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Actually this line is great because it's so bad. From "Plan 9 from Outer Space": "All you of Earth are IDIOTS!" Honorable mention: "Love means never having to say you're sorry." Love Story".

BTW Shemp was described by a contemporary critic thus: " his face looks like a bowl of oatmeal, with raisins serving as the eyes and nostrils."

Glad to be of service folks. Hey Prof, I know whatcha mean. Didja see that horrible beating the seamstresses gave Reginald Denny after they hauled him from the truck during the Rondney King Open? THAT was also L.A. Musta been the grandkids, eh?

Well Brak I'm glad my childhood trauma brought you enjoyment. In my neighbor hood we played Greeks and Romans, "Army" (WWII) and "Cowboys" usually minus Indians. This was because I was always "the Indians". I am part Lena Lenape and and had an authentic tommahawk. My buddies got tired of me jumping out of trees, in the woods where we played, with a rubber knife between my teeth, wielding the tommahawk and causing them to soil themselves.

Poitier fans may also want to check out "The Bedford Incident" a taut Cold War thriller Co-starring Richard Widmark; one of three times that they worked together to my knowledge. Also some good supporting appearances by James MacArthur, Martin Balsam and Wally Cox. Also of note a short but memorable appearance by Donald Sutherland. His film debut I believe. If not, I'm sure someone will correct me.

If you remember the audio started to freak out too near the end of the freeze frame.. N.J. here.

From Hud: Patricia Neal is sitting at the bus stop waiting to get out of town. Paul Newman says to her: " Your not gonna let that little fracas last nite run you off are ya." "Just as fast as my legs'll carry me."...I usually don't have to get rough with my women." "You're rough on EVERYBODY."

Cf it looks like you were writing your "Mad World" post while I was writting MINE! Yours wasn't there when I started.

Prof, we're DYIN' for new topics and this is a good 'un. For me the classic gas station scene is in "Mad Mad etc World." Winter's is hysterical. Random quotes: "So 'move the bicycle so people won't stumble over it in the dark'? Well they'll be stumbling over YOU in the dark!!!"... "He's got a HATE complex!"... "Dr Dilman! Dr Dilman!!.... " He's nuts! He' really nuts!"... "We're gonna have to kill him!" And of course the last wall quietly colapsing. Another favorite gas station scene is the one in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" where the attendant secretly slips a coupla pods into Dr. Miles Benet's trunk.

Yes indeed. The actress was Susan Kohner and she bore such an uncally resemblence to N. Wood that she played her sister in a film which escapes my memory. Maybe some here among the vast number of those with superior film knowledge can help me out here. (Or hell, just plain show off!)

LTL I hope the swelling went away soon (after the kid's Mom popped you) Brak I had a similar, more embarressing experiece with movie music. When I was about 11 or 12 I was a nut for Greek and Roman films with the big battle scenes (hence my seeing Gladiator in the theatre 3 times)and I had a Roman helmet, sword and shield. The theme to Exodus was suitably dramatic and grandiose and I would play it and then do stylized sword-play in time to the music. My Dad caught me once,and laughed at my "little dance". From then on whenever I played Exodus he dashed into the rec room and shouted: "Aha! Caught you again!" So I of course turned to drugs

I for one am not overly impressed by awards. The one tribute I do accept is the Oscar. It's the gold standard. It's recognition by the peers of the recipient who KNOW the value of the recipient's work. But I am kind of tired of the endless attaboys the entertainment industry awards itself. Toni, Emmy, Clio, People's Choice, Golden Globe,Kid's Choice;on and on and on. I'm waiting for them to have an award for AWARD shows. They could call it the "Excessie". Many of these folks already have egos the size of Mt. Rushmore and these ubiquitus exercises in syncophancy stoke their self-love to unbearable levels of entitlement. When these affluent folks aren't given goods and services gratus, they often try to "pay" with autographs. (As Justin Timberlake tried to do recently)Boy does THIS sound cranky. Better stop. Any way I think most of us "little people" work just as hard as some of the big stars, we just aren't artistcally talented as them and our rewards aren't as remunerative. For myself, I am just as grateful for a good haircut as for a great performance. For best performance by a hairstylist in disguising some "Slight thinning" the academy awards Sal at the barbershop with the 2004 "Slappy".

Yes Antar you certainly don't need to tell us your reasons for loving "Sampson & Delilah". You have the "hots" for Angela Lansbury, who co-starred in it with some dark-haired actress, I believe.... Just kiddin' HL WAS gorgeous in "S&D"

This 50's George Pal classic has been one of my faves since I was a kid. I must have seen it 20 times(so far). But on something like my 15th viewing a short scene suddenly stuck me like Shemp Howard at the Mr Universe contest. Near the end of the film, the Martians are stomping L.A. & even the looters were trying to leave town and wouldn't share a ride on their vehicles "for love or money" when IT happens. With the sound of the Martian death rays in the air, we see the interior of a store from the inside, facing the ruined street thru a broken plate glass window.From behind the camera 2 looters run by , leap, thru the window onto the street and flash away. They are carrying BOLTS OF FABRIC!!! Were they interior decorators hoping to corner the curtain market after the city was destroyed? The world is ending and they are looking for slip covers? What GIVES? What shocks me is that I saw this so many times and it never registered. Anyone else notice this and wonder what in the name of Hong Kong Phooey was going ON?

We'el then. Itsa durn gud thang I didn't mention mah Gran'maw

All of which reminds me of the piano student who went to Mozart's grave to pay his respects. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a rubbing sound. It seemed to becoming from the grave. Quickly he dug up the grave and opened the casket. Inside was Mozart, busy using an eraser to remove the notes from some sheet music. "What are you doing?!" Gasped the shocked student. Mozart smiled and said, "Why, I'm decomposing of course."

I've only seen her in one film; the original "1984" playing "Julia" to Edmund O'Brien's "Winston Smith." I was fortunate to have seen this since I got to see it the only I ever saw it listed anywhere. It was on PBS in the early 70's or maybe even the late 60's.

Lol...I think mah ol' dear Gramps waz on that there show... he waz the wun with the searsucker thong an' spatts....

"What man?" I can keep this up as long as you guys!!!:>

Yes kane, and if he hadn't rented that boat to Melanie Daniels so she could leave the love birds for Mitch Brenner's sister in "The Birds", Bodega Bay would not have been attacked. I blame Doodles for that, I really do.

Good 1 lady. Funny, I always refer to Prince as "the artist formerly with a career."

Paty are you one of those folks who still has the clock flashing on your VCR? I mean otherwise you could have recorded while at the dentist. Just kidding!

Sorry about flooding this thread but I also want to comment on HK's sub topic "The final game." What I like about it is that Kit finally get's out from under Dottie's shadowand emerges as the heroine in her own right. That she does so by overcoming her worst weakness as a ball player ("Give her the high hard one...she can't hit it and can't lay off it.")is especially touching. I also like the cliche' breaking twist of having the "home team"(I know they were playing in Racine, not Rockford)lose the game.

PS avoiding the clap IS "good advice."

A confession here. I initially resisted seeing this film because I was afraid that it might be a whiney , preachy tract about lack of opportunity along with a heavy dose of male bashing. Instead it celebrates women who DID overcome obstacles, without focusing on the barriers. In my earlier post I said that it was one of my favorite movies, without the qualifier,"sports." I can't think of a single mediocre acting performance in the film;the entire cast appears to have been inspired.I think that's why I get a strong impression of cast freindship and solidarity. Long live "Dirt in the Skirt!"