You read that book I gave you?

I found it in a Maserati in Beverly Hills.

Quick Movie Reviews

True to my word, I rented this from my local big box soulless DVD rental store:
And after watching it again after not seeing it for years, I have to say it holds up damn well. Parts of it made me laugh out loud and I was reminded of some of the other great quotes from it:

"Repo man's got all night, every night."

"Ordinary people, I fucking hate 'em."

"I don't want no Commies in my car...no Christians either!"

"No one is innocent."

It's a modern classic all right. If you haven't ever seen it, see it. If you haven't seen it in a long time, see it again soon.

I didn't hate this movie as much as Johnny Yen did, but I will say it disappointed me. It was glacially paced and you could see everything coming a mile off. According to the DVD box it's a classic. After finally seeing it, I can say, it's not a classic but it's okay.


And finally, season four of one of our favorite TV shows ever is finally out on DVD!
We watched the first three episodes last night and it's as good as ever. Who ever decided to cast Albert Brooks deserves a Nobel prize for genius. He's great, as is everyone else, as usual. Yay Weeds!

Pop Culture Friday

This week's paraphrased pop culture question on The Onion AV Club blog is:

What movie do you keep quoting lines from even if no one gets the reference but you?

Hands down, no contest, for me it's Repo Man.

It's chock full of great quotable lines like:

"John Wayne was a fag."

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"Have a nice day."
"Day, night, it don't mean shit."

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"Someone says plate, then someone says shrimp...then someone says plate of shrimp."

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"Credit is a scared trust. You think they got credit in Russia?"

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"Feeling 7-Up, I'm feeling 7-Up."

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"Let's go get sushi and not pay."

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"You read that book I gave you?"

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I used to quote lines from Pulp Fiction but after it became the approved hipster thing to do, I quit it. Although sometimes I'll let a "Bacon tastes guud. Pork Chops taste guud," slip from my tounge. And "Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead."

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Stripes and Caddyshack are also a couple of my go to movies to quote from. "Chicks dig me because I rarely wear underwear," is nothing short of classic. One of the proudest moments of my pop culture life came to me on an overcast day on the golf course a few years ago. I was playing with an older dude who I am sure had never seen Caddyshack and when it started to sprinkle he said, "I guess I better go on in." I looked at him and I said that memorable line first uttered by Bil Murray as Groundskeeper Carl, "Oh, I'd keep playin', the heavy stuff isn't gonna come down till later." He looked at me like I was an idiot and he went in out of the rain. As I finished playing the front nine by myself, I could not help but chuckle at my quotings.

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Now, what are your go to movies for quotes?

Congratulations to....

...my young cousin Tim Greene in Bainbridge, GA who is graduating high school this Thursday! Since I pissed off Tim's mom he doesn't call or write me much anymore, well except for the graduation notice he sent me so I'd send him a card with a check in it. The card and the check are on the way Tim, and I meant what I said in the card young man, don't let anyone who has never been to college talk you out of pursing higher education.

Congrats to this gal
for making a bikini top out of bacon. Mmmm, bacon.

Congrats to Senator Obama for winning the majority of pledged Democratic party delegates!

And last but not least, congratulations go out to my blog buddy Devilham! He not only has the coolest little boy in the world, he's also the winner of this week's Name That Film contest. Devilham and three other people knew the film in question was Repo Man, which is one of my favorite films of all time.

Devilham old man, send me your snail mail address and I'll shoot you out a vintage postcard with a Zen like proverb written on the back.

Two for Tuesday

Here are two movie posters and a quotes from my two favorite Alex Cox films:

"You read that book I give you?"

"Aww man, I don't read no books."

"Elvis is king."