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Anyone have a favourite quote?

posted 20 years ago by IridescentTranquility
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I especially liked the bit where Carol wandered into the kitchen to have a quiet word with Vera about dinner.

Carol - Why don't you do me a baked potato, steam me a few carrots and grill me a piece of chicken without the skin?
Vera - Why don't you go down to the shops, buy whatever you want and cook it yourself?

What a great put-down.

The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr. Brain has long since departed, hasn't he, Perce?

[–] Xcalat3 16 years ago

Did you never see Upstairs Downstairs

When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

[–] atom_smith77 16 years ago

Roger: Beeeh!

Peter: BEEEEEH!

[–] yum-yum_is_my_heroine 16 years ago

It's not very funny, but line I liked is from the beginning of the film, when Roger is telling Ben to play with the expensive toy, not the box it came in.

[–] IM_Golum 15 years ago

Andrew saying, "I think adults are just children who owe money." Bet you anything that one came from Rita Rudner.

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[–] commanderjeltz 15 years ago

And HE claimed to be quoted G. K. Chesterton. Know him? I didn't think so. Well, I'm guessing some fans of this movie do.

[–] love_platipus 15 years ago

"Now that's what I call an extremely long dick."

[–] dolly_the_ye-ye_bird 13 years ago

I first saw this film as a pre-teen and loved it so much that I watched it often throughout the years. As such, there are a few lines that have made it into my everyday speech that I hadn't realized until I watched PF again today:

"Are you sawing something in there?"--This seems to find it's way into my vocab when someone's either been in the loo for a long time or when someone is making lots of noise behind a closed door.

"Bloody brilliant, I reckon!--Anytime someone mentions Top Gun.

Sad thing is, this movie's not that well known and no one ever gets what I'm on about. At least I entertain myself!

The bee hunts in pairs....and other fruits...

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[–] DeepPoet117 12 years ago

whoopsie

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[–] glumpy_99 11 years ago

Watched it again last night and disappointed no one seems to remember:

"I was MARRIED to a bisexual... and he left me for another woman, the ULTIMATE put down..."

Its the context and Rudner's delivery which makes it great; actually the whole scene with Rudner and Thompson is just so beautifully done.

Robert Altman
1925-2006
RIP

[–] dathaler 10 years ago

Vera's "put down" isn't the punch line. Carol's follow-up....

"Did you never see 'Upstairs, Downstairs'?"

....THAT'S the punchline.