No, I don’t.
well, I made the mistake of calling him “Joe Corollary” once, and he got so upset he was beside himself!
I guess I should have said that it was a reference by Sonny Corleone to Michael Corleone in a flashback scene at the end of The Godfather: Part II.
Still don’t know what it meant.
Guest of honor at a necktie party? I’m not remembering that quote at all.
I don’t remember the comment, but I bet it’s a reference to a priest’s collar; specifically a jab at Michael Corleone’s reluctance to be a part of the family business (making him seem ‘holier than thou’ to Sonny).
At the end of the movie there’s a flashback. The brothers are sitting around the kithcen table, and someone comes in with a birthday cake for Don Vito. Whoever it was that just came in introduces Carlo Rizzi to the family. (Connie seems smitten.) Michael is introduced by name, and then with the line in the thread title. This is just before Michael announces that he’s quit law school to join the Marines.
That sounds plausible. Was ‘Joe Collar’ a term for priests in 1941?
No idea, and Google’s not helping me much here…
Are you sure the quote was “Joe Collar” and not “Joe College”? Because the latter makes more sense. (BTW, I think it was Sonny who came in with the cake.)
Edited to add that I think I was wrong, and Tessio was the one with the cake.
I thought he said Joe College
the script just has Sonny referring to Michael as “college boy”
That’s it!
When I watched it I was also on the computer, and Michael did have wide collars on his shirt. I misheard and thought ‘Joe Collar’ was some sort of mob slang.
Thanks.
[sub]Apologies to Gilda Radner.[/sub]
At least one movie quote site and one DVD subtitles site thought the same thing.