OK, I need a mindless project to keep me sane during exam/paper crunch and I’ve settled on trying to compile a list of one movie quote for each of the 50 states. The quote should have the state name and imply something about the state in a witty fashion.
If anyone can come up with any more, I’ll add them to the list as soon as I can confirm the quote, movie title, and name(s) of the character(s). If there are multiple nominations per state, we can argue vehemently about which one should be selected, and then I’ll just pick the one I like best.
Dagonee
Here’s the current, fully validated list: The links take you to dialog. Some of the dialog is from R-rated movies. Don’t click if this might offend you.
Alabama Forrest Gump: You know what I think? I think you should go back to Greenbow, Alabama! Forrest Gump contributed by mackillian
Alaska Sam McCord: George, a wonderful thing about Alaska is that matrimony hasn't hit up here yet. Let's keep it a free country! North To Alaska contributed by rivka
Arizona Rod Tidwell: I'm from Arizona Jerry! I broke Arizona records! I went to Arizona State! I'm a Sun Devil, man! Jerry Maguire: And now you want Arizona dollars? Rod Tidwell: Exaaaacctly! Jerry Maguire contributed by rivka
Arkansas Anthony Cortino: I'm not my father, Diane, just like you're not your father. If we were our fathers, what we did last night would only be legal in Arkansas. Jane Austen's Mafia! contributed by rivka
California Lex Luthor: We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Superman contributed by rivka
Colorado Angela: So, what's this for? [showing Jack his gun] Jack: It's uh... it's for shark fishing. Angela: Shark fishing... with a silencer? Jack: Yeah. You certainly seem to know your ordinance. Angela: Colorado. You grow up with guns. The Net contributed by rivka
Connecticut Gus: Connecticut is the fifth ring of hell. The Ref contributed by Javert
Delaware Rosie: Maryland's a beautiful state. Marco: (Looking away) This is Delaware. Rosie: I know. The Manchurian Candidate contributed by Teshi
Florida Albert: Oh yes... Coldeman. The "d" is silent in America. It's Cole D'Isle au Man, or Cole of the Isle of Man, in France, where Armand's chateau is, Cold-e-man in Greece where Armand's work is, and finally the vulgar Coleman in Florida where Armand's home is, so actually, we don't know where we are until we hear our last name pronounced! Ahahahahahahaaaaa! The Birdcage contributed by Happy Camper
Georgia Maj. Demming: I think that I would rather live in the rottenest pigsty in Tennessee or Alabama than the fanciest mansion in all of Georgia. How about that? No Time for Sergeants contributed by Rappin’ Ronnie Reagan
Hawaii Sheriff: You folks are from Hawaii and you came to L.A. on your honeymoon? Herschel: Yeah. One day we just got sick of living in paradise. Quick contributed by Coccinelle
Idaho Chris: Could you just drop us off at a mall or something? Joe Gipp: A mall? Where do you think we are Boise, Idaho? Adventures in Babysitting contributed by Rohan
Illinois Elwood: Illinois Nazis... Jake: I hate Illinois Nazis. Blues Brothers
Iowa Shoeless Joe: Is this heaven? Ray: No, it's Iowa. Field of Dreams contributed by vwiggen
Kansas Josey Wales: Yeah, well, I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas: sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches. Outlaw Josey Wales, The contributed by Farmgirl
Kentucky Cher: Josh and I just both fell in love with each other, and next happened... [shows a couple about to wed] Cher: AS IF. Besides I'm only 16 and this is California, not Kentucky. Clueless contributed by Beren One Hand
Louisiana Bill Brousard: This is Louisiana, chief! I mean, how do you know who your daddy is? Because your mama told you so? JFK contributed by vwiggin
Maine Kelly Scott: I don't do field and even if I did... Maine? I'm allergic to timber! Lake Placid contributed by Happy Camper (The whole .wav file is worth listening to.)
Maryland Ann Langhorne: Who are those tough looking men? Brett Langhorne: The big one leaning against the post is Luke Johnson. They say he is an outlaw. Ann Langhorne: Well, why isn't he in prison? Brett Langhorne: This isn't Maryland, honey. This is the frontier. The last two marshals that went after Johnson are dead. Frontier Pony Express contributed by rivka
Massachusetts Dr. Henry Devlin: [Begins talking into the gun like it's a phone] Hello? Jonesy. Jesus Christ, I knew it was you. Where's he taking you? Massachusetts. He is? Duddits, OK... Jonesy, I will. You hang in there. Jonesy? Jonesy. He hung up... Captain Owen Underhill: Give me back my gun. Dreamcatcher
Michigan Joe: What are you worried about? This job is going to last a long time. Jerry: Suppose it doesn't? Joe: Jerry, boy, why do you have to paint everything so black? Jerry: Oh, please. Joe: Suppose you got hit by a truck. Suppose the stock market crashes. Suppose Mary Pickford divorces Douglas Fairbanks. Suppose the Dodgers leave Brooklyn! [Jerry notices the badge of an undercover agent at a nearby table.] Jerry: Ah... Joe... Joe: Suppose Lake Michigan overflows. Jerry: Well don't look now, but the whole town is underwater! Some Like It Hot contributed by rivka
Minnesota President Thomas 'Tug' Benson: Here's the target area. Bob Vila: That's Minnesota, sir. President Thomas 'Tug' Benson: Damn it, man, that's the genius of my plan. Why go over there to fight? We can do it right here at home. Bob Vila: Sir, the enemy is over there. President Thomas 'Tug' Benson: Then we'll fly them over here. Their families too. We'll teach them to skate... Do I have to think of everything? Hot Shots! Part Deux contributed by rivka
Mississippi Delmar O'Donnell: But they was witnesses that seen us redeemed. Ulysses Everett McGill: That's not the issue Delmar. Even if that did put you square with the Lord, the State of Mississippi's a little more hard-nosed. O Brother, Where Art Thou? contributed by rivka
Missouri Mayor: There's a saying in Missouri, if you don't like the weather just wait five minutes. In Blaine, with hard work, I think we can get that down to three or four minutes. Waiting for Guffman contributed by Coccinelle
Montana Vasili Borodin: Then I will live in Montana, and I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck, or a possibly even a recreational vehicle, and drive from state to state. Do they let you do that? The Hunt for Red October contributed by Happy Camper
Nebraska Little Bill Daggett: I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska. Unforgiven contributed by Coccinelle
Nevada Geary: The Corleone family has done very well here in Nevada. The Godfather, Part II contributed by Beren One Hand
New Hampshire Adrian Cronauer: You know, you're very beautiful. You're also very quiet. And I'm not used to girls being that quiet unless they're medicated. Normally I go out with girls who talk so much you could hook them up to a wind turbine and they could power a small New Hampshire town. Good Morning, Vietnam contributed by rivka
New Jersey Banky: Well, *you're* in love. And you've both got your own monkey. What more could two guys from New Jersey want? Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back contributed by ClaudiaTherese
New Mexico Ed Furillo: The three of us, New Mexico. We're going to drive cattle. Mitch Robbins: What, like in a truck? City Slickers contributed by rivka
New York Sam Burns: You're a very rude young woman. I know Douglas from the Rotary and I can't believe he'd want you treating customers so badly. Checkout Girl: I don't think I was treating her badly. Sam Burns: Then you must be from New York. Terms of Endearment contributed by ClaudiaTherese
North Carolina Michael Jordan: Don't forget my North Carolina shorts. Daffy Duck: (With lisp) Your shorts? From college? Michael Jordan: I wore them under my Chicago Bulls uniform every game. Space Jam contributed by rivka
North Dakota Lil: Let me guess: Piedmont, North Dakota. Violet: South Amboy, New Jersey. Lil: Same thing. Coyote Ugly contributed by Narnia
Ohio Jason "J.D." Dean: Yeah, but this is Ohio. I mean, if you don't have a brewski in your hand, you might as well be wearing a dress. Heathers
Oklahoma Jerry Warriner: And if you get bored in Oklahoma City, you can always go over to Tulsa for the weekend! The Awful Truth contributed by rivka (Doubly funny because of the title of the movie.)
Oregon Barton Keyes: Have you made up your mind? Jackson: Mr. Keyes, I'm a Medford man. Medford, Oregon. Up in Medford, we take our time making up our minds. Barton Keyes: Well, we're not in Medford, we're in a hurry. Double Indemnity contributed by sndrake
Pennsylvania Jackie-O: Pennsylvania's just this state that's in your way when you want to get somewhere else. House of Yes, The contributed by katharina
Rhode Island Arthur: It's a very tiny country... Rhode Island could beat the crap out of it in a war. Arthur contributed by Happy Camper
South Carolina Private Joker: Paris Island, South Carolina. The Marine Corps Training Depot. An eight-week college for the stupid tough and the crazy brave. Full Metal Jacket contributed by rivka.
South Dakota Texas Jack Omohundro: You know what you're up against, American friend? The Ocean of Fire is not just a race. It's full of obstacles you can't even imagine. And if the elements don't kill you, your fellow riders will. Frank T. Hopkins: Sounds an awful lot like South Dakota. Hidalgo
Tennessee H.I. McDonnough: I couldn't believe that a woman who looked as fertile as the Tennessee River Valley could bear no children, but the doctor explained that her insides were a rocky place, where my seed could find no purchase. Raising Arizona contributed by my sweetie pie!
Texas Kathy Morningside: Of course, he has a gun. This is Texas. Everybody has a gun. My florist has a gun. Miss Congeniality contributed by Coccinelle.
Utah Fletch: Sally Ann and Alan were married eight years ago, never divorced, making Stanwyck a bigamist, even in Utah. Fletch
Vermont [Abe and Abbie are discussing Abbie's mother.] Abe: A woman her age is supposed to move to Florida. Who moves to Vermont? Abbie: She likes the cold. Abe: She should -- she invented it. Memories of Me Contributed by rivka.
Virginia Sheryl Yoast: In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, it's bigger than Christmas day. My daddy coached in Alexandria, he worked so hard my momma left him, but I stayed with coach, he needed me on that field. Remember the Titans
Washington, D.C. Robert Leffingwell: Son, this is a Washington, D.C. kind of lie. It's when the other person knows you're lying and also knows you know he knows. Advise and Consent
West Virginia Hannibal Lecter: You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste. Good nutrition has given you some length of bone, but you're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling? And that accent you've tried so desperately to shed? Pure West Virginia. What's your father, dear? Is he a coal miner? Does he stink of the lamp? You know how quickly the boys found you... all those tedious sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars... while you could only dream of getting out... getting anywhere... getting all the way to the FBI. The Silence of the Lambs contributed by Happy Camper
Wisconsin Bethany: Were they sent to Hell? Metatron: Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history. Dogma contributed by rivka
Wyoming Mike: That's the place to be right there, Wyoming! Nothin' but prairies and mountains and nobody around. All you need is your bed roll and a good horse. Cyril: Don't forget your toothbrush! You're still in your cavity-prone years. Breaking Away contributed by Coccinelle
Remaining:
Washington
[ May 10, 2004, 01:04 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
For Texas:
From Miss Congeniality : Kathy Morningside: Of course he had a gun. This is Texas! Everybody has a gun. My florist has a gun!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
For California from Last Action Hero:
Kid: Where are all the ordinary, everyday women? They don't exist because this is a movie!
Arnold: No, this is California!
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
Iowa
Shoeless Joe: Is this heaven?
Ray: No, its Iowa
-Field of Dreams
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Not an exact quote (I don't have the movie), but this is from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels:
Did you hear that, Ruprick? We're going to Oklahoma.
Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma !Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
All good, and the first three match my memories. As soon as I can provide links to demonstrate authenticity, I will add them to the list.
Unless better ones come along.
By the way, is the "even in Utah" quote about bigamy in Fletch considered offensive? This is a serious question - I'm not sure how much and in what manner the subject is joked about within Mormon circles. I've seen some on this board, but not enough to get a good feel for it.
Dagonee
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
Three great geography quotes from one nifty movie:
Mitch: "Look what I found!" (smiles) Wife: "Where was it?" Mitch: "Colorado! It's ALWAYS the last place you look!"
***
Ed: (with a dreamy look) "Imagine! The three of us, New Mexico. We're going to drive cattle.
Mitch Robbins: What, like in a truck?"
***
[not a state quote but a classic]
Phil: If hate were people, I'd be China!.
--All from City Slickers
"We're not in Kansas anymore" - Wizard of Oz
"There are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade." - Casablanca.
[ April 19, 2004, 12:53 AM: Message edited by: vwiggin ]
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Dag, the bigamy quote isn't offensive to me...I think that Mormons would laugh. (I did.)
I tried to find a link to authenticate my quote and I couldn't....maybe I wasn't looking in the right places.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK - I'll let others chime in as well, but unless someone objects strenuously or puts up a better Utah quote, that's going in the list.
And I'll do the authentication (that's the mindless part I'll use for study breaks), although if anyone does go to a site to copy and paste the quote, throwing the link in would help.
Thanks guys, these are exactly the types of quotes I was looking for.
Dagonee
[ April 19, 2004, 01:09 AM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Authenticated contributions from Narnia, Coccinelle, and vwiggen. I couldn't find confirmation on the quotes from either City Slickers or Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, but will continue looking.
Thanks,
Dagonee
Posted by 20X6 (Member # 6447) on :
Delaware
Wayne's World
"Hi, I'm/we're in... Delaware"
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Sheesh.
Kansas.
Judy Garland (Dorothy): Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
[ April 19, 2004, 11:20 AM: Message edited by: sndrake ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I'm holding off on Kansas just to see if there is anything else - that comment doesn't say much about Kansas except that munchkins don't live there. I suspect there's not much else except variations on WoO, though. Like "No. And you ain't in Kansas, neither!" in Little Shop of Horrors.
Dagonee
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I agree -- I laughed at the bigamy joke. But then again, I lauged at the Mormon in Paint Your Wagon that auctioned off one of his wives.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Not the best quote for Illinois, but the best quote for Chicago:
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
[ April 19, 2004, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
There are a whole bunch in the film version of 1776, and several just in the single song ("Mr. Adams," or something like that) sung by the delegates assigned to the drafting committee.
Like: "Mr Adams, but, Mr. Adams I cannot write with any style or proper etiquette. I do not know a participle from a predicate. I am just a simple cobbler from Connecticut."
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
CT, I agree, great quote. Especially since it kicks off the most over-the-top chase scene in movie history. You think they got a good deal on used Buicks or something?
I like the 1776 one, as well.
Dagonee
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
(*preens)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
"I thought everybody in Indiana played basketball." -- Hoosiers
[ April 19, 2004, 05:58 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Buckle you seatbelts Dorothy, cause Kansas is going bye bye.
Matrix
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
Somewhere in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" there's got to be a quote about (New) "Jersey".
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Banky: Well, you're in love. And you've both got your own monkey. What more could two guys from New Jersey want?
[ April 19, 2004, 05:58 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
PLEASE let me find a different one for Kansas.
We here in Kansas are so sick of the Dorothy/Toto/Wizard of Oz thing.
I know of a couple others -- let me see if I can find direct quotes/links.
Farmgirl
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: "I know I could interest them in a story about an eccentric billionaire with an obsessive interest in a Kansas farm boy." - Chloe to Lionel
Unfortunately, that's from the TV show Smallville, and I need a movie. But I know there was a reference to Kansas in Superman, because that was the supposed site of the small farm town where he grew up.
I just don't know how to find the quotes.
Farmgirl
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: Chief Dan George (Lone Watie): I didn't surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender. They have him pulling a wagon up in Kansas I bet.
edit: you know, this sucks. Every single quote I have found has been negative toward Kansas.
[ April 19, 2004, 01:50 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Charlie: Easy, sport. Got myself out of Beirut once, I think I can get out of New Jersey. Mitch Henessey: Yeah, well don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.
-The Long Kiss Goodnight
[ April 19, 2004, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: Book ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Book:
Poor New Jersey.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Farmgirl, I'll hold off on Kansas until you find a good one or admit defeat.
Oooh - competition for New Jersey from Book. We're gonna need input from the peanut gallery to see if it supplants Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. But for now, CT's quote is in the list, mainly because I finished editing it 2 seconds before Book posted.
Dagonee
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
"This is Louisiana, chief! I mean, how do you know who your daddy is? Because your mama told you so?" -Broussard, in JFK.
"She had the personality of a ZIP code in Kansas." -Steve Martin, in Bowlfinger.
The rest of these aren't really submissions since these states have been covered already, but they're neat quotes.
"We're the flying elvises, Utah chapter." -Honeymoon in Vegas
"My beautiful wife, Julie, is from New Jersey 15 electoral votes... and is, as you know, half Jewish. So we'll take Florida's 25 electoral votes and divide by 2. My daughter, Jeanie, is expecting her first child. If it's a girl, she will be named Virginia. 13 electoral votes. In fact, even if it's a boy, he'll be named Virginia. She reminds me that I have publicly acknowledged that as a young Marine officer in Vietnam, I did, on a handful of occasions, smoke marijuana. [pause] California. 54 electoral votes."
-President Fowler, Sum of all Fears
[ April 19, 2004, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: vwiggin ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I seek Arizona, and lo! I am led to the generous hills of Utah. (A corollary, Dag, not a challenge.)
H.I.: If not Arizona, then a land not too far away. Where all parents are strong and wise and capable. And all children are happy and beloved. I don't know. Maybe it was Utah. -- Raising Arizona
[ April 19, 2004, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
I love that movie.... had to close my eyes when they almost ran over the bay though... Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Yeah -- I saw that Steve Martin 'Kansas' quote too (about zip code), but it was worse than the Josey Wales one.... <sigh> Still searching for Superman..
Farmgirl
Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
Montana
Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle."
-The Hunt for Red October
and West Virginia
You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste. Good nutrition has given you some length of bone, but you're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling? And that accent you've tried so desparately to shed? Pure West Virginia. What's your father, dear? Is he a coal miner? Does he stink of the lamb? You know how quickly the boys found you... all those tedious sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars...while you could only dream of getting out... getting anywhere... getting all the way to the FBI.
-Silence of the Lambs
[ April 19, 2004, 05:04 PM: Message edited by: Happy Camper ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Sorry, Farmgirl, no luck in my searches either. However, I did find another contender (and one I like better) for California:
quote: Lex Luthor: We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.
-- Superman, The Movie
[ April 19, 2004, 04:59 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yeah, rivka, me too. Gotta go for the puns.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
What are you all using to find the quotes? Just straight googling? Or do you have a good quote source?
Farmgirl
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Definitely, CT! Plus, I object to the other quote, and present myself as exhibit A. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Googling got me a link to Amazon, which actually swipes its quotes from IMDB. Now I'm looking at some other stuff Google fetched.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Good, HC!
Farmgirl, I'm browsing the Internet Movie Database, eg for Fargo.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Puns are good - we've got lots of good things going here. Just to clarify two points:
1.) Any quote in the list is eligible for replacement. Even one of mine. Of course, there may be a little judge's bias there.
2.) I'll be sorely disappointed if someone from each state isn't at least a little offended.
Carry on.
Dagonee
P.S., I'll be authenticating and updating later tonight.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
The other forum I frequent a lot is for Lois&Clark fanfic. Google just gave me a link to one of 'em . . .
Too bad TV is out. Lois referred to Clark as "Kansas" (as well as "farmboy" and related epithets) for much of the first season. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Charles: One does not wax philosophical when one is about to be sent to Leavenworth... [pause] My God, that's in Kansas.
Big Kahuna, The (1999)
Larry Mann: Phil... man, we're in Wichita, Kansas. What does it matter whether we're on the 1st floor or the 500th floor? It all looks the same!
"Angel" (1999/I)
Cordelia: This isn't a needle in a haystack, this is a needle in Kansas.
Tombstone (1993) Ike: “Listen now, Mr. Kansas Law-Dog, law don't go round here, savvy?” (Talking to Wyatt Earp)
and many more...
Farmgirl
This has to be my favorite: Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)
Josey Wales: Yeah, well, I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas: sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches.
[ April 19, 2004, 09:08 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
Okay got one for Maine.
Kelly Scott: I don't do field and even if I did... Maine? I'm allergic to timber!
-Lake Placid (1999)
And I doubt you want to use this one, but it's from the Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Lt. Frank Drebin: Hector Savage. From Detroit. Ex-boxer. His real name was Joey Chicago. Ed Hocken: Oh, yeah. He fought under the name of 'Kid Minneapolis'. Nordberg: I saw 'Kid Minneapolis' fight once. In Cincinnati. Lt. Frank Drebin: No you're thinking of 'Kid New York'. He fought out of Philly. Ed Hocken: He was killed in the ring in Houston. By Tex Colorado. You know, the 'Arizona Assassin'. Nordberg: Yeah, from Dakota. I don't remember it was North or South. Lt. Frank Drebin: North. South Dakota was his brother. From West Virginia.
[ April 19, 2004, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: Happy Camper ]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
FG: Love the last one.
Anyone got a Tennessee?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Terms of Endearment:
Sam Burns: You're a very rude young woman. I know Douglas from the Rotary and I can't believe he'd want you treating customers so badly. Checkout Girl: I don't think I was treating her badly. Sam Burns: Then you must be from New York.
[ April 19, 2004, 06:00 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
"Forrest Gump" has a line of dialogue that mentions several states that the members of his squad in Vietnam were from...all I remember is that it ended with, "...and Tex...don't recall where he was from."
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Well, I've updated the list. vwiggin and CT are holding the lead, and Farmgirl has prevented the Wizard of Oz from memorializing Kansas.
We're 20% done!
Dagonee Edit: I'm holding off on Maine for now, but it'll probably go in if nothing else appears soon.
[ April 20, 2004, 07:30 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You're really not changing the California quote? Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I'm hoping for more discussion that one person agreeing she likes puns. Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
If you want to have something to kill time, try this.
(<--*Programmed it* )
Hobbes Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
This is blackmail, you know.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
What, my thread's not good enough for discussion in? Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I told 'em to come here to discuss it. But the fact is, new threads are more likely to get noticed. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
No they aren't.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Feeling contrary, mack?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
*Refuses to let his link fall on the, selom notcied, last post on the page*
Hobbes Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
No I'm not.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
"Maryland's a beautiful state." "This is Delaware," "I know. I was one of the original Chinese workmen who laid the track on this stretch. But nonetheless, Maryland is a beautiful state. So is Ohio, for that matter."
-The Manchurian Candidate, and I found this only by chance, so don't ask me who says what.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
That quote's much funnier if you stop it after "I know." I think that's going in.
Edit: For Deleware.
[ April 20, 2004, 10:09 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
I'm from Connecticut, so I have several to suggest.
CHP Officer: Well, why Connecticut? from Cannonball Run II (1984).
Cuddles Kovinsky: God, I wish I lived in Connecticut! from Polyester (1981).
And my personal favorite:
Gus: Connecticut is the fifth ring of hell. from The Ref (1994).
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Ooh, Dennis Leary quotes now. I'll have to find the .wav file for that one.
Dagonee
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Actually met Dennis Leary...and in Connecticut too. That one should be a no brainer.
That, and the fact the quote is pretty much true .
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
John Linnell of TMBG fame did a whole CD of state songs. Not that that has anything to do with this but anyway it's cool. South Carolina is far and away my favorite, but Maine also rocks. I don't know if he's finished with all 50 yet. There are only about 15 on the cd. Not one for Alabama.
Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
quote: and several just in the single song ("Mr. Adams," or something like that) sung by the delegates assigned to the drafting committee.
That would be "Who Will Write It."
(Though the sheet music at the end of the script does call it "But Mr. Adams.")
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, I changed California due to popu...er some demand.
Added Maine, Connecticut, and Delware.
37 remaining.
Dagonee
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
House of Yes, The (1997)
Jackie-O: Pennsylvania's just this state that's in your way when you want to get somewhere else.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
That's so true for me.
Posted by Rohan (Member # 5141) on :
Here's Idaho: Chris: Could you just drop us off at a mall or something? Joe Gipp: A mall? Where do you think we are, Boise, Idaho? From Adventures in Babysitting .
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Thank you! Thank you! Dagonee
(What does it mean when I think you're blackmailing me and you think I'm blackmailing you?
There must be a joke about Jewish guilt and Catholic guilt in there somewhere, but I can't come up with one . . . )
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
*Mad scientist looks up from his beaker*
Bwahahahahaha! In this vial is the distilled essence of Jewish guilt. In this vial, Catholic guilt. When I combine them, I will hold in my hand the most powerful force in the universe!
*Massive explosion, pull back to mushroom cloud*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Good thing I had finished my cream soda before I saw that! Two Hatrackers spewing soda on their monitors in the same day -- well, let's just say I try to be more original than that.
For North Carolina (or perhaps South):
Charles Cornwallis: Colonel Tavington, why, after six weeks, am I still here at Middleton place attending a ball in South Carolina while I should be attending balls in NORTH CAROLINA?
-- The Patriot, 2000
And one for South Carolina:
Private Joker: [narrating] "Paris Island, South Carolina. The Marine Corps Training Depot. An eight-week college for the stupid tough and the crazy brave."
-- Full Metal Jacket, 1987
[Edit: how did that get in there?? Gone now.]
[ April 22, 2004, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
BTW, Penn quote is going in at next update.
The problem with your first quote, rivka, is that it seems to say something much more poignant about SC than NC, and your SC quote from FMJ is much better.
Dagonee
P.S., come on, no one can find one about Mississippi?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yeah, but it was the best I found for NC.
For Mississippi:
Ulysses Everett McGill: That's not the issue Delmar. Even if that did put you square with the Lord, the State of Mississippi's a little more hard-nosed.
-- O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
YES! I should have remembered that one. Excellent.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Sam McCord: George, a wonderful thing about Alaska is that matrimony hasn't hit up here yet. Let's keep it a free country! -- North to Alaska, 1960
Anthony Cortino: I'm not my father, Diane, just like you're not your father. If we were our fathers, what we did last night would only be legal in Arkansas. -- Mafia! (aka: Jane Austen's Mafia!), 1998
Bethany: Were they sent to Hell? Metatron: Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history. -- Dogma, 1999
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Forrest: "You should go back to Greenbough ALABAMA!"
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Yes! All good.
And Hobbes, your game is awesome, even if I haven't got through level 2 yet. Did you do that in DirectX or GDI?
Dagonee
[ April 22, 2004, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Maj. Demming: I think that I would rather live in the rottenest pigsty in Tennessee or Alabama than the fanciest mansion in all of Georgia. How about that?
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
Unforgiven (1992)
Little Bill Daggett: I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.
I like this game! It's providing me with potential hours of homework procrastination possibilities
[ April 22, 2004, 08:14 PM: Message edited by: Coccinelle ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
That's it's purpose! Good ones.
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
From The Chamber:
Nora Stark "You're in Mississippi now - land of the secrets. There are bodies buried everywhere."
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Do we have one for Alaska yet?
*From Mission Impossible
Eugene Kittridge: I want him manning a radar tower in Alaska by the end of the day. Just mail him his clothes.
*From Snow Dogs
Amelia: [on phone] Hey, honey. How's Alaska? Ted: Oh, just great. Everything's white. Including my father!
*From Scarface
Tony Montana: You wanna waste my time? Okay. I call my lawyer. He's the best lawyer in Miami. He's such a good lawyer, that by tomorrow morning, you gonna be working in Alaska. So dress warm.
[ April 22, 2004, 10:15 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Updated the list. I put in all states with a contribution except North Carolina (I put that one in for SC). If I missed you or misattributed someone let me know.
Almost half done, and so far there's been no settling. Excellent!
Dagonee
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
For Missouri:
Glenn Welsch, Mayor: There's a saying in Missouri, if you don't like the weather just wait five minutes. In Blaine, with hard work, I think we can get that down to three or four minutes.
From: Waiting for Guffman
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
For Wyoming from Breaking Away:
Mike: That's the place to be right there, Wyoming! Nothin' but prairies and mountains and nobody around. All you need is your bed roll and a good horse. Cyril: Don't forget your toothbrush! You're still in your cavity-prone years.
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
A few for Hawaii- you pick-
From Miss Congeniality: Gracie Hart: In Hawaii don't they use aloha for hello and goodbye? Miss Hawaii: Yeah, so? Gracie Hart: so if you're on the phone with somebody and they won't stop talking and you say, ok aloha, don't they just start over again?
From Quick: Sheriff: You folks are from Hawaii and you came to L.A. on your honeymoon? Herschel: Yeah. One day we just got sick of living in paradise.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
For North Dakota:
Lil: Let me guess: Piedmont, North Dakota. Violet: South Amboy, New Jersey. Lil: Same thing.
from Coyote Ugly Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
quote:Arizona H.I. McDonnough: I couldn't believe that a woman who looked as fertile as the Tennessee River Valley could bear no children, but the doctor explained that her insides were a rocky place, where my seed could find no purchase. Raising Arizona contributed by my sweetie pie!
I don't really understand how this is about Arizona except for the title of the movie.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Cher: Josh and I just both fell in love with each other, and next happened...
[screen shows a couple about to wed]
Cher: AS IF. Besides I'm only 16 and this is California, not Kentucky.
r3: You're right. It was late. I moved it to Tennessee.
Dagonee
Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
Here's one perhaps for Florida.
Albert: Oh yes...Coldeman. The "d" is silent in America. It's Cole D'Isle au Man, or Cole of the Isle of Man, in France, where Armand's chateau is, Cold-e-man in Greece where Armand's work is, and finally the vulgar Coleman in Florida where Armand's home is, so actually, we don't know where we are until we hear our last name pronounced! Ahahahahahahaaaaa!!!
- The Birdcage
Oh, and I'm very upset you didn't use my West Virginia quote.
*edit* And here's one for Rhode Island.
There's a country that's so small, Rhode Island can beat the hell out of it!
- Arthur
[ April 25, 2004, 08:06 AM: Message edited by: Happy Camper ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Sorry. Oversight - I'll add it during the next update.
Dagonee
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, I added Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Only 15 more left!
Dagonee
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
The forum's just moving to damn quickly today, so I'm bumping this...
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Hey, Dagonee.
I know you're not really a n00b anymore, but since you signed on when I was MIA I wanted to tell you that I think you're pretty okay.
That's it.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Thanks Ralphie. I heard about you from pretty much my first day here, but I thought you were a myth. You know, like Benjamin Franklin.
Dagonee
Posted by Homestarrunner (Member # 5090) on :
I'm not man enough to track down any actual quotes, but I'll bet you can kill off Minnesota and North Dakota from the movie Fargo.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Have there been any Oregon quotes?
I can't think of a single, bloody quote.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
You know, I thought Fargo would knock out both those states, but none of the quotes on the Internet mention either state. Guess I'll have to watch the movie again.
And none of the quotes with the word Oregon really say anything about the state.
I'm afraid the easy ones are done.
Dagonee
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, added Massachusetts. It's kind of a sureal quote for a sureal place.
Dagonee
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Rod Tidwell: I'm from Arizona Jerry! I broke Arizona records! I went to Arizona State! I'm a Sun Devil, man! Jerry Maguire: And now you want Arizona dollars? Rod Tidwell: Exaaaacctly! -- Jerry Maguire
Angela: So, what's this for? [showing Jack his gun] Jack: It's uh... it's for shark fishing. Angela: Shark fishing... with a silencer? Jack: Yeah. You certainly seem to know your ordinance. Angela: Colorado. You grow up with guns. -- Net, The (1995)
Laurel: Say, when you were in Egypt, did you happen to see the Eiffel Tower? Hardy: Stanley, The Eiffel Tower is not in Egypt...it's in Indiana! -- All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy: For Love or Mummy, The (1999)
Ann Langhorne: Who are those tough looking men? Brett Langhorne: The big one leaning against the post is Luke Johnson. They say he is an outlaw. Ann Langhorne: Well, why isn't he in prison? Brett Langhorne: This isn't Maryland, honey. This is the frontier. The last two marshals that went after Johnson are dead. -- Frontier Pony Express (1939)
Joe: What are you worried about? This job is going to last a long time. Jerry: Suppose it doesn't? Joe: Jerry, boy, why do you have to paint everything so black? Jerry: Oh, please. Joe: Suppose you got hit by a truck. Suppose the stock market crashes. Suppose Mary Pickford divorces Douglas Fairbanks. Suppose the Dodgers leave Brooklyn! [Jerry notices the badge of an undercover agent at a nearby table.] Jerry: Ah... Joe... Joe: Suppose Lake Michigan overflows. Jerry: Well don't look now, but the whole town is underwater! -- Some Like It Hot (1959)
President Thomas 'Tug' Benson: Here's the target area. Bob Vila: That's Minnesota, sir. President Thomas 'Tug' Benson: Damn it, man, that's the genius of my plan. Why go over there to fight? We can do it right here at home. Bob Vila: Sir, the enemy is over there. President Thomas 'Tug' Benson: Then we'll fly them over here. Their families too. We'll teach them to skate... Do I have to think of everything? -- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Adrian Cronauer: You know, you're very beautiful. You're also very quiet. And I'm not used to girls being that quiet unless they're medicated. Normally I go out with girls who talk so much you could hook them up to a wind turbine and they could power a small New Hampshire town. -- Good Morning, Vietnam
Ed Furillo: The three of us, New Mexico. We're going to drive cattle. Mitch Robbins: What, like in a truck? -- City Slickers (1991)
Michael Jordan: Don't forget my North Carolina shorts. Daffy Duck: (With lisp) Your shorts? From college? Michael Jordan: I wore them under my Chicago Bulls uniform every game. -- Space Jam (1996)
Jerry Warriner: And if you get bored in Oklahoma City, you can always go over to Tulsa for the weekend! -- Awful Truth, The (1937)
Fritz: Oh, so this is Mexico. [Dr. Paul Batton looks at Fritz, the map, and the tall trees around them, then grabs the map, turns it upside down, and hands it back to Fritz.] Fritz: Oh, so this is Oregon. -- Hysterical (1983)
Abe: A woman her age is supposed to move to Florida. Who moves to Vermont? Abbie: She likes the cold. Abe: She should -- she invented it. -- Memories of Me (1988)
Reporter: Do you think Washington will win the pennant? Gloria Thorpe: Yeah, when I swim the channel. -- Damn Yankees! (1958)
Posted by namaki (Member # 6519) on :
Hi,
May I submit a suggestion for the "51st State"?
From the movie Snatch:
Customs Officer: "Anything to declare?" Cousin Avi: "Yeah, don't go to England!"
I don't know where to verify the line, but if someone happens to have it, it is the very last line in the film.
namaki
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Found this one:
Keyes: Have you made up your mind? Jackson: Mr. Keyes, I'm a Medford man. Medford, Oregon. Up in Medford, we take our time making up our minds. Keyes: Well, we're not in Medford, we're in a hurry. --Double Indemnity (1944)
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, I fixed Maine & Massachusetts. *cough* thanks rivka *cough*
Added quotes for Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Vermont (all by rivka except Oregon by sndrake).
Had to disqualify the Washington quote from Damn Yankees because it's referring to DC, not the state.
Down to Nevada and Washington. Apparantly movies only want to talk about Las Vegas and Seattle, not the actual states.
Thanks for the help everyone - exams are over and we have an almost complete list.
Dagonee
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Michael: "The Corleone family has done very well here in Nevada."
[ May 10, 2004, 12:02 PM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Added the Nevada quote..
Dagonee
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You should have that cough looked at, Dagonee. O:)
quote: Had to disqualify the Washington quote from Damn Yankees because it's referring to DC, not the state.
Do you know how impossible it is to find a Washington movie quote that's NOT about George OR D.C.? Anyway, while I was pretty sure it referred to D.C. (they're the Senators, after all!), I couldn't resist a quote from Damn Yankees! I love that musical. Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I thought we'd give this another try. We need a movie quote for Washington state. Not D.C. I hate having almost a complete set and not being able to finish it off.
Any movies with Microsoft or Boeing?
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Not sure, but isn't "First Blood" set in Washington State... maybe something there? Maybe "Kindergarten Cop", too
Posted by MattB (Member # 1116) on :
*frustrated*
I just spent far too many minutes looking for the Sleepless in Seattle script. And all for naught.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
17 out of 49?!
Wow, I must have been bored!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I know it's still the wrong Washington . . . but I love this bit!
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Just realized wwiggin already posted this.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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However, I did find another contender (and one I like better) for California: ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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The other forum I frequent a lot is for Lois&Clark fanfic. Google just gave me a link to one of 'em . . .![[Grumble]](graemlins/grumble.gif)
You're really not changing the California quote? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Dagonee