Why I quote movie lines incessantly…

Don’t know how to write a tribute article so I’m just going  to talk off the cuff here.  John Hughes movies shaped my growing up years.  I was grounded a lot as a child.  I was very good at testing the line my parents set for me and I also was very good at checking their consistency.  I ended up grounded a lot as a result.  John Hughes and his movies helped get me through paying my debt to my folks.  After looking at his amazing body of work, I would have to say that of the movies he directed these three really shaped who I am today.  In fact his movies got me into to the bad habit of quoting movie lines as part of my everyday conversations.

Sixteen Candles

I think of this movie and I just laugh.  My wife loves to quote this movie.  Some of my favorite lines are:

“…the donger need food”

“Lumberjack: What's your last name?
Long Duk Dong: Dong.
Lumberjack: What's your first name?
Long Duk Dong: Long.
Lumberjack: What's your middle name?
Long Duk Dong: Duk.”

Howard: Dong. Where is my automobile?
Long Duk Dong: Oto-mo-biiile?

“Oh sexy Girlfriend…”

Long Duk Dong: She at the church. She getting married to oily bohunk.
Jake: Married?
Long Duk Dong: Married.
Jake: Married?
Long Duk Dong: Yeah. Married
[closes door]
Jake: [turns around, under breath to himself] Married?
Long Duk Dong: Married! Jeez.

Howard: Who was it? Well what did they want?
Dorothy Baker: [shocked] Sex.

 

Weird Science

Another movie whose lines I probably quote without even realizing it.

Wyatt: Gary, you're just as uptight as I am, all right?
Garry: Nobody could be as uptight as you! Nobody! Your middle name is tense. Wyatt "Tense Up" Donnelly.
Wyatt: All right, this is true, this is true.
Garry: It's true.
Wyatt: But it's not so bad. We can hear the music.
Garry: [sarcastically] We can hear the music, that's great. Maybe if we put our noses to the door, we can smell the food!

Wyatt: Gary?... By the way, why are we wearing bras on our heads?
Garry: [hesitates] Ceremonial.

Chet: How 'bout a nice greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray?

GARY'S MOM: Don't you think Gary was acting a little strange tonight?

GARY'S DAD: Gary? Who the hell is Gary?

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

My word I love this movie.  I can remember trying to be Ferris Bueller.  (I failed miserably btw)  I unsuccessfully tried some of his antics.  I can try to list my favorite quotes but it’s another one where I will unknowingly quote this movie because it is woven into my being…Ed Rooney is a very underrated character in this movie.

Ferris: Hi. Do you speak English?
Garage Attendant: Uh, what country do you think this is?

Ed Rooney: What's the score?
Pizza Joint Owner: Nothin' nothin'.
Ed Rooney: [not really listening] Who's winning?
Pizza Joint Owner: The Bears.

Grace: Oh, Ed. You just sounded like Dirty Harry just then.
Ed Rooney: Really? Thanks, Grace.

Maitre D': You're Abe Froman?
Ferris: That's right, I'm Abe Froman.
Maitre D': The Sausage King of Chicago?
Ferris: [caught off-guard] ... Uh yeah, that's me.

Ed Rooney: I don't trust this kid any further than I can throw him.
Grace: Well, with your bad knee Ed, you shouldn't throw anybody... Its true.
Ed Rooney: What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas.
Grace: Mmm-hmm.
Ed Rooney: Last thing I need at this point in my career is fifteen hundred Ferris Bueller disciples running around these halls. He jeopardizes my ability to effectively govern this student body.
Grace: Well, makes you look like an ass is what he does, Ed.

I tried to find the YouTube clips for each of those scenes but I couldn’t get them all.  I loved his movies.   His movies captured the awkwardness and comedy of the teenage years.  Something I certainly identified with as a young teenager.  So what say you…Any favorite quotes or movies that I left out?