Favorite lines/scenes from the film?
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huntsvillenews — 21 years ago(December 03, 2004 07:30 PM)
A couple of scenes that have always made me laugh the hardest had no lines:
The scene where Oscar comes in and, just to make Felix mad, he tosses the flowers out of the vase, knocks the picture on the wall crooked, wipes his shoes on the curtains and steps up and walks all over the couch.
The other one is where Felix is winding up the cord to the vacuum and he sees Oscar standing on the cord. So he winds the cord up around his arm and just as he starts to jerk it, it cuts to the shot of Oscar and he just lifts his leg up and you hear the huge crash in the kitchen. For some reason that image of Walter Matthau standing there with his hands in his pockets, just looking around casually and lifting his foot just before you hear that crash always kills me.
As far as I'm concerned, the funniest movie ever made. Period. -
arnomation — 21 years ago(December 04, 2004 08:49 PM)
'Why doesn't he hear me? I know I'm talking, I recognize my voice.'
Oh man, and when that Pigeon sister pulls her head back really fast to avoid having Felix snap her cigarette in the lighter again, I just lose it! I've already worn out two VHS copies and now I'm on the DVD. I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching this movie. It's such a riot!
And if you thought Walter Matthau was funny as Oscar, you have to see him as Willie Clark in 'The Sunshine Boys' He was the funniest curmudgeon the big screen has ever seen. Forget that Grumpy Old Men crap, see 'The Sunshine Boys' it may be his best performance ever. -
First_Epistle_of_John — 20 years ago(April 09, 2005 01:22 PM)
I always enjoyed the simple line at the end, when Felix is closing the door to the apartment behind him: "Marriages may come and go, but the game must go on. So long, Francis." We don't know if Felix called Oscar 'Francis' as a mistake (like he did earlier in the film) or if he said if affectionatley to Oscar. Either way, it is a great line.
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sunbea_05 — 20 years ago(June 07, 2005 12:10 PM)
Oscar "We are all out of Corn Flakes, F.U. It took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Unger"
Oscar "You are not going anywhere until you take that back"
Felix "Take what back?"
Oscar "Let it be on your head. What the hell is that? The curse of the cat people?" -
ryan_hunt17 — 20 years ago(June 19, 2005 06:21 PM)
Phmeh! Phmeh!
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ninji19 — 20 years ago(July 15, 2005 08:58 PM)
Roy: (picks up a rotten banana peel in the trash) Ya know this is the same garbage from last week's game, I'm beginning to recognize things.
Vinnie: I make you nervous, you make me nervous, you make everyone nervous!
Murray: I'm sorry forgive, I'll kill myself!!
(in the presense of Felix who tried to kill himself earlier)
Oscur: MURRAY!!!!!
Murray: I'm sorry!
Felix: (looking out the window) Gee sure is pretty from up here. What is it 12 floors?
Oscur: No it's 11 floors, it's 11 floors.(closes window) Says 12 but it's really only 11.
Oscur: Why do you havta control everything that happens in your life. Do something you FEEL like doing, not something you're SUPPOSED to do! Stop controlling yourself Felix! Get drunk, get angry.come on break the lousy cup!
(Felix throws the cup)
Felix: Ahhh I hurt my arm!
Oscur: You're hopeless, you're a hopeless mentalcase! Go live in the closet I'll slide the meals under the door!
Later
Oscur: It's 12 floors not 11!!!
All I can think of off the top of my head, hopefully none of those have been mentioned yet. -
openingcredits — 20 years ago(August 20, 2005 07:30 PM)
This is definitely a great topic. My hat's off to the person who started this thread.
OK, that's long enough (puts hat back on).
Anyway, here are some of my favorite lines:
Oscar: "Life goes on even for those of us who are divorced, broke and sloppy." - picks up phone "Hello, divorced, broke and sloppy!"
Hotel cleaning lady, as Felix is about to go into his room: "Goodnight."
Felix "Goodbye." (Lady looks at him strangely)
Pigeon sister, after Felix has told them that he writes the news for TV: "Oh, well maybe you could mention Gwen and me in one of your stories."
Felix: "Well, you do something spectacular and maybe I will."
Sister: "Oh, Gwen and I have done some spectacular things, but I'm not sure we want it spread all over the tele, do we Gwen?" -
SIUMoose — 20 years ago(August 22, 2005 01:20 PM)
Everyone's said it a million times, but I laughed until I cried the first time I heard "It took me three hours to realize that F.U. was Felix Ungar."
My other favorite has become a classic in my family for an odd reason. We get together every Friday night to play Hold-'Em pokerEvery time the deal comes back to the original dealer, we raise the blinds. Since the dealer button moves every hand, we needed to find something to keep track of the original dealerThe first time we played, the most convenient object was an old bar coaster That night my uncle, who introduced me to "The Odd Couple", referenced the "What happened to your coaster?" "I think I bet it" scene. We all had a great laugh, and the coaster became a tradition at our poker tableour little tribute to Oscar, Felix, Murray, Speed, and Vinnie. -
esenada — 20 years ago(August 24, 2005 01:19 AM)
A little follow on from the "It says 12 but it's really eleven" line. After Oscar closes the window he says, "Gee it's chilly in here." with sweat pouring from his face. The look on Oscar's face as he says it gets me everytime.
Also during the poker game Murray is talking to his wife who asks him to pick up a Chicken Hero sandwich. Oscar overhears and asks something like "What? Is she pregnant again?" To which Murray says "No, just fat..(then back to his wife) how did you hear that I had the phone on my chest?!?!" Priceless and a great movie all round.