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Weekend Discussion Thread: Quotes that Stuck with YouAlert reader David J suggests we discuss…:
For me, I’d have to go with “I’m the wind, baby!” What’s yours? 211 Replies to “Weekend Discussion Thread: Quotes that Stuck with You”Commenting at Satellite News
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I’m weird, which leads to creativity!
“We disguised this bottle of Tripolydine as Junior Samples.”
Too many quotes to list them all, but there are some so ingrained for us that me, my wife and our son all actually use them or mention them frequently:
– Chili peppers burn my gut.
– That square bugs me, he really bugs meeee!
– Why don’t you guys just leave us alone.
– Watch out for snakes!
– Nobody gets me, I’m the wind baby.
– Tenperature (when I want to know what the weather is I ask about the “tenperature” all the time)
– Don’t ever look at me!
– He’s not Sinbad.
– It stinks!
– You are doomed (in a funny accent).
– Push the button.
– I will get him (or do it, etc.), I will, I will…
– They always do that (in a Torgo voice)
– You’re stuck here!
– Dangerous, the poor thing was just grazing.
– Two bad things that go worse together.
– What a stupid robot.
– To love like the hu-man, to be like the hu-man.
– Rock climbing.
– Sand storm, sannnnd stooorrrmm.
– Just when you think you’ve seen the worst movie ever made, along comes the worst movie ever made.
– I hate movies where the men wear shorter skirts than the women.
– You’re square baby, so square you look like a box.
From “Clonus”
I think you’re neat.
I like how keen you are.
Some MST lines have become part of the household vernacular, including “Time for go to bed!” and “I had Jell-O today!” But one in particular seems to be lasting: it’s now impossible to talk about potatoes without pronouncing the word a-la-Trumpy: “po-tay-to”
Can I also mention here that the other day I overheard one of my sons, absorbed in some activity with his brother, quietly reciting the opening to the “Sodium” song (selections from “Clowns in the Sky” are on his iPod). Made my day to realise the lasting warping effect I’ve had on my kids.
“Moon rock, oh wow!”
And I still love Joel’s “If you’re like me, and I know *I* am…”
Because it comes in so handy when things go wrong, “Mike broke the Hubble! Mike broke the Hubble!”
Crow: “Like an Idiot on the Roof!” -Puma Man
Well my faves have always been “You’re stuck here!!” from Fugitive Alien and “It stinks!!” from Pod People…oh, and of course Krankor’s infectious “Heh..heh..heh…heeeeh…heh “
“I wonder if there’s beer on the Sun?” from the Final Sacrifice
Lombardi from the she creature ” i expect nothing. I want nothing!!!”
“There’s a worm in my egg-cream.” Squirm
“I INTERFACED!!” Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
“C’mon! I gotta get my bike!!” Warrior of the Lost World
” Your Welcome” from Merlin. Just the way it’s said always makes me crack up…
I always like to throw out “I was abused as a zygote” (I Accuse My Parents) whenever someone asks me how I am doing.
Since it’s which movie quotes and not riffs that stick with you:
X Marks the Spot – “He found out the diagonal of an intersection triangle is the shortest route to the hospital!”
(I mean, you have to admit, that is sort of clever, as safety memory-joggers go.)
Marines, we are leaving!
Hi, I’m Bob Evil.
Who took my purse!
Is that supposed to be ironic?, from King Dinosaur.
And his coffin will be filled with coconauts, when Gilligan’s Island’s Professor is blow up by the Meta-Luna spaceship.
Hercu-lee, Hercu-laa, my backpack’s filled with pecs!
you think you can take me, go ahead on
Four quotes; one riff:
“People bug me too.” from I was a Teenage Werewolf. Being a supervisor, this is very handy.
“I am bugged… beyond recall.” from The Rebel Set. It has to be pronounced exactly as the “beat poet” said it to have the best effect.
“We’re on a bug hunt man, a bug hunt.” from Beginning of the End. Use this for any wild goose chase.
“Get outta here, you disgusting worm.” from Outlaw. This is appropriate for so many movies.
“I take care of the place while the Master is away.” from Manos, the Hands of Fate
um,
well,
duh,
…
“WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES!”
Also, it seems like some people are quoting riffs from the show, this discussion is about lines and quotes from the ACTUAL MOVIES that received MST treatment. Just sayin’…
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“Flag on the moon. How did it get there?”
Mine’ll always be “He learned too late that man is a feeling creature.”
“Remember to believe in magic, or I’ll kill you!”
There are countless lines that my family use in everyday life, but the latest one I can’t get out of my head is from “Lost Continent” where John Hoyt says ‘A monster I’ve never seen before.’ That kills me because he’s implying that he has seen monsters before he even came to the lost continent.
How would you like an Italian haircut?
“He tampered in God’s domain,” from “Bride of the Monster. It’s apropos to repeat this in a solemn voice whenever anybody screws something up, which is of course frequently. Especially at our house.
Peter Graves:
“I can’t help feeling I’m partially responsible.”
(for the giant grasshoppers)
You were TOTALLY responsible!
In no particular order:
“If you’re like me, and I know I am…”
“Time to napkin up the blood and entrails and say goodbye to another show.”
“Time for go to bed!”
“Why don’t they look?”
“Your one mistake: you signed your test ‘Mary Matthews’.”
“Put your pencils down and step away from your desk!”
“There is no way out of here. It will be dark soon. There is no way out of here.”
“Much like your Earth insects. Larger, of course, and specifically adapted to our atmosphere.”
“I’ll fix it so ya get that wish!”
“Corn, green peppers, chicken… *sigh* onions. It’s a long recipe.”
“You think you can take me? Go ahead on. It’s your move.”
All of these have entered my vernacular to one extent or the other.
Bonus Rifftrax round!
“Impulse buying: Hitler’s greatest triumph.”
For actual movie quotes, no one like the immortal words spoken by Raoul Julia: Mom, my nuts!
You have no Dorothy here, from Final Justice.
Hotchka, by Ted Nelson.
I always get a kick out of initating the annoying redneck gibberish from Super Cracker ib Riding with Death.
A Rifftrax bonus: We are all interested in the Future, because there is where we are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell was truly amazing.
“Weird! I guess that is the word for it. Weird.” – Ring of Terror
@ # 70
I noticed that, too. I think Sampo botched it as well…
“Shine, shine, shine your love.”
“You wouldn’t kill me, would you Trumpy?”
“The water’s too hard to make a good bucket o’ suds.”
“Everything’s hush hush.”
“I am tool.”
“Fish is ready Dong.”
“You and Noel is in it for the money? Well over my DEAD body.”
“I was out in the streets, doing thngs.”
“You have to decide if you’re going to be one of my team players.”
“She’s my baby, she’ll understand. She’s my baby, she’ll understand.”
‘Why do you think you’re such a smoky something when you’re just a nothing painted blue?’ From KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
I mean, you have to admit, it’s a darn good question.
How did I forget one of my favourite terms, ‘fromakidal maniac’, it’s a real word I checked it out with my dictionotomy.
If we’re talking terms from the show which have wormed their way into our daily conversations; using “load” as both a verb and an adjective to describe someone as being a useless… well… load, definitely takes first place in our household, while second would have to go to the equally applicable “whizzed it right down his [trouser] leg” as a metaphor for failing mightily when success should have been assured.
(Note: I’d be curious to know whether either of these terms are just a midwesterner slang thing that never made it to the west coast, or just something Mike or Bill came up with internally. I swear I’ve heard “load” used a few times during the Joel era, but “whizzed it” definitely seems to be a favorite expression of Mike’s.)
Oh and third would probably be “I am going to keeeeel you! Why? Because you are going to die!” which comes in very handy when squashing bugs or scolding the cat who has just destroyed something important.
My dad will cite these three every chance he gets, first two from Squirm, third from Manos.
“Maybe it comes from New York!”
“Ain’t no big deal.”
“Yes, Alexander Graham Bell, you know, telephone?”
Some I use often.
“Warwolf?” — Werewolf.
“You and Noel is in it for fame and fortune?” — Werewolf.
“Led Zeppelin was wrong, man.” — Soultaker.
“Hallooo! Take us vith you! Hallooo! We’re over heeeere!” — Horrors of Spider Island.
“My baby took me to a dance last night.” — The Deadly Bees.
“Thank you, Giant Sister.” — Squirm.
Coffee? I like coffee!
From “The Deadly Bees”: “The dog’s meat. Have you seen it?”.
“Stick farmers!”
-I Accuse My Parents
“What kind of sin could a man commit in a single lifetime to bring this upon himself?”
I am rarely if ever able to prepare a potato-based dish without the husband piping in with, “Potatoes are what we eat!”
And don’t get me started on anything with chicken … corn … green peppers … chilis … *sigh* … onions?
From “The Skydivers” when “Amon Göth on guitar” is introduced as a diving spectator…when a later shot of him comes up, Crow riffs…”He’s covering the event for Crawdaddy” always cracks me up! Then later, when the big blonde walks over, Crow riffs, “How about that Anita Ekberg? You know I’d like to jump out of her plane.”
“Dis is ahbsolutely fahscinating.” If I use it IRL, though, I have to include the side-eye action.
He looks drunk to me!
In my panic I bought nothing but napkins.
“Well, that could’ve gone better.”
“Your Weapons have no effect on me!”
I like using the line Mary Jo used to describe ‘Horrors Of Spider Island’ when describing other bad movies. “It stars no one and features nothing.”
#78 Neptune Man, Damn! How could I have forgotten that classic line from “The Incredible Melting Man”? I’m so stupid! Damnit! Hotchka!!
Anything involving “the turtle called Gamera.” Also: “Gamera’s dancing go-go!”
“We don’t deserve half the things we get. Ah-ha-ha-ha… YOU’RE STUCK HERE!”
“I don’t care!”
“GUH-HUH-HUH-HUH! Oh, turn off that tickle ray, Commander Keymar sir!”
“TORG, COME OUT OF THE SPACESHIP. TORG, COME OUT OF THE SPACESHIP. COME OUT OF THE SPACESHIP.” (Mostly because it was used in that “Nothing Can Stop Torg” techno song The Laziest Men On Mars did.)
“Sargassum… WEED of DECEIT.” A short while later, in reference to a fish: “I love you!”
“Yeah, and a rabbit can go mach 5!” from Deadly Mantis.
“Gamera is a friend to all children”. Although I replace “Gamera” with my dog’s name and talk in a high-pitched asian kid’s voice while doing it. My dog loves it. And she IS a friend to all Children just like Gamera!