One-word Triggers
fl...@frontiernet.net
Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word only:
"...Rosebud"
- Citizen Kane
"Sharkey..."
- Sharkey's Machine
"sed-a-give?"
- Young Frankenstein
Amethyst
In article <329235...@frontiernet.net>, fl...@frontiernet.net wrote
to the newsgroup...
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fl...@frontiernet.net
fl...@frontiernet.net wrote:
>
> Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word only:
>
> "...Rosebud"
> - Citizen Kane
>
> "Sharkey..."
> - Sharkey's Machine
>
> "sed-a-give?"
> - Young Frankenstein
Can't believe I forgot
"ADRIENNE!"
- Rocky
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
- Mary Poppins
Kaisers
"Plastics"--the Graduate.
David k
dtk
> Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word only:
>
> "...Rosebud"
> - Citizen Kane
>
> "Sharkey..."
> - Sharkey's Machine
>
> "sed-a-give?"
> - Young Frankenstein
"plastics"
Sally Waters
"COWS!!"
--One of the great lines from "Throw Mama From the Train"
--Sally
Amethyst (amet...@nc5.infi.net) wrote:
: In article <329235...@frontiernet.net>, fl...@frontiernet.net wrote
: to the newsgroup...
: >
: >Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word
: >only:
: >
: >"...Rosebud"
: > - Citizen Kane
: >
: >"Sharkey..."
: > - Sharkey's Machine
: >
: >"sed-a-give?"
: > - Young Frankenstein
: "REGGIE!!!"
ther...@mail.idt.net
"Wabbit-tracks!" Elmer Fudd, What's Opera Doc
"Stella!" From some movie...Streetcar something? :0:)
PJK
In article <329235...@frontiernet.net>,
on Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:31:40 -0800, <fl...@frontiernet.net> writes:
>Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word only:
>
>"...Rosebud"
> - Citizen Kane
>
>"Sharkey..."
> - Sharkey's Machine
>
>"sed-a-give?"
> - Young Frankenstein
SSSSSSTTTTTEEEEELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA (A Streetcar...)
Pjk
James Tichenor
"Balloonhead"
-- Casino
James
CAM
PJK wrote:
>
> In article <329235...@frontiernet.net>,
> on Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:31:40 -0800, <fl...@frontiernet.net> writes:
> >Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word only:
>
> Pjk
In the same vein:
VULNAAAAAAAAVIAAAAA!!
Any of Vincent Price's "Dr. Phibes" movies
Jim Becker
"Ni!" -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Shane!" -- Shane
"Klaatu" or "barada" or "nikto" -- The Day the Earth Stood Still
Jim Becker
Donnah Dunthorn
: fl...@frontiernet.net wrote:
: >
: > Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word only:
: >
: > "...Rosebud"
: > - Citizen Kane
: >
: > "Sharkey..."
: > - Sharkey's Machine
: >
: > "sed-a-give?"
: > - Young Frankenstein
: "ADRIENNE!"
: - Rocky
: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
: - Mary Poppins
STELLA!
- Streetcar Named Desire
Redrum
- The Shining
Squeeeeal!
-Deliverance
d.
cel...@aol.com
In article <570l3k$2...@viper.shadow.net>, don...@hyper.shadow.net (Donnah
Dunthorn) writes:
>
>: fl...@frontiernet.net wrote:
>: >
>: > Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word
only:
>: >
COWABUNGA!!!!! Ninja Turtles
TAAAWAANDA!!! Fried Green Tomatoes
lewis angel
Great question!
How about "la-de-da" from Annie Hall. Not exactly one word, but close.
cel...@aol.com
In article <32953E...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>, lewis angel
<ang...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> writes:
>
>fl...@frontiernet.net wrote:
>>
>> Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word
only:
>>
>
>
TAWANDA!!!! Fried Green Tomatoes
Fiddle- de- dee - Gone with the wind
~C
fl...@frontiernet.net
Here are some more, from the nut-house where this started:
"Madness"
- Bridge on the River Kwai
"Sh******t!!!!"
- Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
"...cow..." OR "DEBRIS!!??"
- Twister
"Cheesage!"
A Goofy Movie
SUSAN LYNNE MALLET
In article <19961122153...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
La-di-da ---- Annie Hall
--
****************************************************************************
"Whatever you do may seem insignificant,
but it is most important that you do it."
--Gandhi
Arthur Wohlwill
>>
>>fl...@frontiernet.net wrote:
>>>
>>> Name some movies which come back to your mind from one trigger word
>only:
>>>
Toga! Animal House
Arthur Wohlwill adwo...@UIC.EDU
W Lee or T Beatty
"Sanctuary!"
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (NOT the cartoon!)
Terry
W Lee or T Beatty
Here are a few more...
"Toga!"
Animal House
"Inconceivable."
Princess Bride
"Phoenix"
Phantom of the Paradise
"Stonehenge" or "eleven"
Spinal Tap
"Id"
Forbidden Planet
and of course...
"Interoceter" (sp?)
This Island Earth
...although that one doesn't come up in conversation TOO often.
Terry
gti...@julian.uwo.ca
"Gipper"
"communication" Cool Hand Luke
regards
Gerald
Stephan Eichenberg
Kaisers <toa...@mail.idt.net> writes:
>"Plastics"--the Graduate.
> David k
Sacks! - Born To Dance
Stephan Eichenberg
http://129.187.121.1/~eichenbe/
M"unchen, Germany
dam...@panix.com
"operation"
Whoopee, Palmy Days
- damfino
PS: some to think of it: "damfino" --> The Boat
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"Serpentine!"
The In-Laws
fl...@frontiernet.net
"Min-nie!"
- Mickey Mouse and the Runaway Brain
Carrie Pruett
pet...@vnet.ibm.com writes:
>
> SSSSSSTTTTTEEEEELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA (A Streetcar...)
In the same vein, don't forget:
"Heathcliff!!" -- Wuthering Heights
Carrie
--
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and malt does more than Milton can/to justify God's ways to man.
-A.E. Housman
mer...@pipeline.com
"Stella!" from Streetcar
"Giddyap!" from Ben Hur
"Shi-
-i
-i
-i
-t" from Butch Cassidy
Herb
Catty
cm...@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Carrie Pruett) wrote:
>pet...@vnet.ibm.com writes:
>>
>> SSSSSSTTTTTEEEEELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA (A Streetcar...)
>In the same vein, don't forget:
>"Heathcliff!!" -- Wuthering Heights
"Jaa<break>aane!" - Jane Eyre
Catty
PJK
In article <57c243$d...@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de>,
on 25 Nov 1996 12:06:27 GMT,
I guess this is a bad example 'cause I can't remember which Marx Brothers movie
it is from, but
SWORDFISH
Pjk
CMG
deja...@aol.com wrote:
>"KUMQUATS!!!!"
>
>"It's a Gift", with W.C. Fields.
>
>Darryl
Which reminds me of:
(Those are) "CATALPA" (trees...)
"The Bank Dick", with W.C. Fields
& I've yet to hear "catalpa" in any other context.
--Curt Gould
deja...@aol.com
Rob Ray
In article <19961127020...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, deja...@aol.com says:
>
>"KUMQUATS!!!!"
>
>"It's a Gift", with W.C. Fields.
Ditto "LaFong". That's capital L, small a, capital f, small o, small
n, small g.
>
>Darryl
Rob Ray rr...@spacecraft.com
Scribbler
"Badges" - Badges? We don't need no stinkin' etc.
"Rectum" - Rectum? Damned near killed 'em!
Scribbler
SUSAN LYNNE MALLET
In article <cgould-2611...@nntp.netcruiser>,
CMG <cgo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>Which reminds me of:
>
>(Those are) "CATALPA" (trees...)
>
>"The Bank Dick", with W.C. Fields
>
>& I've yet to hear "catalpa" in any other context.
>
>--Curt Gould
;-) I beg your pardon!!!! I grew up on Catalpa Way in San Bruno,
California (near San Francisco)....
Besides, the best weird-word joke pulled off by WC Fields was
"Lake Titicaca" (Don't know which movie)
slm
fl...@frontiernet.net
Scribbler wrote:
>
> "Badges" - Badges? We don't need no stinkin' etc.
>
> "Rectum" - Rectum? Damned near killed 'em!
Movie! What MOVIE?! What MOVIE does that ONE WORD bring back to your
mind?
<sigh>
fl...@frontiernet.net
PJK wrote:
> I guess this is a bad example 'cause I can't remember which Marx Brothers movie
> it is from, but
>
> SWORDFISH
>
Just keeping you honest - can we count this one, class? Can one word
trigger a movie if you can't remember the *name* of the movie?
Scribbler
Guinness? Might help <g>
Scribbler
deja...@aol.com
I thought of another:
"Mendacity"
Burl "Big Daddy" Ives, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
Happy Thanksgiving!
Darryl
Catty
Scribbler <scri...@istar.ca> wrote:
>"Badges" - Badges? We don't need no stinkin' etc.
>"Rectum" - Rectum? Damned near killed 'em!
>Scribbler
redrum - does this count? It was written on the door in THE SHINING. I can't
remember if the boy said it tho?
Catty
Chris Pal
Catty (cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> redrum - does this count? It was written on the door in THE SHINING. I can't
> remember if the boy said it tho?
He said it quite a few times. All the while bending his finger ad nauseum.
BTW My "one word trigger"?
(ahem)
"KHAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!"
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Chris Pal (cp...@chat.carleton.ca)
The people who dub in dialogue for swearing on T.V. are a bunch of
Mickey Fickeys!!
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Jack Heraty
sma...@apollo.sfsu.edu (SUSAN LYNNE MALLET) wrote:
>In article <cgould-2611...@nntp.netcruiser>,
>CMG <cgo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>deja...@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>"KUMQUATS!!!!"
>>>
>>>"It's a Gift", with W.C. Fields.
>>>
>>>Darryl
>>
>>Which reminds me of:
>>
>>(Those are) "CATALPA" (trees...)
>>
>>"The Bank Dick", with W.C. Fields
>>
>>& I've yet to hear "catalpa" in any other context.
>>
>>--Curt Gould
>
>
>;-) I beg your pardon!!!! I grew up on Catalpa Way in San Bruno,
>California (near San Francisco)....
>
> Besides, the best weird-word joke pulled off by WC Fields was
>"Lake Titicaca" (Don't know which movie)
>
I think it may have been "International House", where he also said,
"my little chrysanthe-, my little chrysanthe-, my little chrys- . . .
my little hollyhock!"
--
Jack Heraty
The movies are great medicine/
Thank you, Thomas Edison/
For giving us The Best Years of Our Lives
- The Statler Brothers
Jack Heraty
rr...@spacecraft.com (Rob Ray) wrote:
>In article <19961127020...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, deja...@aol.com says:
>>
>>"KUMQUATS!!!!"
>>
>>"It's a Gift", with W.C. Fields.
>
>Ditto "LaFong". That's capital L, small a, capital f, small o, small
>n, small g.
>>
>>Darryl
>
Or (not an exact quote, different film) "I'll thank you to refer to me
as 'Larson E. Whipsnade', not 'Larceny Whipsnade'."
brian jones
In article <meripr-2611...@ip117.garden-city2.ny.interramp.com>,
mer...@pipeline.com wrote:
> "Stella!" from Streetcar
>
> "Giddyap!" from Ben Hur
???
> "Shi-
> -i
> -i
> -i
> -t" from Butch Cassidy
"SERPENTINE!" - THE IN-LAWS
Alan Arkin reports that he still has people, strangers, yelling
"SERPENTINE!" when they see him in the streets.
Brian "I know I would" Jones
--
GLEN: ...Yeah, it's a crazy world. | UCE IS U
HI: Someone oughta sell tickets. | My actual e-mail
GLEN: Sure, I'd buy one. | address does not
--Raising Arizona | contain an 'x'.
jrjoh...@aol.com
"Rosebud"...the obvious
"Xanadu"......Lost Horizon
And, hate to be picky, but the referance to "You Can't Cheat an Honest
Man" should have been......."My name is Whipsnade, not Whipsnake. And it's
Larson E., not Larceny"