Monday, June 27, 2022

The Movie Quote Game (Billy Wilder Edition)

This month, we're focusing on quotes from Billy Wilder films. We will list a quote from a movie co-written by Wilder and ask you to name it. Try to answer these questions on your own without resorting to Google searches. As always, please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play.  If you have a response other than the intended one, just be able to defend it.

1. "I'd better take that thermos of cocoa with me. It helps me wash down down the pills."

2. "Do you realize that Otto spelled backwards is Otto?"

3. "Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop."

4. "If I ever run into any of you bums on a street corner, just let's pretend we've never met before."

5. "You know, you see a girl a couple of times a week, just for laughs, and right away they think you're gonna divorce your wife. Now I ask you, is that fair?"

6. "I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons."

7. "From the sound of your footsteps, I gathered that you were not in a particularly amiable mood."

8. "We're both trying, Don. You're trying not to drink, and I'm trying not to love you."

9. "Now, I don't propose to sit on a flagpole or swallow goldfish. I'm not a stuntman; I'm a flier."

10. "The poor dope--he always wanted a pool. Well, in the end, he got himself a pool."

11. "In Italy, the lunch hour is from one to four."

12. "Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?"

13. "I'm his brother-in-law, Sister. And this is his mother, Sister, and this is my wife, his sister, Sister."

14. "It's just like the first time I came here, isn't it? We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder. And I was thinking about that anklet."

15. "Sugarpuss, uh, before you go, would you... would you, eh, yum me just once more?"

22 comments:

  1. 4. Stalag 17
    5. The Apartment
    6. Ace in the Hole

    --Don Effenberger

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    1. Great job, Don! Thanks for getting this month;s game off to a promising start!

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  2. 8. The Lost Weekend
    10. Sunset Boulevard
    14. Double Indemnity

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  3. 7. Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (and that quote is the start of the funniest scene in the movie)
    10. Sunset Blvd.

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    1. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes must be one of the least-shown Wilder pictures!

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  4. #3 Marilyn in Some Like It Hot
    #13 Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie

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  5. 12. The Major and the Minor
    15. Ball of Fire

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    1. Terrific job, Kayla, two earlier Wilder films.

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  6. Quotes that still need to be identified: 1, 2, 9, and 11.

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  7. 1. Witness for the prosecution

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    1. Kudos, Mike! It's one of the lesser-shown Wilder movies and I quite enjoy it.

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  9. 2. One, Two, Three
    9. The Spirit of St. Louis

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    1. Nice job, Ron! (BTW, I'm a big fan of One, Two, Three...Pamela Tiffin was an underrated comedienne.)

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    2. Yes, that movie was just full of energy on every count. And the Cagney/Coke/Pepsi gag still makes me laugh.

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    1. Just a reminder for everyone to read the rules. It asks that folks answer no more than three questions per day. That way, more people can play. There are plenty of you who know all or most of the answers.

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  11. That wraps up this month's game. Thanks to everyone who played!

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  12. 3. Some Like It Hot; 5. The Apartment

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