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Inaudible line?

posted 17 years ago by bossyheifer
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Hey all you Emmet Otter fans, I hope you can help me out here. I just watched Emmet Otter (for probably the billionth time) and after the Yancy Woodchuck scene (the one that sang Barbeque), the possom starts pulling the curtain down and he says something to Harrison Fox. It SOUNDS like "Better fill Harrison, we're off to a shaky start" but I'm not sure that's accurate. Anyone know for sure what he's saying? I couldn't get the closed captioning to work either, probably because the movie's so old. I appreciate the help!

bossyheifer
"To err is human, to moo, bovine"

[–] cb-tnjd 17 years ago

sounds right to me...

[–] bossyheifer 17 years ago

But what does that mean?

bossyheifer
"To err is human, to moo, bovine"

[–] rebelvixen76 17 years ago

In variety theater, to "fill" means to ad-lib additional material to fill in holes in the original line-up of material.

[–] Blackbird_singing 17 years ago

i always thought he said
"Better tell Harrison, we're off to a shaky start"
the opossum has a slight speech impediment