The Sheila Variations

oh God..me too..its the last line of the 1954 A Star is Born starring Judy Garland and James Mason...side note..i brought 3 movies with me to Smirkus(where i am now) 1. A Star is Born 2. Whats's Up Doc( i plan a movie night to show this to the kids) 3.Funny Girl(becasue im as gay as a picnic basket!)

Don't you know the meaning of propriety???

if a kid hasn't seen it yet..i think its about time!!! And its rated G..perfect.
"I hate it when my igneous rocks are even touched"

"My fiance Miss Sleep is still burning." (Pause.) "I mean, Miss Burns is still sleeping."

"So how much is it without the Bufferin?"

"I - relate - primarily - to feldspar."

"I'm the manager of what's left of the hotel."

"You're upside down."

"I know."

"We have a message for you from the staff."

"You do?"

"Yes."

"What is it?"

"Good-bye."

"That's the entire message?"

hahahaha!!!

"You're upside down."

"This is my fiance, Eunice."
"That's a person named Eunice?"

VRUSP. You know, 'vocal reverberation under spinal pressure.'

Oh, yes.

I think I read a monograph on that.

"WHO CARES WHO SHE IS? WE'RE GOING TO BE KILLED!"

(I LOVE Kenneth Mars.)

VRUSP....hahahaha

"What kind of wine are you serving at Table One?"

I myself have a little announcement to make ....

..."which may be of some IN-terest. My natural curiosity was AROUSED and I did a little research on Mr. Bankister and Miss Burns ... I don't know who he is but she is de-finn-itely not herself."

Mr. Larabee: "What are you babbling about?"

Awww. Can't I just kill her?

"charm.....use your charm...."

What kind of doctor are you?

I am a doctor of musicology.

Can you fix a hi-fi?

No.

Then shut up.

"As the years go by, romance fades, and something else takes its place. Do you know what it is?"
"Senility."
"Trust."
"That's what I meant."

That hi-fi exchange may be my favorite moment in the movie.

I also love the non-verbal moment of the poor man being chased by garbage cans and then leaping over the fence into the middle of a garden party.

... and as you know, snakes live in mortal fear of ... of TILE!

"And I would say that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds!"
"Emerson!"
"You like Emerson?"
"I adore him."
"I adore anyone who adores Emerson."
"And I adore anyone who adores anyone who adores Emerson. Your turn!"

Seeing that scene (the leap over the wall and onto the table) always makes me wince, because it looks like the guy broke something serious. He could not have planned to land that way.

"Don't call her Burnsy."

I know. Smack on his back.

"Since when have you taken bubble baths, Howard???"
"It came out of the faucet that way."

Name the tune the chinese band is playing in the parade as the grocery cart is careening about with the dragon atop. Did you ever notice?

The one who isn't my wife is also the one who isn't my fiance.

(or something like that - another one of the "Can we skip this part, too?" parts)

I ... shall ... be ... merciless. MERciless.

HAHAHA

"The other one who isn't my wife? The one who is my fiance? She doesn't call me Steve. She calls me Howard."

Ooh! Trivia ... I have no idea what song is playing in the Chinese parade...

Cole Porter? I have the film at home ... i should go check

Give up on the chinese band's tune?

I'd like to send 'em all off to an island somewhere ... wrapped in heavy chains...

The chinese band is playing "La Cucaracha". Subtle. Funny. I LOVE that combination.

hahahaha

Buck Henry put every joke he had ever wanted to put into a movie into THAT movie.

"Order in the court!"
"ORDER IN THE COURT!"
"Everyone be quiet!"
"EVERYONE BE QUIET!"
"You too."
"Me too."

I don't do favorites. I don't have a favorite food, band, music style, city, bird, or brand of shoelace. But if anyone ever asks what my favorite movie is, I always say "What's Up, Doc?" One brother bought all six brothers, and mom, and dad, copies for Christmas one year.

I find that about as believable as this potage au jolie.

OH! And the image of Eunice being dragged from table 1 with her heels making a helix down the aisle. HAA!

And the lonely squeaky sound of Eunice's heels on the banquet-room floor as she is dragged out...

Madeline Kahn's performance has got to be one of the greatest debuts of all time.

Ziss iss ze Crystal, madam, not ze Bristol.

Whoa. Gotta stop. ... but I can't ... heeeelllp.

It's endless.

"There is no Hans. There is only me. Fritz."
"Oh, what a shame."

... and on Madeline Kahn -- her frightened whimpering at 459 Dirella Street is sooo spot on.

What are you doing with Howard's rocks? Those are Howard Bannister's rocks. Huh hmmm whumm uhhh ehhhh.

Priceless.

Buy her the radio, Steve.

Just promise you won't start me on Princess Bride. Puleeeez.

"You call this a honeymoon????"

I won't get you started ... Although I love Princess Bride, I do not know it as well as I know What's Up, Doc...so it wouldn't be as fun.

Postcards from the Edge, however, is another story!

Dirella.

"uhm ... hello? he...hello? Uh ... hello???"

In that ridiculous blue dress!!

Sorry, I just had some friends come in from ... uh, the New Hebrides, ya, and I had to go.

Do some more movies, eh? Do some that I know. :-)

Who do you think they'll arrest? The girl in the tub or the guy with his pants down?

I don't know who he is, but I hate 'im.