Lines I Often Quote - My Favorite Year (1982) Discussion

[–] sarge43 19 years ago

The two best:

"I'm not an actor. I'm a movie star!"

(In the lady's room)

Woman: This is for ladies.

Swann: (Sound of a zipper) So is this, mum, but every so often I have to run a little water through it.

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[–] jbraptor 19 years ago

Filipino.

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[–] immaNbred 19 years ago

"What we need is something...like...a rope."

"Mr. Swann, I think I'm going to be unwell."
"Stone, ladies are unwell, gentlemen vomit."

"Alfredo, you needn't wait, we shant need the car no more, we're going to throw up in the park and then walk home."

"A horse Stoneberg!"

- That whole sequence on top of the building is classic. Funny shiz.

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[–] D801H 19 years ago

Sy-"He's plastered!"...

Swann-"As are some of the finest erections in Europe...If I were truly plastered sir, could I do this?"...(flips over & lands face up on the table, passed out)

Kaiser-"Well, at least we know he can do that"...

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[–] katiewon 19 years ago

"Alan Swann from da movies!!"

"That paternity rapp a coupala years ago, did ya schtoop her??"

"There are no 'Downings' here?"

"It's just FUN!"

"There's out and then there's OUT!"

"Alfredo my MEDICATION!"

"You were a hit in the Bronx, wanna try Brooklyn next?"

Definitely one of my top 10 movies for over 20 years.

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[–] markaldo77 17 years ago

"Doctor Bombachelli, my medication"
Like Benjy might interject himself: "Doctor," it's funnier than 'Alfredo!'"

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[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

there's out & then there's out!

We're not soldiers and he's not the enemy. He's a pizza man.

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[–] hammerofthehouse 8 years ago

I think that's the best one!

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[–] nutsberryfarm 8 years ago

'that was a movie! this is real life!'

🎍Season's greetings!🎅🌲

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[–] cagordon22 14 years ago

I think Alan Swann is beneath us!

Well, of COURSE he's beneath us, he's an ACTOR!

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[–] robertdeanwells 18 years ago

"I think Alan Swann's beneath us!"
"Of course he is. He's an actor."

"Dying is easy, comedy is hard"(citing Edmund Kean, 19th century British Shakespearean actor).

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[–] J_Mac 18 years ago

See Sy? (Grabs Benjy's balls) This kid's got balls.

Unbutton the latch, you toad! (idk how that went)

(Swann pulls out some cognac and starts drinkin)

Benjy: Wait, what are you doin?

[Alan Swann pours himself a drink]
Benjy Stone: Mr. Swann, I was supposed to watch you, remember?
Swann: Good. Watch this.
[Pours another drink]

Swann: Want to see it again?

Swann: Stone, you can watch me or you can join me. One of them is more fun.

K.C: I mean, what do you want from me?
Benjy Stone: Sex!

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[–] jon-gwynne 8 years ago

Unbutton the latch, you toad! (idk how that went)

The line is: "Double the lad's bet for me, you toad!"

-I don't watch Fox 'News' for the same reason I don't eat out of the toilet

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[–] J_Mac 18 years ago

See Sy? (Grabs Benjy's balls) This kid's got balls.

Unbutton the latch, you toad! (idk how that went)

(Swann pulls out some cognac and starts drinkin)

Benjy: Wait, what are you doin?

[Alan Swann pours himself a drink]
Benjy Stone: Mr. Swann, I was supposed to watch you, remember?
Swann: Good. Watch this.
[Pours another drink]

Swann: Want to see it again?

Swann: Stone, you can watch me or you can join me. One of them is more fun.

K.C: I mean, what do you want from me?
Benjy Stone: Sex!

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[–] slokes 18 years ago

How about the line Mick Jones once sampled in a Big Audio Dynamite song?

Benjy: "You heard that? But you were out!"

** Swann: "There's out, and then there's Out." **

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[–] captmurdock 18 years ago

"Double the lad's bet for me...you toad...(falls over)

"When I go down, I'll hold the rope taut and you can just shhhhimmy down!"

"I'm not shhhhhimmying down anything! It's tooooo dangerous!"

"Not! when you've been instructed by Niblik..."

"...who the hell is Niblik??"

"My Shirpa guide...from the Himalayas!"

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(a few beats after Benjy reads the note on the mirror)

"Tess? Who's Tess...Tess is his daughter. Tess is his daughter in CONNECTICUT! He's in Connecticut on the day of the shore, the bastard's in ANOTHER STATE!"

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[–] ijonesiii 18 years ago

"Im not an actor, I'm a movie star!!"

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[–] Bubbleraft-Roo 18 years ago

(spit) 'What is this, tea?"
"That's Herb's tea"

"Scenes from his films"
"Scenes from his CRAP! ROLL IT HERB!"

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[–] kattlee 18 years ago

Belle: "So, Swannie"
Benji: "Ma, he's an actor, not a river"

Belle (and everyone): AL
Benji: "When I bring home Jolson or Capone, then it's AL"

"Jolson's coming?"

you look like a BLUEBERRY

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[–] scotbpens 15 years ago

Belle (and everyone): AL
Benji: "When I bring home Jolson or Capone, then it's AL"

"Jolson's coming?"

The movie is set in 1954. Capone died in 1947 and Jolson died in 1950. Of course, Benjy could have simply been making a facetious remark. But Uncle Morty's "Jolson's coming?" makes it sound as if he thinks Jolson is still alive.

All the universe . . . or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?

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[–] kpltd 18 years ago

Cy: ...we gotta put up with some washed up jabone who's gonna be running around Central Park with his schlong hanging out.
Swann: My dear fellow,what I chose to do with my schlong is my business.
Cy: How's business.
Swann: Never better.

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[–] dalbrech 18 years ago

"I'm not an actor, I'm a Movie Star" has become a classic line and one I think fits so many of the "big Name Stars" today.

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[–] timberlinetoast 18 years ago

"Up your hole with a mello roll Alice!"

Sy was absolutely hysterical.

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[–] arittner 17 years ago

Did you say that Carl? What a guy!

The whole scene when Kaiser meets the hoodlum in the office is fabulously funny.

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[–] ii849986605 17 years ago

you don't cut funny

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[–] mnaranjo-2 16 years ago

Sy learning about the possibility of moving the show to the west coast:

CALIFORNIA?!?! You can't write comedy in California! It's not DEPRESSING ENOUGH!!

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[–] arittner 17 years ago

Oh yes, also:
Swann to K.C.: You have Merle Oberon's eyes.
Benjy: And whose eyes is Merle Oberon using?

The scene when Benjy and KC watch the movie is also funny. After her inability to tell the joke about the guy who walks into a psychiatrist's office with a duck on his head, (Psychiatrist: So what can I do for you; Duck: Get this guy off my ass.) he gives her a dollar.
What is this for she asks,
Accordion lessons, he answers, a line set up by his earlier description of what is funny and not funny.

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[–] prozacfan 17 years ago

"How did I get here? Begin at the airport"

"Double the lad's bet for me, you toad" (misquoted elsewhere in this thread)

"I'm not doing the Muscatel sketch" -- "You mean the Musketeer sketch" -- "I'm not doing EITHER!"

"Terrace?"

You like it? I only wore it once"

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[–] Blu765 17 years ago

Aunt Sadie and Uncle Morty come into Belle's apartment to meet Alan Swan.
Aunt Sadie is wearing her wedding gown (she obviously wants to look her best for Alan Swann)...

Belle: Sadie, you look...nice.
Aunt Sadie: You like it? I only wore it once!

(PS - I may have paraphrased more that quoted )

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[–] imspartacus56 17 years ago

Surely they have repaired the bandstand by now!

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[–] vlladu 17 years ago

"We cannot cut him(Swann), the man is a legend." (Funny because Swann is passed-out on the table in that scene)

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[–] statum106 17 years ago

"TRA-LA, LALALAL-LA Lump, LA LA!" While the porters are bringing Alan up the steps.

Was that the "1812 Overture?"

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[–] laxgirl16_01 17 years ago

Yup, which i think is absolutely hysterical.

A quote I haven't seen yet relates to the way my dad reacts whenever talking to his mother:

"Ma, is there a reason you called?"

And

Benjy: Bring Alan Swann to Brooklyn?
Belle: Sure, what are you ashamed of?
Benjy: Everything!

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