Curb Your Enthusiasm has always been one of my favorite shows, and for good reason. It's fucking brilliant. I've been re-watching all the old episodes, ramping up for the show's return in July and I'm honestly blown away by how funny every episode is, no matter how many times I've seen it. I I had gotten so immersed in it that apparently a bit of Larry David's caricature of himself had unknowingly worked itself into my everyday life. I caught myself doing this the other day when a couple of friends of mine asked me how I was doing. I wasn't even trying to quote it, it just came out. Halfway through it I realized what I was doing and started laughing, which of course confused everyone. Happened twice more since then. I don't mean for it to happen, I have actual answers of my own, but for some reason this one phrase keeps popping up... Focus: What seemingly insignificant phrases, whether it be from television, movies, celebrity, etc do you find yourself quoting? I'm obviously not talking about Chappelle Show bullshit, Anchorman quotes, or anything so played out it's annoying. Think more like this and not like this.
I will quote things all the time, some of which most people get, and some of which are solely for my amusement. Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? Basically every single thing from The Juggernaut Bitch!! and its sequels: "Pimpsmack yo ass, bitch!" "Shut the fuck up, Charles!" "I'm gonna kill him and I'm gonna rape him and I'm gonna eat his fucking costume, just wait." "This is a Dodge." "That's the last time I do that PCP with those Korean Bitches..." "Zap yo dumb ass!" "Comb your beard, I don't wanna hear that shit." "You can't harm me, are you a fucking ass? Do you not know who I am? He must not know who I am." "I'm bad, I'm the baddest motherfucker in the world." "Oh, I'm ready to beat his ass." "Oh man look at all this money, hell yea sellin' them hoes is easy as hell." "PANCHO VILLLAAAA....what the fuck?" You're killing me, Smalls! You can have (whatever)...right after you...suck on dese little CHINESE NUTS! A whaat? That's some bad hat, Harry. (before it was popular) Anything from John Lithgow's character in Buckaroo Banzai, but especially: Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy! (Asian person's name)! Dat Little Asian Critter! Home is-a where you wear your hat! I feel-a so break up, I wanna go home! If-a dere's one thing I hate, it's to be mistaken for-a some-a-body else! Get me Meester John a-Bigbooty at-a Yoyodyne-a propulsion systems!
In sixth grade I could pretty much recite the whole movie. Somehow this line has stuck with me since then:
I just said this in a rep, but along the same lines of Atticus, I always find myself saying another Dumb and Dumber quote. When Harland Williams pulls over Harry and Lloyd and notices the beer bottles, he says "You felllas been doin' a bit of boozin', have ya?" This line cracks me up every time I see the movie, and I always quote it whenever I walk in on my friends drinking.
I find myself quoting Kevin Smith movies a lot. Holden: If the buzz is any indicator, that movie's gonna make some huge bank. Jay: What buzz? Holden: The Internet buzz. Jay: What the fuck is the Internet? Holden: The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another.
"Ohhhhh alright." From the end of the Goodfellas scene below. It's a pretty inconsequential scene, I just had a friend who picked up on it and started saying it, which started my saying it.
Being able to do the voice really well is a plus. I must be the most annoying drunk in the world when I bust that out though. Almost everything from this scene is gold and has been quoted to death by both myself and my father
My roommate and I used to be able to recite most of Mallrats. Even to this day I'll just randomly break out into the Superman/food court portion.
OK, who put the bullet in the furnace? It's a relatively obscure Bill Cosby stand up line that I use when I hear a loud noise. If anyone I am with says "Stop talking about my mother" in return their stock immediately goes up.
Out of all the good Doc Holiday quotes from Tombstone, the one my friend and I use the most (it can usually be heard at least once a week) is this one: With some keyboard cat thrown in for good measure. Also just about anything from The Big Lebowski. "He treats objects...like women...man" "It really tied the room together" or from Wayne's World "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." "Excuse me, Russel, but I believe I requested the hand job... " and the always classic "but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes." Anything from Del Preston really.
I use "your faith in your friends is yours" as a generic comeback, especially when it makes no sense. "Dude, you spilled ketchup on your pants." "Your faith in your friends is yours!"
I love this one from Lebowski. ALRIGHT! WAY TO GO [Insert name here]! I couldn't find a video for it, but another one I use alot is Shooter's line from this exchange in Happy Gilmore. "You're still away" "Yeah, I'm aware of that! Thank you."
I quote rap battles all the time. I don't have that many friends who are into battle rap, which makes for lovely confusion: "Ho ho ho, face jokes again!" "Grandma, if you get home before me, I left the frozen steaks out/My friend Harris and his parents are gonna take us to a steakhouse." "You have the key...to his chastity belt."
I've seen all of season 1 (and most of season 2) to the point of exhaustion, and one of my roommates and myself quote it regularly. Particularly: "Because THAT'S how you get ants!" "Look, he thinks he's people!" "That was totally NINJA!" [Anything said by Dr. Krieger. The possibilities here are vast] Also, I have been finding ways to implement this (even though it's semi-popular) into everyday conversation, for no reason whatsoever: