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?

Monday Musings

1. Thank goodness the Celtics lost.  I don't know what it is about the Celtics I don't like.  I think it's scars from my childhood where my Dad revered the Larry Bird and trash talked his young Laker-fan son.
2. The coolest thing about Twitter is that an Astronaut can tweet from space.  Follow this guy at @Astro_Mike.  I can just see him floating in front of his keyboard.
3. Jalen Rose on Mike and Mike gave shout outs to folks that were twittering him while on the air.  The game is changing and the world is getting smaller.   Wouldn't be surprised if the 'request line' is replaced by a twitter feed.
4. Realize I'm probably Twitter-heavy right now, but I read twitter like a news wire.  It has become my way of following the news as it happens.  I follow News organizations, politicians on both sides of the aisle, and watch things like Twit-Scoop.  Twitter provides a great vehicle to watch stories develop real time.
5. If you haven't visited Lifehacker.com or Instructables.com, then you're missing out.  These are great sites for how-tos and ways to use a little elbow grease to save some $$.  Plus if you're a pack rat like me than it is a great way to deplete your inventory.
6. Speaking of Jalen Rose,  I'm listening to the podcast of Mike and Mike from Friday.  He's tremendous.  He is captivating, carries conversation, and knows how to deliver a point.  He's got a tremendous future in the broadcasting business.  Combine that w ith his basketball chops.  He'll be a force.
7. Yellow Ledbetter:  Does anyone know the lyrics to that song?
8. Pelosi needs to answer for 'CIA mislead me comment'.  If the CIA did lie or mislead her, they can be prosecuted.  She needs to put her $$ where her mouth is.
9. I needed to read this today.  "Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you." Galatians 5:1
10. All Joe Biden needs to do now is send out the google maps link where his bunker is located.  Put a mic in front of this guy and he disengages the filter.

Rare Fish…thems good eats

 

Bicol Express

My favorite part of the article….

But Elson Aca, a Donsol WWF representative, said it was butchered and its meat sauteed in coconut milk as a local delicacy, against the organisation's advice.

One thing environmentalists need to understand is that you never get between a Filipino and dinner otherwise you’ll end up on the endangered list.

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