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Favorite lines/scenes from the film?

posted 20 years ago by nightcrawler71
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Mine are (some quotes may not be word-for-word perfect):

"He's so nervous he wears a seatbelt at a drive-in movie"!

Or, worried that Felix may have overdosed on tablets, Oscar says...

"They may have been vitamin pills. He could be the healthiest one in the room"!

When Oscar is trying to relax a very tense Felix...

"You're the only man in the world with clenched hair"!

Or...

FELIX: "In other words you want me to move out?"

OSCAR: "No not in *other* words...those are the perfect words"!!

Brilliant script to a brilliant film.

[–] blackberrybabe 16 years ago

"We are all out of Corn Flakes. F. U. It took me THREE hours to realize F. U. meant FELIX UNGAR!!"

I laugh every time.

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[–] sriganesh-murthi 16 years ago

I love how Oscar does the imitation of Felix's sinus-clearing sound... Phmah....

My personal favourite scene would be how Felix gets the Coo Coo Pigeon sisters to cry... when all 3 characters on screen are weeping, you can't help laughing thinking of Oscar's reaction when he comes out of the kitchen.... One of the most hilarious scenes in movies....

[–] vice69 16 years ago

yello, divorced, broke and sloppy!

he has 92 credit cards, if anything happens to him america lights up...

-I'm The Police Chief, I Know Everything-

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[–] livetolaugh 15 years ago

I crack up during the scene where Oscar is massaging Felix's neck, and then when Felix starts weezing when he tries to breathe. Love it!
And this quote has been mentioned before, but I love it so much - "Yello, divorced, drunk and sloppy". Just the way Walter Matthau says it just makes the line. The writing in this film is really great, and the actors were chosen perfectly!

[–] livetolaugh 15 years ago

I also love the line "Haunting and cleaning, haunting and cleaning, haunting and cleaning..." It describes my Baba perfectly!

[–] ms954 15 years ago

I saw this movie when it first came out and laughed so hard that I remember having to go in to the lobby at least 3 times!

Here are some of the lines that were priceless:

Oscar throws Felix's carefully cooked spaghetti dinner up against the wall:

FELIX: (furious): ' Now you've done it" Just look at that!' Let that be on your head!"
OSCAR: "'Let that be on my head?" What is that? The curse of the cat people?"

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Oscar bringing sandwiches to the poker table:

OSCAR: "Boys, we have green sandwiches and we have brown sandwiches!"
SOMEONE ASKS: "What are the green sandwiches?"
OSCAR: "Either very new cheese , or very old meat."

[–] Fellini_Fiend87 14 years ago

Murray: A whole bottle of pills! My God, get an ambulance!
Oscar Madison: Wait a minute, will ya? We don't even know what kind!
Murray: What difference does it make? He took a whole bottle!
Oscar Madison: Well, maybe they were vitamins! He could be the healthiest one in the room!

That was hilarious!!! Gotta love Walter Mathau.

[–] az6603 14 years ago

FELIX: "In other words, you're kicking me out."

OSCAR" Not in other words. Those are the PERFECT ONES"!

[–] Seanpdineen 14 years ago

Don't you understand I cried, in front of two women.
Oscar, and they loved it, i'm thinking of getting hystrical!

[–] jefgg 12 years ago

Oscar: "Don't threaten me with jail, Blanche, because it's not a threat. With my expenses and my alimony, a prisoner takes home more pay than I do."

[–] sundownagain 10 years ago

When Felix is clearing his ears in the restaurant. Lemmon's noises and Matthau's expressions make it so hilarious.

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