Hercules and missed joke
Jeff Cope
There was a joke in Hercules that I completely missed but the row in front of
me was laughing for quite a while. It's been driving me crazy since Sat. I'm
trying to think how to ask this without ruining it for anybody, so here goes.
When Pain & Panic were trapped for Hercules to save, one of them yelled
something like "somebody call the ----". It sounded like an abbreviation with
4 letters.
If you know what it was and what it meant, can you please let me know? If it
would ruin the joke for others, feel free to email me.
Thanks,
Jeff
C. Wolffe
jeff...@nol.net (Jeff Cope) writes:
I don't know if it will ruin it for others, but the joke was:
'Somebody call IX-I-I!' In Roman Numerals, 9-1-1. That one goes by
so fast in the movie, most of the people at the sneak preview didn't
get it either. I just barely caught it. :)
Cath
Tony W
> When Pain & Panic were trapped for Hercules to save, one of them yelled
> something like "somebody call the ----". It sounded like an abbreviation
with
> 4 letters.
>
> If you know what it was and what it meant, can you please let me know?
If it
> would ruin the joke for others, feel free to email me.
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
I didn't get that joke either when I first saw it, but after I thought
about it, it was hell of funny! They said, "Call IX I I". Now if you know
Roman Numerals, you should get the joke.
Jon Robertson
He said "somebody call IX-I-I" (pronounced EYE EX EYE EYE) which
are the Roman numerals for 9-1-1.
>==========Jeff Cope, 6/23/97==========
>
>There was a joke in Hercules that I completely missed but the
>row in front of
>me was laughing for quite a while. It's been driving me crazy
>since Sat. I'm
>trying to think how to ask this without ruining it for anybody,
>so here goes.
>
lapin
In article <5omskf$5...@rap.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM>,
jon.ro...@ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM (JXR) wrote:
I missed this one as well in the theater. After the film I got the Bob
Thomas book. (I did not want it to spoil me). This is shown there in the
storyboard, it is actually a visual joke. I for one need to see numbers
externally, I had great trouble with this in math class mixing the names
of the numbers with the numbers themselves. I did not know this until some
of the more recent studies on how people learn math. I note that when I
now repeat the joke to frends and co workers, with the above explinaton I
some get it immediatly. Others there is this pause, then pow. I reviewed
the film to our monday night Science fiction club got simular results. BTW
there were three reviews of B&R They got worse and worse. What did that
cost 221M & it made 40M. What Herc cost 70M. Think herc can top B&R?
Hercules see it; See it many times again and again.
xxxx
Bryan E. Esquire
In article <5omskf$5...@rap.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM>,
Jon Robertson <jon.ro...@ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM> wrote:
>He said "somebody call IX-I-I" (pronounced EYE EX EYE EYE) which
>are the Roman numerals for 9-1-1.
Oh, I caught it...with a slight delay of course, but I was the ONLY
one in the packed theatre to laugh!! My friends were poking me, trying to
get the joke out of me, and all I could do was laugh...
Actually, a lot of the people in the theatre didn't catch many of the
jokes. Like when Phil starts spinning that dish, and the picture on it
becomes animated? Small things like that...
--
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I noticed some kids in my audience caught this. I found that odd.
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Bryan E. Esquire <bas...@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote in article
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Xenex Realintus
Jeff Cope wrote:
>
> There was a joke in Hercules that I completely missed but the row in front of
> me was laughing for quite a while. It's been driving me crazy since Sat. I'm
> trying to think how to ask this without ruining it for anybody, so here goes.
>
> When Pain & Panic were trapped for Hercules to save, one of them yelled
> something like "somebody call the ----". It sounded like an abbreviation with
> 4 letters.
>
> If you know what it was and what it meant, can you please let me know? If it
> would ruin the joke for others, feel free to email me.
> Thanks,
> Jeff
I have a similar question. When Pain and Panic gave baby Hercules the
potion, I could swear I heard them call it "a little Christian
formula". What did you guys hear?
Cora Hoover Hooper
In article <33B8B7...@mindless.com>,
Xenex Realintus <xe...@mindless.com> wrote:
>I have a similar question. When Pain and Panic gave baby Hercules the
>potion, I could swear I heard them call it "a little Christian
>formula". What did you guys hear?
I heard "A little Grecian Formula" Anyone else?
- Stephanie
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Trav
On Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:54:32 -0700, Xenex Realintus
<xe...@mindless.com> wrote:
>I have a similar question. When Pain and Panic gave baby Hercules the
>potion, I could swear I heard them call it "a little Christian
>formula". What did you guys hear?
You've been reading too much about the Disney boycott my friend!
hehee, I believe they said "Grecian" - but I could be wrong. Makes
sense though since they're in Greece... :-/
Trav
Gary Trousdale
"Someone call IX I I!!"
Charles P. Buchanan
In article <33B8B7...@mindless.com>, xe...@mindless.com wrote:
> Jeff Cope wrote:
>
> I have a similar question. When Pain and Panic gave baby Hercules the
> potion, I could swear I heard them call it "a little Christian
> formula". What did you guys hear?
Grecian formula. :)
--Charles Buchanan
FDC Official Duck (WAK!)
Duck on FDCMuck
Mitch & Judi Barrett
Trav wrote:
>
> On Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:54:32 -0700, Xenex Realintus
>
> >I have a similar question. When Pain and Panic gave baby Hercules the
> >potion, I could swear I heard them call it "a little Christian
> >formula". What did you guys hear?
>
> hehee, I believe they said "Grecian" - but I could be wrong. Makes
> sense though since they're in Greece... :-/
>
> Trav
Trav - you got it - it was "Grecian formula". I took it as a play on
words off the hair tonic that at least used to be on the market to
remove the gray from men's hair. It was called "Grecian Formula".
Judi
Carol Koster
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On 1 Jul 1997, Cora Hoover Hooper wrote:
> From: Cora Hoover Hooper <gt6...@prism.gatech.edu>
> In article <33B8B7...@mindless.com>,
> Xenex Realintus <xe...@mindless.com> wrote:
> >I have a similar question. When Pain and Panic gave baby Hercules the
> >potion, I could swear I heard them call it "a little Christian
> >formula". What did you guys hear?
>
> I heard "A little Grecian Formula" Anyone else?
> - Stephanie
Yes, I heard this too: Greek gods, Grecian Formula hair coloring for men,
baby formula combo-joke.
The original Disney animators used to get $5/per gag they could think up
for the animated features and Disney cartoons. I wonder how much the
folks at today's Disney Feature Animation earn for each of the little
jokes and gags inserted in Hercules? ;-)
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Kdroz
There was also a SCAR (from the lion king) skin in one of the scenes.