers will know what it is.
MST3K: The Movie–Referring to the magnetized grips in the suspended animation chamber from “This Island Earth”
TV:
“They asked me to play “Doc” in the school play. I thought they were doing “Mr. Roberts”; they were actually doing “Snow White””
"La Forza del Destina!"
Movie:
“N****ERS!!!”
The name of the character who spoke that line appeared in another film by the same filmmaker. Name the character and both films.
“It was the year the bears were so bad in Bosnia.”
Correct! It’s in the scene where Curley and Laurie are about to go off to be married, but they have to hold a trial for the death of Jud Fry, in the barn.
Thunderclap Newman, “Accidents”
“It’s easy for you to say ‘Good Morning, Good Morning’ while you pour ‘sergeant pepper’ on your eggs, your eggs…”
“Die Macht des Schicksals!”
Excellent, Biffy! I’m not surprised you got that one!
How about “Little Boy Blue left his horn at home and brought his Mellotron, and freaked 'em all out!”
“It’s Peter Pan we should be calling you. Away home, and watch your television. 'Muffin the Mule’s on.”
“Ha-ha-ha-ha! Wonderful woman. Very free-spirited. We’re all very fond of her.”
“I’ll have a croque monsieur, the paella, two mutton pills and a stein of mead!”
“My London house is shut up for the winter, and my aunt has gone to Sing Sing…
to study the electric chair.”
“I am very willing to shelter your wee girlhood under my roof, but I fear you would find it dull, with no company save my poor chairbound self, my man, Hoots, and my housekeeper, now totally deaf.”
“Gosh! I say! Crikey! I mean,|I’ve been in robbing for years, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Crumbs! And you acquired all of this by yourselves?”
“Who’s gonna be staying there? Amphibians?”
Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker, from Kentucky Fried Movie. I actually had to look up what other Zucker film he was in, and that’s Airplane. (I don’t remember his role in this film. What did he do?)
Oh yeah, me too! My username is an obscure cultural reference that functions as kind of a secret sign. I’m always intrigued at who recognizes it.
In Airplane , “Rex Kramer” was the pilot who talked Robert Hays down–played by the great Robert Stack .
Robin Hood (John Cleese) in Time Bandits
Severian’s sword?
I’m not sure if it’s what you took it from, but Terminus Est is the name of a sword from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
#1:
“Are you a priest?”
“No, I’m a mechanic.”
#2:
“Detective, thrill me.”
Correct, want2know…but who was he parodying?
Man, I got a bunch of favorite quotes that it’s unlikely anyone will get:
Literary:
“Never keep a dog and bark for yourself.”
Movies:
“I mean, what’s the point in owning a mace if you don’t use it?”
“This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches. Repeat: Killer cockroaches.”
“Trouble rides a fast horse.”
“There is little advantage to winning if one wins too easily.”
TV:
“You’re as far from a dirtbag as they come.”
“Marriage is like a horse with a broken leg; you can shoot it, but that don’t fix the leg.”
“Crazy like a doorknob.”
“If I can’t drive around in a convertible with the wind blowing in my hair, what’s the point of having a head?”
“Excellence in wall climbing does not itself mean that you’re climbing the right wall.”
“Today you come into some money, tomorrow you get hit by a Buick. It’s the Yin and Yang.”
I think #2 is from L&O:CI – Eames’ challenge to Goren to translate the Aramaic verse scrawled on the wall of the crime scene.
Yes. Severian is also the name of a Doper who has the same taste in literature as I.