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favorite quotes

posted 20 years ago by mochito_ish
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not sure if this has been done before, but i just watched it again and i thought of all my favorite lines. here are a few:

loretta: for christ's sake amber, the woman clung to your tap shoes while flying through the air like a god damned lawn dart!

loretta: RIGHT BY THE AIRPORT!! OH AMBER!!

gladys: excuse me, miss penthouse 98, put your knees together. i could drive a boat show in there!

gladys: you get your ass up there! and show me some teeth!

becky: she's skinny, amber...not deaf.

amber: course...i hope i end up a little more like diane sawyer than my mom.

annette: yeah, well, if they ask you to take your top off, get the money first.

(the scene in the trailer with loretta and annette):
annette: all right, thats it, im cuttin ya out and sendin ya home, she's gotta go home...
loretta: what, i'm braggin up your kid here. amber's gonna be the next diane sawyer, ya know.
annette: they're makin a movie here, you don't know where this'll end up
loretta: i know they're makin a movie here
camera man: why do you think becky'll win?
loretta: why do i think becky'll win? Ow, don't pinch! you're talkin about the richest family in a small town. its front page news when one of 'em takes a *beep*
annette: oh, great.
loretta: so, can one of you boys give me a ride home?
annette: don't fall for it, she live two trailers down
lorettta: so, be real easy! anyone??
annette: go on home loretta, show's over.

terry macy: while we have not ruled out sabotage from neighboring state pageants...
colleen douglas: ohio, south dakota...that bitch from wisconsin!

hahahaha. this movie is great. does anyone know if there ever will be a special edition dvd???

[–] apollo719 20 years ago

Lisa: You know what dad?... Peter's gay.... GAY!

and when they were asking Leslie if she was nervous and she was like
Yeah, it's been a few months now, I havn't told my boyfriends yet... how did you know?
Oh you mean about the pagent? hah oh yeah

Tess: (with the ball of string) I kind of misunderstood the assignment.

Leslie: Oh they'll never let you perform naked I asked

and I LOOVE when Mary lip synchs to don't cry out loud

[–] tfrazier 20 years ago

"Jesus loves winners!"

"Once a carnie, always a carnie."

"Jesus!, did they have a sell on dull needles at Wal-Mart?"

"You have a super day too!"

"They'll never let you perform naked, I already asked!"

"You know they only had me because Peter needed that Kidney."

"Well you know what dad......Peter is gay!!!! GAY!!!!!!

"She should have shoved yhat lucky bolt down her throat for good luck."

"You don't know what Jiffy Pop feels like!"

"I'm just here too look at the girls...umm contestants."

"You have a camera, no one's accusing you of anything!"

"He can't help it that he's crazier than a sh*t house rat!"

[–] oconn 20 years ago

"She clung to your tap shoes while flying through the air like a G*dd@mn lawn dart!"

"Boys get out outta Mount Rose all the time for hockey scholarships.....or prison..."

"If it's another stray bullet to the head, I'm gonna need more caps."

"Best d@mn tapper... most smartest..."

"Jesus, Mary and Joseph! She's pregnant!"

"Mom still cries every time she sees a tilt-a-whirl or a fat lady in a tube top..."

"It's hard to see the young ones called home. Especially on an exploding thresher.... it's just so odd and gross!"

"I owe my life to that deaf baby."

"The swan ate my baby!!!"

"Oh crap! I'm probably gonna have to work at the funeral home. It's our busy time of year...hunting season..."

Iris "What's sick is women dressing like men!" Gladys "You betcha Iris! And we don't have a 'back room' at our video store. The filth is better left to the Sin Cities..." Iris "AKA Minneapolis/ St. Paul"

"You'd think the Mall of America would have the Parking Lot of America to go with it..."

Iris "It's a $200.00 fine!" Gladys "I'll move the car if a cripple comes..."

"The family's steamin' like a cow pie in July!"

[–] reppietar 20 years ago

"ENGLISH! English you stupid little retard!"

"And YOU, You piece of *beep* trailer trash, that shoulda been you up there. Dammit, i shoulda killed you when I had the chance, just like your little friend. OHHH Tammy was oooone CRISPY CRITTER up on that thresher! DING! Fries are up!"

hahaha

[–] jaywensley2004 10 years ago

DING! Its a great line but its Kirstie Alley's delivery that makes it work. How many takes did it require for her to get her voice to crack that way?

[–] summergal38 19 years ago

Amber: I hate her!
Iris: We all do!

"Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?" Frank (Donnie Darko)

[–] mnchick 20 years ago

Amber: MOM! MOM!
Fireman: Hold it, are you a relative?
Loretta: No, she screaming MOM, MOM because she's got turets!

Amber: We'll be right behind you in the hearse!
Loretta: Don't let that worry you, Annette!

[–] cherry_queen 20 years ago

annette and amber are in the hospital and they go: love you much!

when annette is explaining what happened in the fire she goes: ....and next thing i know, im ass up in somebodys flower bed!

Cherry Queen

[–] AND77 20 years ago

Amber, as she's tap dancing around dead bodies, "I'm really lucky to have an afterschool job where I can practice my talent."

Amber: "First rule of a funeral home: NEVER sneak up on the living!"

[–] blakewinters 20 years ago

I can't believe this one isn't on here yet.

Becky's Dad: Today's as beautiful as a whore's ass, ain't it boys?

[–] bradotcom 17 years ago

SIDEWALKS, FATHER DONAGHAN?! ... that's why we lutherans use red kool aide for the blood of christ.

--gladys

[–] jonathanh101690 19 years ago

HAHA! that one was my favorite!!

"That's why we Lutherans use grape Kool-Aid for the blood of Christ."

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[–] Rbennettdancer22 20 years ago

This whole movie is my favorite quote. Here's a few I haven't seen yet.

Gladys: Sidewalks Father Donovan! SIDEWALKS!!
Iris: Glug glug glug
Gladys: Now Iris, it's not his fault. The communal wine just proves too tempting.
Iris: That's why we Lutherans use grape Kool-Aid for the blood of christ.

Gladys: It's so hard to see the young ones called home. But, the show must go on!

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[–] chico_sunshine 20 years ago

"Harold? Harold? Harold? I want the big bag of little donuts"

"Tendu, Close. Tendu, Close. Tendu, Close, Plie. Other Side."

"We're happier than the day Hankie got acquitted!"

"If they ask you to take your top off, get the money first."

Loretta to the TV camera: "I got some!"

Amber: "You shouldn't be back here."
Off-Camera: "It's cool, Doreen gave us hairnets."

[–] klmnumbers 20 years ago

Voice of Documentarian: So what was the theme of the pageant last year?
Gladys Leeman: Last year? It was, "Buy American."
Voice of Documentarian: And the year before that?
Gladys Leeman: "U.S.A. is A-okay."
Voice of Documentarian: Can you remember the theme of your favorite pageant?
Gladys Leeman: "Can I? I'm Amer-I-Can!" People ask me where I get this. I don't know, it's, maybe a gift from God or somethin'.

Harold Vilmes: Don't make me kick ya where the good Lord split ya.

Gladys Leeman: He sells reproductions! His furniture's as fake as my orgasms!

[–] drcable351 20 years ago

I have got to go watch this again... but one quote that comes to mind is "Oh, jeez, are we on Cops again?" (keeping in mind that Mount Rose has a population of... what? 2500?) I'll be back with more...

[–] ppulliam82 20 years ago

I have to say first that I love this ENTIRE movie but one part that my friends and I are constantly quoting is the part where the Asian family is being interviewed with the adopted American daughter and it goes somethin' like this:

Mom: "Oh that-a Garth Brooks...rrrrfff!"

Dad: "Hey what-a he got that-a I don't got?"

Asian daughter: (speaks in native dialect)

Dad: "ENGLISH YOU IDIOT!"

"Excuse much, rude or anything?" - Kristy Swanson (The ORIGINAL Buffy)

[–] Spyder130 20 years ago

ENGLISH! Speak English, you stupid little retard!!!

"Are we on Cops, Harold? Harold, are we on Cops?"

[–] miLE_long_eChO 20 years ago

Adam West: Even *dubbed computer voice* BEAUTIFUL MOUNT ROSE, MINNESOTA. Which one of you will it b--
*TV switches to Days Of Our Lives*
Voice: Like sands through the hour glass, these are the days of our lives.
Gladys: Christ, Iris. You taped your shows over it?
Iris: I'm sorry.
*goes over to TV and shuts it off*

...Hysterical! Absolutely classic. Gotta love this movie.

"But I caught him in the autumn in my garden one night. He was robbing me. Raping me. Rooting through my rootabega, raiding my arugala, and ripping up my rampion (my champion, my favorite)." -The Witch, Into The Woods

[–] superjaneyjane 20 years ago

*beep* beauty queens blowing chunks everywhere'

'My roomate did Adam West. She said he was so horny'
'Ewww'
(subtitle: Mr. West was unavailable for comment)

'We choose to look at it like the glass is half full - which in the modelling business means WHERE'S MY WAITER?!'

"Look at all the FREAKS!"

[–] Spyder130 20 years ago

I love the shot where Hank's begging for help, and the subtitle comes up about the documentary crew not interfering with their subjects.

"Are we on Cops, Harold? Harold, are we on Cops?"

[–] QueenOf80 20 years ago

I have quite a few favs..having seen this movie a million times

"Excuse me Miss Penthouse 98, put your knees together, I could drive I boat show in there!"

"The 'tards pants are completely off!"

"See...some people would look at this glass as half empty, but in the pagent business that's another word for...where the hell is my waiter?"

"marco...polo....oh cut it with the marco polo before i rip your fat little heads off"

"Alabama...a-l-a-b-a-m-a"

[–] filmguy1983 20 years ago

Amber, did you get my smokes?

Do you know who I think should win? Who ought to win is Amber. She's the best damned tapper. The most smartest.

[–] fluttergirl84 20 years ago

"The tard's pants are completely off."
"I will if you shut your piehole!"
"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, she's pregnant!"
"They remade my belly with skin from my butt!"

"If you could be any kind of tree, what would you be?"
"Green?"

"Most fools think they are only ignorant." -Benjamin Franklin

[–] sschu14624 20 years ago

mom said never eat anything that can carry its home with it, who knows the last time its been cleaned.(about the shell fish)

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[–] frenchhornking 20 years ago

Um...I don't have the entire movie memorized like some of these people, but my favorite lines are:

"Jesus loves winners."

and...

"Funny - you don't look dead...Ha ha!"

"We graduated high school. How...totally...amazing."
Thora Birch, Ghost World

[–] littleyellowspider 20 years ago

i love the
this is pretty much how i imagined it choking on swan gas. it was on tv last night and reminded me how funny it is!

[–] youtreatmesobad 20 years ago

Guess what My favourite quote is.

Do you think a nice cool mint would help if I shoved your head up your ass?