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The "kick ass and chew bubble gum" line is actually lifted from another movie...

posted 2 years ago by MichaelJPollock (731)
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More-or-less.
It's from the 1977 prison film "Short Eyes" by Robert M. Young, at approx 24 min. where a black inmate breaks up a fight between convicts and tells them "There ain't nobody here willing to give up nothing but hard times and bubble gum. And you know they don't allow chewing gum in the joint".

https://youtu.be/Upd4zoZJq2M?t=1487

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

maybe. but this movie made it betters!!

[–] Kingswood (1260) 2 years ago

Hmmmm, bit of a stretch.

[–] MichaelJPollock (731) 2 years ago

Maybe. "inspired by" perhaps?

[–] Kingswood (1260) 2 years ago

Perhaps

[–] stickman38 (3347) 2 years ago

Totally different words, and different context. The line works a lot better in TL.

[–] Callahan7 (1158) 2 years ago

Nah, that line is slightly similar.

No connection and no copying. Roddy Piper owns that line.