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without honor.”
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End of Warning.
Hello
again, and welcome to this year’s George Awards verbal list following the visual impact part. This one is a little odd, not a straight top
ten, since there are multiple versions of referring to this anatomical injury
fest.
We’ll
start with the most harmless of descriptive words, and a couple more “cross
overs.”
Might
as well get Mel Brooks on the list quickly. It's the delivery and reaction of
this scene in 1981’s multiple George Award winner History of the World Part I that makes it memorable. Mel as Comicus, having realized he’s using
prop weapons against Roman General Marcus Vindictus (Shecky Greene) changes
tactics:
Comicus- “I'm fighting with cardboard!”
Marcus- *raises weapon* “Goodbye, head!”
“Hello, balls!”
*kicks Marcus in the
centurions*
The
follow up when Mucus (Rudy Deluca) shows up adds to the moment
Mucus- “Commander,
what happened? Where are they?”
Marcus- *squeaky
voice* “Get the horses!
*pause*
Get the chariots!
*pause*
Get the men!”
*pause*
Get the chariots!
*pause*
Get the men!”
Mucus- “Onward!”
Marcus- *Grabs Mucus*
"Get me an ice pack!
Hurry!”
"Get me an ice pack!
Hurry!”
The Adventures of
Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) does have a nice visual when Peter
Weller’s Buckaroo kicks John O’Connor (Vincent Schiavelli) in the Lectroids to
escape the pod crash site.
However, this family favorite is also one of my favorite films to quote, and needs to be on the verbal list. The George Award goes to the bizarre presidential hospital scene, for being a stand out weird moment in a film that pegs the weird-o-meter for most of its duration. Here’s William Traylor as General Catburd, Mariclare Costello as Senator Cunningham, and Ronald Lacy as President Widmark:
However, this family favorite is also one of my favorite films to quote, and needs to be on the verbal list. The George Award goes to the bizarre presidential hospital scene, for being a stand out weird moment in a film that pegs the weird-o-meter for most of its duration. Here’s William Traylor as General Catburd, Mariclare Costello as Senator Cunningham, and Ronald Lacy as President Widmark:
and I hope I speak
for everyone in this room…
is that I am scared.
I'm barely holding my
fudge, right now.”
Senator- *dripping with derision*
“Stop acting like a
goddamn schoolgirl,
General, and pull
yourself together.”
Monty
Python needs to be on these lists more often. To remedy that, here’s a great
moment from the first "R" rated film I saw in a theater (Thanx Dad!) 1983’s Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
John Cleese tears into folks on both sides of the Atlantic with these tirades. It's the little grabby hand motion that sells the final word.
John Cleese tears into folks on both sides of the Atlantic with these tirades. It's the little grabby hand motion that sells the final word.
Mr. Grim (here about
the reaping)- “Shut up! Shut up,
youuuu American.
youuuu American.
You always talk, you
Americans…
You talk and you talk
and say
'Let me tell you something'
and 'I just wanna say this.'
'Let me tell you something'
and 'I just wanna say this.'
Well, you're dead
now,
so shut up!”
so shut up!”
…
“Be quiet! You
Englishmen!
You're all so fucking
pompous. None of you have got any balls!”
Hey!
Let’s give John Cleese another one, for his fantastic deadpan delivery as the
Centurion in 1979’s Life of Brian. The
film is an amazing documentary of the splintering of religious groups in
western civilization…maybe.
The entire scene where he chastises Graham Chapman as Brian Cohen for his Latin skills was based on Cleese’s time as a teacher.
The initial a sword edged, threat filled, grammar lesson was hysterical enough.
The ending note, added almost as an afterthought, was a perfectly executed finish:
The ending note, added almost as an afterthought, was a perfectly executed finish:
Brian- “Yes sir,
thank you sir, Hail Caesar sir.”
Centurion- “Hail
Caesar.
If it's not done by sunrise...
I'll cut your balls off.”
I'll cut your balls off.”
At
some point, I’ll have to do a deep dive into the Predator franchise, but for
now handing another George Award to 1990’s Predator
2 will have to suffice. While the
original has been disqualified for similar quality volume reasons as Robocop, the
sequel has a few stand out moments. It’s
important to acknowledge the film that brought,
into our lexicography…even though the “Voodoo” part came from the studio thinking audiences were too stupid to know what Rastafarian was for King Willie’s Jamaican gang.
“Fuckin’ voodoo magic, mon,”
into our lexicography…even though the “Voodoo” part came from the studio thinking audiences were too stupid to know what Rastafarian was for King Willie’s Jamaican gang.
Assholes.
This
spot is another cross over, with a delayed payoff.
Detective
Leona Cantrell, played by Maria Conchita Alonso greets overly enthusiastic
Detective Jerry Lambert, played by Bill Paxton, and informs him in no uncertain
terms that his cavalier ways will not be accepted. Detective Danny Archuleta, played by Ruben
Blades, has a nice capstone response:
*Grabs him by the specialties*
“...you can kiss
these goodbye.
Got it?”
Lambert: “Yeah, I got
it.”
Archuleta: “Well,
well, I see that the three of you have met.
Lambert, if you're
feeling up to it why don't you limp your way in to the lieutenant.
He wants to talk to
you.”
The
scene transition pays off nicely as Cantrell chases Archuleta off, Lambert goes
in to meet Lieutenant Harrigan (Danny Glover) to get “the speech” in an island
of well-acted drama amidst the chaos.
The
excellently executed call back is the reason it’s on this part of the list,
when the two detectives pass each other on the dance floor of a police
frequented bar:
Cantrell- “Hey, are
your balls OK?”
Lambert- “Fine…How
are yours?”
Here's one I never expected. When I first heard that Casino Royale was being adapted into a "faithful to the source" movie in 2006, my first thought was, "There's no way they're doing the carpet beater torture scene."
In the immortal words of National Lampoon's Pulp commercial parody.
"Wrong again, honey."
Not only did they do it, but Daniel Craig cemented his worthiness to be Mr. Bond by managing to utter a hysterical George Award moment, and a truly chilling, threatening boast in response to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) repeatedly smacking his double "0"s.
*WHAM*
James Bond- *Screams*”No!
No! No! No...to the right, to the right, to the right!”
Le Chiffre- “You are a funny
man, Mr. Bond.”
James Bond- *Screams More* “Yes, yes, yes!
*Laughs like a
dangerous lunatic*
“Now the whole world is going to know that
you died scratching my balls!”
Le Chiffre- “I died? I died?”
James Bond- “Yes, because no
matter what you do,
I'm not going to
give you the password,
which means your
clients are going to hunt you down
and cut you into
little pieces of meat while you're still breathing!
Because if you
kill me, there'll be nowhere left to hide.”
To
top off this section, it’s all about the delivery. Bachelor
Party is a semi-typical sex comedy from 1984. The "semi" is because it stands out from the festering pile of similar movies in that decade
for two reasons.
1)
It stars Tom Hanks as Rick, the groom to be.
2)
A large percentage of the jokes are intentionally humorous.
Gary
Grossman, as Gary, is perpetually put on and shoved though the ringer
throughout the story. His reactions create many moments of comedy gold. The applicable one this time, comes from
his utter shock and horror, yet total acceptance of the terms he just agreed to for
getting the hired ladies of and for the evening back on time:
These
anatomical bits under analysis for this round of awards have a distinction that
the clinical term is often funnier than the slang. The next three entries will show that.
It
looks like this is a lucky year for John Cleese. His French Taunter in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
is one of the most quoted sections of an infinitely over quoted movie. There’s something almost musical in his
poetic delivery of the final taunt:
“Yes, depart a lot at
this time and cut the approaching any more,
or we fire arrows at
the tops of your heads
and make castanets
out of your testicles already!
Ha ha haaa ha!"
And, if you think you
got a nasty taunting this time, you ain't heard nothing yet,
dappy English
k-nnniggets!
Plbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbth!”
Plbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbth!”
Remaining
in 1975, is a me favorite film that hasn't been mentioned in a while The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter
Brother …and what a surprise, Madeline Kahn is in it.
However, this comes from the introductory exchange between Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman. As Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is about to slam the door on his visitor for being sent by his brother “SHEER LUCK,” Orville (Feldman) saves himself at the last moment by referring to an old, anatomically named case:
However, this comes from the introductory exchange between Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman. As Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is about to slam the door on his visitor for being sent by his brother “SHEER LUCK,” Orville (Feldman) saves himself at the last moment by referring to an old, anatomically named case:
especially your
handling of the case of the three testicles.”
Sigerson- “You’ve
studied the three testicles”
Orville- “Orville
Stanley Sacker at your service,
Sergeant, records
bureau, Scotland Yard.”
Sigerson- *thoughtful
pause*
“Come in Orville I
was just making tea.”
In
a similar…um…vein, is the scene from In &
Out (1997) also coincidentally not featuring the multiple George Award
winner in that film, Kevin Kline.
Instead this exchange of “getting things out in the open" is between
Debbie Reynolds as Bernice Brackett and the other feisty women of Greenleaf,
Indiana after the wedding goes south.
I’ll
be honest, I don't own this movie, couldn’t find a proper script on line, didn't
bother to find the right picture and I'm not sure of the character or actor
names.
Apologies
to the two to three people left who hadn’t figured out that these awards are
filler to give me time me write the posts with more substance.
Person 1- “I'll say
it right out loud…I hated "The
Bridges of Madison County.”
Person 2- *blurting*
“My husband has three testicles”
Person 1 (or maybe 3)
- “Bob?”
Person 2- “It's
disgusting.”
*All persons laugh*
To apologize for that decidedly half-assed entry, allow me to present a rare and wonderful Special George Award, for a reference in this category, to a television show.
Pearl was a 1996 series starring Rhea Perlman as middle aged widow and dock manager Pearl Caraldo, who decides to go back to college, where her practical, real world knowledge slams head first into intellectually elite thinking Professor Pynchon played by Malcolm McDowell.
It had an amazing cast, fantastic guest stars, was well written, intelligent and funny.
Of course it only lasted one season.
Much of the funny came from Pearl's brilliantly ditzy sister-in-law Annie, portrayed by me favorite movie Transylvania 6-5000, and Pandemonium star Carol Kane.
Yes, "Me Favorite Movie" is a thing now.
It was Annie who delivered a line so wonderfully goofy that it deserves to break the movie only boundaries of the George Awards:
"He was sterile on account of an accordion accident...
Doctor said if he played the cymbals,
he woulda DIED!"
he woulda DIED!"
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