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Well Remembered, Play, Film, Tv And Other Lines.

Big Gee & maypolebaz, I didn't say I liked him. He ranks somewhere between Jerry Lewis and Spit-the-dog on my like-ometer now. However, the couplets stayed in our mind all these years. He's too manic for me.

How about 'Left hand down a bit' from the Navy Lark. I also seem to remember 'What unusual wallpaper, it's got ducks on'. That was, I believe, the Huggett.

Have we had 'Stop messing about' from Kenneth Williams?
 
Here's one that I picked up from someone's Bulletin Board signature, way before the time of Windows. I used it as a signature myself for many years, but never did find out where it came from, but it sounds like a typical Brummie exchange!

"Who's 'im, Bill?"
"Dunno, Joe, 'eave 'alf a brick at 'im."

Maurice
 
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The Clint Eastwood cop in "Dirty Harry". "You've got to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Addressed to the bank robber on the ground who is armed but doesn't know whether the cop, Harry, has used up all the bullets from his gun. Dave.
 
I like and still use for fun, "He comes walking through here like a public convenience " John Mills in the movie The Family Way.
 
Smudger said:
"Didn`t you hear what i said, i heard what i said cos i was standing here when i said it" Can`t remember where that`s from
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Isn't that the DeNiro monologue from Taxi Driver? Trivial point - he did the whole bit again in "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle".
It starts "Are you talking to me?"
 
Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront" (1954). Talking to the Rod Steiger character in the back of a car. "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it." Dave.
 
That, I think, was Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind wasn't it Carolina?

What about 'It's a far, far better thing I do now than I have ever done'
 
I'd forgotten about Dirk. I was thinking of the TV serial with Peter Wyngarde. I fell madly in love with him and watched avidly every week. I wonder what year that was? Tale of Two Cities was my GCE book so I knew it off by heart.

Have we had 'We're going to need considerably bigger buns'?
 
Lady Penelope: "We're going to need considerably bigger buns" is from Calendar Girls.

Another famous line is "You ain't heard nothing yet!" It was used by Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer" and reprised by Larry Parks in the 1946 film "The Jolson Story". Ronald Reagan, talking about his Presidency, used a slightly different phrase "You ain't seen nothing yet!" This was repeated back to him by Margaret Thatcher at an embassy dinner in 1985. Dave.
 
"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!" A smug Goldfinger delivering probably the best line of any Bond villain.
 
Lady Astor in parliament said to Winston Churchill, " If i was your wife Mr. Churchill i would poison your coffee " To which Churchill replied, " Madam, if you were my wife i would drink it " Nice one Winnie.!!
 
Smudger said:
Lady Astor in parliament said to Winston Churchill, " If i was your wife Mr. Churchill i would poison your coffee " To which Churchill replied, " Madam, if you were my wife i would drink it " Nice one Winnie.!!
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Hi All,
Marx Bros in a room and telephone rings.
Groucho picks it up and says, "Hello" followed by "I know it is" and replaces phone.
Harpo says Who was that?" and Groucho says "Someone telling me it is a long distance from Chicago"
Old Boy
 
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