Noonan?
Codemaster Treatment
doing some other "physical dare," Joel and the Bots sometimes yell,
"Noonan!" repeatedly. What does this mean and where does it come from?
Mike Marcus (mich...@sol.cse.fau.edu)
Returning from the dead for fun and profit.
Dj
> When folks are trying to jump across a fissure (like in Lost Continent) or
> doing some other "physical dare," Joel and the Bots sometimes yell,
> "Noonan!" repeatedly. What does this mean and where does it come from?
The first time I heard this was during Caddyshack when somebody was trying to
make a putt, the rest of the guys kept saying 'Noonan' to try to distract him.
I always assumed this is where the guys got that from.
The big fat guy you were thinking of during the line "the pain, the
shame"...this could (IMHO) be a reference to the line in Apocalypse Now when
Brando was saying "the horror, the horror". They DID say it in a Brando-ish
way.
The line 'this is anyname' - 'hi anyname'..this is another AA reference.
Whenever someone new goes to a meeting they introduce themselves (or are
introduced) and everyone says 'hi' just like that (or that's the way I've seen
it in movies and tv etc...this isn't from first-hand experience).
Now-for my own questions :).....
Where does 'Game Over Man' come from. I've asked friends and gotten an answer
but I've forgotten now. I've heard the guys use this before and it's driving me
crazy.
-Dj
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Adam Servo Wells
A character in the movie "Aliens" said this, right when everyone else was
dying and he didn't have much hope left. Something like, "Game over, man!
We're all going to die!"
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> In article <1992May18....@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> mich...@pluto.uucp
> (Codemaster Treatment) writes:
>> doing some other "physical dare," Joel and the Bots sometimes yell,
>> "Noonan!" repeatedly. What does this mean and where does it come from?
>
>
> The first time I heard this was during Caddyshack when somebody was trying to
> make a putt, the rest of the guys kept saying 'Noonan' to try to distract him.
> I always assumed this is where the guys got that from.
>
The phrase "noonan" is analogous to saying "jinx". Some friends of mine
often use it while bowling or playing darts.
Scott
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John Switzer
>In article <1992May18.1...@menudo.uh.edu> do...@crick.bchs.uh.edu (Dj) writes:
>>In article <1992May18....@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> mich...@pluto.uucp
>>(Codemaster Treatment) writes:
>
>>Where does 'Game Over Man' come from. I've asked friends and gotten an answer
>>but I've forgotten now. I've heard the guys use this before and it's driving me
>>crazy.
>
>A character in the movie "Aliens" said this, right when everyone else was
>dying and he didn't have much hope left. Something like, "Game over, man!
>We're all going to die!"
This has been one of the more popular Macintosh computer sound bites - next to
Arnie's "I'll be back," I think I've seen "Game over, man" in more places than
any other.
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Bill Jeppesen
>From article <1992May18.1...@menudo.uh.edu>, by do...@crick.bchs.uh.edu (Dj):
>> In article <1992May18....@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> mich...@pluto.uucp
>> (Codemaster Treatment) writes:
>>> When folks are trying to jump across a fissure (like in Lost Continent) or
>>> doing some other "physical dare," Joel and the Bots sometimes yell,
>>> "Noonan!" repeatedly. What does this mean and where does it come from?
>>
>>
>> The first time I heard this was during Caddyshack when somebody was trying to
>> make a putt, the rest of the guys kept saying 'Noonan' to try to distract him.
>> I always assumed this is where the guys got that from.
>>
>
>The phrase "noonan" is analogous to saying "jinx". Some friends of mine
>often use it while bowling or playing darts.
>
>Scott
>--
Maybe so, but wasn't the character's name in Caddyshack "Danny Nooan?"
/bj
Bill Jeppesen
>>The phrase "noonan" is analogous to saying "jinx". Some friends of mine
>>often use it while bowling or playing darts.
>>
>>Scott
>>--
>
>Maybe so, but wasn't the character's name in Caddyshack "Danny Nooan?"
>
>/bj
>
Cliff Chaput
>When folks are trying to jump across a fissure (like in Lost Continent) or
>doing some other "physical dare," Joel and the Bots sometimes yell,
>"Noonan!" repeatedly. What does this mean and where does it come from?
This one's from Caddyshack. One of the characters is named Bobby (?)
Noonan, and at one point in the film he is performing a difficult golf
shot, and his friends are trying to distract him by interjecting things
like "Don't MISS!" and "Noonan!". Pretty funny film, actually.
"At last... we made it... to... the... side?" --Crow, Lost Continent
cliff
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Sean E. Trowbridge
>From article <1992May18.1...@menudo.uh.edu>, by do...@crick.bchs.uh.edu (Dj):
>> In article <1992May18....@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> mich...@pluto.uucp
>> (Codemaster Treatment) writes:
>>> When folks are trying to jump across a fissure (like in Lost Continent) or
>>> doing some other "physical dare," Joel and the Bots sometimes yell,
>>> "Noonan!" repeatedly. What does this mean and where does it come from?
>>
>> The first time I heard this was during Caddyshack when somebody was trying
>> to make a putt, the rest of the guys kept saying 'Noonan' to try to
>> distract him.
>> I always assumed this is where the guys got that from.
>>
>
>The phrase "noonan" is analogous to saying "jinx". Some friends of mine
>often use it while bowling or playing darts.
The phrase did in fact originate in Caddyshack, as the guy who was putting
was named Danny Noonan. Thus they were trying to distract him by yelling his
name. It's kind of weird how this word has evolved into common usage. I
wonder how long until it shows up in the dictionary? Could be the first movie
quote etymology. :-)
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(Sean E. Trowbridge) writes:
> It's kind of weird how this word has evolved into common usage.
Yeah right.
Eric A. Meyer
In a previous article, awe...@jarthur.claremont.edu (Adam "Servo" Wells) says:
>>Where does 'Game Over Man' come from. I've asked friends and gotten an
>>answer but I've forgotten now. I've heard the guys use this before and it's
>>driving me crazy.
>
>A character in the movie "Aliens" said this, right when everyone else was
>dying and he didn't have much hope left. Something like, "Game over, man!
>We're all going to die!"
In fact, it was Hudson who said this, right after the dropship crashed
into the side of the Atmosphere Processor. The (thus far) survivors are
sort of looking around at all of the smoking scrap metal and flames from
the crash, realizing that now they're trapped on Acheron with all the icky
alien things (so to speak) and you can hear Hudson yelling...
"Game over, man! What the fuck are s'posed to do now?!"
To which Burke (the slimy company guy) responds:
"Well, let's build a campfire...sing some songs or something!"
...and so on. If you really want more details, you can e-mail, but that
should be enough. Better still, see "Aliens" again! It's well worth it.
-EMeyer
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Melanie A. Miller
From that epitome of bravery in "Aliens," Corporal Hudson (Bill
Paxton). When the surviving humans were trapped in that small
room, Hudson starts making his predictions of doom.
Good use of the phrase, tho.
MAM