# Where's the money Lebowski? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340 "2001-09-18T05:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/21 "2001-09-19T05:37:35Z")
Of all the DVDs in my library, **The Big Lebowski** is the one that I’ve watched the most often. I _love_ this movie. It has replaced **Raising Arizona** as my all time favorite comedy movie. Only the Coen Brothers could top themselves. “You’re entering a world of pain.” “Do you have to use so many cuss words?” “What the fuck are you talking about?” (I may be a little off on the wording of this, but you get the idea.) “At least I’m housebroken!” “Tthat rug really held the room together.” “This is our most _modestly_ priced receptacle.” “Nobody fucks with the Jesus.” “Eight year olds, Dude.” ---
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/22 "2001-09-19T08:03:23Z")
I love the Dude…simply because the Dude is all of us. Think of it, he practically lives in a slice of heaven. Simple wants and needs. A good game of bowling, a White Russian (which I challenge anyone openly to say is a girls drink), no Eagles on the stereo, and a fine Rug for his troubles. I know so many people like this (including myself) it ain’t even funny. Frankly, the finest part Bridges will ever play. The Dude: Yeah, well. The Dude abides. The Stranger: The Dude abides. I don’t know about you but I take comfort in that. It’s good knowin’ he’s out there. The Dude. Takin’ 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals. [While dunking the Dude’s head in the toilet.] Thug: Where’s the money, Lebowski? Where’s the fucking money, shithead? Dude: It’s uh-- uh-- it’s down there somewhere, let me take another look. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/23 "2001-09-19T08:07:22Z")
Wanna know how much I adore _The Big Lebowski_? Last year, HBO showed it the evening before the first day of the Texas bar exam. That’s the day they ask you about Texas civil and criminal procedure. I knew nothing about either subject, and was desperately trying to learn as much as possible while sitting in my hotel room. I watched _The Big Lebowski_ that night. I also passed the bar, but that’s totally unrelated, I’m sure. “This aggression will not stand, man.” ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/24 "2001-09-19T08:11:06Z")
“I am the walrus. Dude, I am the walrus” “V.I. Lenin” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/25 "2001-09-19T11:02:45Z")
Wow. I seriously **hate** this movie. I’m amazed that people are putting these quotes here and thinking that they are such funny lines, and yet I see no humour in any of them at all. Amazing! Sorry for going against the status quo, carry on… ---
**Author:** ![MMI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMI)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/26 "2001-09-19T15:33:48Z")
I lost it during the scene when they are driving home after confronting the kid and the Dude’s car has been trashed. And I realize Walter and Donny are eating hamburgers. ---
**Author:** ![ninja\_rydr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@ninja\_rydr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninja_rydr)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/27 "2001-09-19T15:48:43Z")
Funny, funny movie. Another good one is when they pull him from the toilet “It’s down there somewhere , let me look again.” ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/28 "2001-09-19T17:22:15Z")
“Nice marmot.” Although this is one of my favorite films, I have to yet again state for the record that the Coen brothers set back my timetable for the Bathrobe Revolution by at least a decade. I’m a long-haired, goatee sporting guy who used to wear my bathrobe everywhere, especially shopping, but also in the various bars around Arlington, VA. I say “dude” entirely too much. I saw this film with a half-dozen people on opening night–no, I was not in my robe. When Jeff Bridges appeared on-screen in the supermarket, every single person I was with exclaimed, **"its YOU!"** In a brief two hours, my entire life was turned into a disturbingly accurate cliche. The Revolution is, needless to say, at a standstill. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/29 "2001-09-19T17:30:16Z")
Autobahn - Nagelbett (German electronica LP - translation Band: Motorway Album Title: Bed of Nails) Goodman: “Is he…does he still write?” Housekeeper: “Oh no, no, he has health problems.” Dude: “Man, c’mon, I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man.” A few others already mentioned, notably “It is our most modestly-priced receptacle.” Somehow when I first saw it, I had the intuition that there might be more subtle references to classic Russian literature, Now I’m not so sure. Great fuckin’ movie though. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/30 "2001-09-19T20:47:40Z")
Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski! Condolences! The bums lost! I suggest you do what your parents did: get a job sir. The bums will always lose! Do you hear me Mr. Lebowski! The bums will always… But what I must know - it’s been bugging me - is what Wu the carpet pisser says just before he does his thing. Something about deadbeats. See, we must have a DVD with subtitles. This aggression will not stand, man. I consider myself a normal enough person, but I watch that movie excessively, and can’t understand why others aren’t thrilled by it. I was the same way with Tommy Boy at one time. The whites. Another thing, Dude doesn’t roll one ball in the film. And the beach scene at Trehorn’s place contains homage to Riefenstahl’s _Triumph Of The Will_. But you knew that because you love this shit. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/31 "2001-09-19T21:01:24Z")
Russian literature? Naw, it’s Raymond Chandler all the way. I looove this movie, I own the DVD and watch it over and over. Im convinced the Coens could turn this into a dynamite TV show, a sort of combo Rockford Files/Columbo for the new century. Failure to appreciate this film is clearly proof of a congenital birth defect (sorry, **GuanoLad.** Maybe you can get some sort of federal aid?) My favorite line that has not heretofore been mentioned: “Sometimes you get the bar, sometimes the bar gets you.” “Is that some kind of Eastern thing?” ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/32 "2001-09-19T22:00:56Z")
When Maude says something about men giving their penises nicknames like Johnson and then later the Nihilists say: “we are going to cut off your CHohnson”. The Dude says something like “excuse me?” “Dude, now that’s a word no one would self-apply where I come from. But then… there were a lot of strange things about the Dude.” (Incidentally, if you haven’t seen the movie you might not find these lines funny. Let me assure you they are quite amusing when you watch it.) “He’s a pederast Dude.” “Oh come on…” “No really, he likes little boys. When he moved here he had to go around the neighborhood telling everyone he was a pederast.” (cut to scene of Jesus in a nerdy outfit knocking timidly on a door, which opens to reveal a large biker type. Fade to next scene.) ## Karl Hungus: I hear you have a problem mit diene cahble." Donny: Are these the Nazis Dude? Walter: No Donny, these are Nihilists, nothing to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/33 "2001-09-19T22:13:48Z")
**Jack Batty** beat me to my favorite line: > [@](#): > > Hey, careful, man, there’s a beverage here! When Dude went off on Walter for rambling about Viet Nam and getting Donny’s ashes all over him, I laughed so hard I broke my couch. I haven’t thought of that movie in ages. I gotta run out and rent it again… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/34 "2001-09-19T22:16:34Z")
I, too, like the ‘beverage’ line, and the writing of the check for under a dollar, but my favorite bit has to be when Walter is raging about not ‘rolling’ on Saturday, and the Dude reminds him “you’re not Jewish”. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/35 "2001-09-20T17:52:34Z")
I’m as Jewish as fuckin’ Tevya. What’s a pederass, Walter? Shut the fuck up, Donny. ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/36 "2001-09-21T02:49:44Z")
Ok, I rented it again. Jesus, that’s funny! A lot of the funny stuff will slip by you…it’s so subtle. “I think, man, like, you know, I better tender my resignation…or something.” You need the visuals (and background) here: “Dude.” “Maude?” “Love me.” “That’s my bathrobe.” Oh, and kudos, **Billy Baroo** on your username. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/37 "2001-09-21T03:11:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billy Baroo \* > \*\*But what I must know - it’s been bugging me - is what Wu the carpet pisser says just before he does his thing. Something about deadbeats. > > See, we must have a DVD with subtitles. This aggression will not stand, man.\*\* OK, **Billy Baroo**. Just for you I popped the DVD in and watched the scene with closed captioning. If a DVD does not have English subtitles, it will usually have closed captions. Many have both. The guy says, “Ever thus to deadbeats, Lebowski.” I think it’s supposed to be a riff on the line that John Wilkes Booth might have said after assassinating Lincoln, “Sic semper tyrannis”, which I’ve seen translated as “Ever thus to tyrants.” Now that I’ve seen the first few moments, I find that I can’t quite put it away. I have the strong urge to watch it again. Shoot. There goes my evening. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/38 "2001-09-21T13:11:34Z")
Are all of you (except **GuanoLad** ) nuts? This was not a good movie. It had its moments, but the plot went nowhere and never found its way back. The characters were amusing bundles of quirks, nothing more. It’s amazing to me this movie was made by the same Coen brothers who also made _Blood Simple,_ _Barton Fink_ and _Raising Arizona._ It’s inferior. It’s just inferior. I once dated a woman for several months, then learned she liked _The Big Lebowski_ better than _Fargo._ We’re not dating anymore. ---
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/39 "2001-09-21T17:18:44Z")
Simply put, my favorite movie. I get stuck on the more subtle lines. “Ulee, her co-star in the beaver pictures.” “Beaver? You mean, vagina?” “Dipshit with a nine-toed woman!” “You know, keeping a wild animal like that, uh, an amphibious rodent, uh, within city limits, uh, that’s not legal either…” “What are you now, a park ranger, man?!” “She’s not my fucking special lady friend, man!” ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340/40 "2001-09-21T17:53:35Z")
Hey, I just found the [script](http://members.tripod.com/rbednark/big.lebowski.script.html). I’d forgotten how many sweet, sweet lines are in this film: BLOND MAN: Your name is Lebowski. Your wife is Bunny. DUDE: Bunny? Look, moron. He holds up his hands. DUDE: You see a wedding ring? Does this place look like I’m fucking married? All my plants are dead! The blond man stoops to unzip the satchel. He pulls out a bowling ball and examines it in the manner of a superstitious native. BLOND MAN: The fuck is this? The Dude pats at his pockets, takes out a joint and lights it. DUDE: Obviously you’re not a golfer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340.md?page=3)