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Great songs, great lines, great humor! (favorites)

posted 20 years ago by JohnnyGoodtimes
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Some people may write this off solely as a children's movie, but it's too damn funny. The boring couple on Highbrow Street... "What would you do if you were bored, Neville?" "Eh, buy something." And Peter Falk's cameo about that jerk Bernie, it's great. Oh, and the part with Nicky and his girls going over their equipment, and then the Muppets go over theirs: "Whoopie cushion?" "Oh, ah, lost." "Yo-yo?" "Fur shure!" Ah, it's fantastic. Some favorite lines:

Miss Piggy (to Nicky after her swim suit fantasy): You can't even sing! Your voice was dubbed!

Pops: How're you guys fixin' to pay?
Kemit: What are our choices?
Pops: A. Credit card B. Cash C. Sneak out in the middle of the night.
Fozzie: We'll take C.
Pops: Vey popular choice.

National Gallery Guard: But I hate pepperoni! (Pizza Twins, hahahaha.)

But my favorite line would have to be Nicky after Lady Holiday's necklace gets stolen:
"What do you want from me? I spilled ketchup all over my cummerbund!"

This movie is so funny and clever. I've loved it ever since I was a young one. What are your favorite lines, moments, whatever?

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[–] a_boy_ 20 years ago

i agree the muppets work for everyone of all ages - plus the film is such a subtle work of what must be a great bit of hardwork (ie making a movie with muppets) but i love this film, i actually think its better than the muppet movie ( i never liked the idea of someone out to kill kermit) it has great songs, is set in london, jim hensons at the helm so and it expands out more than the first one does, this and the muppets take manhatten are by far two of the greates films ever made. the scene where the muppets ride there bikes through the park is utter magic.

funny line, well theres too many but i do like it after the song "happiness hotel" finishes, and sam comes out of his room and says "you are all WEIRDO'S" then goes back inside in utter disgust.

jim henson you ARE a genius

[–] theplustwo 20 years ago

Miss Piggy telling Nicky his voice was dubbed is probably my favorite line, but there are a ton of other great ones...

Gonzo to Fozzie: "Come on, get your nose in here, it's really fun!"

Beauregard (after Gonzo jumps in front of his moving taxi): "Did you want me to stop, or what?"

Beauregard: "Maybe we could jump part way."

Gonzo (in the hot air balloon): "I wonder how far you could plummet before blacking out."
Kermit: "Well, don't try it, we need you for the movie."
Gonzo: "Sure is tempting..."

[–] fullonfullycapable 20 years ago

My all-time favorite lines in this movie have to be:

Janice: "So I said, 'It's my life mother, okay? So if I want to live on the beach and walk around naked...' Oh."

Fozzie to Kermit: "You know if you put enough sugar in this stuff it tastes just like ginger ale."

Kermit: "'Big house?' Is that prison talk?"
Miss Piggy: "'Big house,' 'Squealer,' 'Slammer'... that's the lingo we use here in this joint."

The truck driver (after being thrown from his truck by Miss Piggy): "What do you do here?"
Oscar the Grouch: "A very brief cameo."
Truck driver: "Me too."

Gonzo: "Will you guys keep it down? I'm trying to watch the movie."

Kermit: "You're hamming it up."
Miss Piggy: "I am not, I am TRYING to save this movie."

Crazy Harry: "I've got some paper towels."

There are more, I just need to watch it again and pick them up. I used to be able to quote the whole thing begining to end.

[–] evilrepublicanralph 20 years ago

Ok I know I might get some of these wrong and I don't want to repeat too much that's already been said.

(Repeated Line) What color are their hands now?

Blue Eagle Guy: It's moments like these that I'm proud to be an American (nods, and goes back into his room)

Piggy (after Lady Holiday starts explaining her brother Micki): Why are you telling me all this?
Lady Holiday: It's plot exposition, it has to go somewhere

Crazy Harry: I got some hot mustard, maybe it can eat through the bars.

Kermit: Micki, why are you doing this?
Micki: Why am I doing this? Because I'm a villain.

There are tons more, and so many already said.

[–] XMan8-MuppetMan 20 years ago

You guys need to learn your Muppet characters. It's Lew Zealand, not Crazy Harry. Crazy Harry is the Muppet from Muppet Movie that in the theatre he brought dynamite. Oh sorry if I sound mean. It's an honest mistake.

Wanda : Two wrongs don't make a right.
Cosmo : But three rights make a left.
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[–] joestranger2099 20 years ago

Sam: You are all - WEIRDOS.

Best line EVER!

[–] SkeksisGirl 20 years ago

Waldorf: Look Ma! No brains!

[–] janae_a 19 years ago

The John Clease dining room scene.

Scooter, end of movie: "I think my radio's frozen to my wrist."
Kermit, beginning of movie: "I don't think they serve food in ninth class"
Fozzie: "If that's the Happiness Hotel, I'd hate to see what the sad one looks like."
Gonzo, throws himself in front of cab, then "Yeah, it's great when it works."

How they all land within about 10 feet of each other after being thrown from the airplane.

And all the lines/parts everyone else has said so far. My favorite movie!!!

[–] snichols1973 14 years ago

Statler: Hey Waldorf, wake up, here come the bikinis!
Waldorf: Oh boy! we better synchronize our pacemakers.