What's your favorite scene or line? Mine is when Roger is about to jump from the window and the one cop screams..."Don't jump or I'll shoot!"
shareMy favorite scene is when Kassenback is under the stage with the band playing 'Old Black Magic'. That whole part kept me on the edge of my seat.
Still Smiling,
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Bernie King was laughing himself to death (nitrous oxide). Roger told the cop to use his gun to break the glass door...so he throws the gun at the door.
There were a number of funny parts, but this one immediately sprang to mind.
Probably the awkward rescue attempt of the dying Brion James, with the gun bit. I also loved the Spike Jones number with Michael McKean.
shareMine is the radio spot about the African explorer with the two black and white actors. You hear their dialogue but only see the audience and backstage - then when it switches to the stage you see the white guy reading the African native part and the black guy reading with a British accent. Really quick, but a very good gag that never fails to make me laugh. Also anytime the three blonde singers are on.
shareThe whole Movie is Great but I just the entire writing process of the movie.
Connor Ryan
That's my favorite bit. The runner up would be the part where Chrisopher Lloyd gets too enthusiastic with the sound effects and smashes a bottle over his own head.
"Seda-GIVE?!"
Roger-I didn't do anything!
Mrs.Henderson-You're gonna haveta try harder, Roger!
Roger (With Emphasis)-I didn't DO anything!
Definitely my favorite line from this great movie.
when cop keeps reapeating to Roger "sit down and shut up!" and the third time:
cop: - sit down!
Roger: - ...and shut up, I know.
There are so many-- part of the thing with this movie (and I guess part of the reason that some of those who don't like it don't, though I surely don't understand why) is that the gags come one right after another. It's hard to isolate one moment, since they just blend seamlessly together:
When Roger and the same cop (Jasper-- Dylan Baker) are trying to save Bernie King from choking in the locked room and Roger says, "Use your gun!" and Jasper throws the gun at the door. "Not like that you idiot! I meant shoot it!"
Or the cops standing slack-jawed in front of the TV, in spite of the fact that it's only showing a test pattern.
When the writers are working on Home is Where the Heart Breaks:
Wild writer (Bobcat Goldthwaite): What if... the wife smashes him over the head with a frying pan, then chops him into hundreds of tiny little pieces with her shiny new carving knife?
All: No! This is a family show!
Wild writer: Well.... then.... what if she does it to the whole family?
All: NO!
Wild writer: You never like any of my ideas....
Later-- the two actresses doing Home is Where the Heart Breaks with mixed up scripts:
Daughter: Tell me mom-- what should I do?
Mother: Die infidel. Die like a dog, writhing in pain from the horror known as the Curse of Nebuchadnezzar.
Daughter: Thanks mom-- you always know what's best.
Claudette (Anita Morris): Walt's dead!? Why didn't anyone tell me?! (then turning, and looking at Lieutenant Cross) Not that I knew the man.... I.... didn't. He was.... the director, wasn't he?
Lieutenant Cross: I could play poker with you.
Lieutenant Cross: The book's slamming shut on this case!
Jasper: Slammed my fingers in a door once......... ow.
The chorus girls, in unison, reacting to Ruffles' death: That's horrible!
Passing guy: Not really.... get your head stuck in a threshing machine-- now that's horrible.
.... and on and on....
Gonna have to put it on right now, just because...
i actually enjoyed the commercial skits of the programs more than the actual story. they were more original and less distracting for my senses.
shareI haven't seen this film in absolutely years, I'm trying to find somewhere in England to watch it. All DVDs are US imports.
I remember parts of the film, namely the bit with the cops mesmerized by the test screen.
The scene that really stick into my head however is the part with the laughing gas, when the police chief has the suspect and their all laughing uncontrollably trying to say all of this really serious dialogue. It's just so well done.
I came here trying to find more information on the film, and discover it got absolutely terrible reviews back in the day. Crazy.