Time Out - SCTV Taxi Driver Spoof

Just a few of the other actors you probably didn’t know who also starred in their version of Taxi Driver from SCTV.

Sterling Silver Dialogue #15

Sterling Silver Dialogue From The Movies:  

Do you know where they're from?

"You wanna be worshiped? Go to India and moo."

"You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word."

"Welcome to Chicago. This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide."

"Ah Maggie, in the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie. There's only expedient exaggeration. You ought to know that."

(Referring to the drinks they've already had) "We've gotten a head start here, Mr. Thornhill."

Roger Thornhill: (just arriving) "That won't last long."

(singing) "I've grown accustomed to my bourbon."

(on the telephone) "No. No, Mother, I have not been drinking. No. No, these two men, they poured a whole bottle of bourbon into me... No, they didn't give me a chaser."

"We'll get 'em. We'll throw the book at 'em. Assault and kidnapping. Assault with a gun and a bourbon and a sports car. We'll get 'em."

"You're marking time is what you are. You're backing off. You're hiding out. You're waiting for a bus that you hope never comes because you don't wanna get on it anyway because you don't wanna go anywhere, all right?"

"Two people dead, just so we can live without working!"

"We go together, Annie. I don't know why. Maybe like guns and ammunition go together."

"I didn't want a house. I didn't want all those pots and pans. I didn't want anything but you. It's God's own blessing I didn't get you."

(reply) "Why?"

(response) "Cause I'm a loner clear down deep to my very guts. Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his life, the way he wants to live. It's all for him. A guy like that, he'd kill a woman like you. Because he couldn't love you, not the way you are loved."

"I've had hangovers before, but this time, even my hair hurts."

"If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it."

"You're told that the girl you were with last night was found in Benedict Canyon, murdered. Dumped from a moving car. What's your reaction? Shock? Horror? Sympathy? No... just petulance at being questioned. A couple of feeble jokes. You puzzle me, Mr. Steele."

Dixon Steele: "Well, I grant you, the jokes could've been better, but I don't see why the rest should worry you... that is, unless you plan to arrest me for lack of emotion."

"You know, Miss Gray, you're one up on me - you can see into my apartment but I can't see into yours."

(reply) "I promise you, I won't take advantage of it."

(response) "I would, if it were the other way around."

"I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me."

Answers to Sterling Silver Dialogue #15 are here.

Time Out - Snub Pollard "It's a Gift"

For those who love creative, outrageously inspired silent cinema, this little gem with Snub Pollard called It's a Gift (1923) is hilarious. It's only 14 minutes long and worth every charming moment.

Time Out - "It's a Wonderful Life" (Revised Parody)

How could anyone forget this short but sweet and poignant moment from It's a Wonderful Life?

Capturing a Golden Moment #10: A Night at the Opera

In this series I'd like to present some exceptional scenes inspired by cinema's most gifted artists of yesteryear.

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Director: Sam Wood

Scene: "The Stateroom"

Many writers contributed to this epic farce, including its two principals: George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Even an uncredited Buster Keaton worked on developing this famous scene. It was nearly scrapped, however, because it wasn't getting any laughs. Once the Marx Brothers ignored the script and started ad libbing the whole thing, it transformed into one of the all-time comedy classics.

A Night at the Opera is available on DVD here:

A Night at the Opera

$9.95

Starring Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont

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It is also available in a box set along with 6 other Marx Brothers comedies here:

The Marx Brothers Collection (A Night at The Opera/A Day at The Races/A Night in Casablanca/Room Service/At the Circus/Go West/The Big Store)

$18.99

By Marx Brothers

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