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Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and place they are capable of anything.
What the heck ever happened to screwball comedies? From my thinking, thank god for "Groundhog Day".Howard: Good morning.
Mr Kaltenborn: No, I don't think so. I'm Mr Kaltenborn, the manager of what's left of the hotel.
Howard: I'm sorry about all this whole mess here. Usually this doesn't happen.
Mr Kaltenborn: Dr Bannister, I have a message for you from the staff of the hotel.
Howard: What is it?
Mr Kaltenborn: Goodbye.
Howard: That's the entire message?
Mr Kaltenborn: We would appreciate it if you would check out.
Howard: When?
Mr Kaltenborn: Yesterday.
Howard: That soon?
"You know, Sicilians are great liars. The best in the world. I'm Sicilian. My father was the world heavyweight champion of Sicilian liars. From growin' up with him I learned the pantomime. There are seventeen different things a guy can do when he lies to give himself away. A guy's got seventeen pantomimes. A woman's got twenty, a guy's got seventeen. But if you know 'em like ya know your own face, they beat lie detectors all to hell. Now, what we got here is a little game of show and tell. You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything. I know you know where they are. So tell me, before I do some damage you won't walk away from."
What I also like about his acting is he always seems to be thinking, and when appropriate, every word seems to have either a subtext, an underlying threat, or both.Christopher Walken is just about my most favorite actor. With him the joke is always on the rest of us.
Where the tusks are looserFrom "Horsefeathers". Groucho is lounging in a canoe, while the "college widow" paddles.
College Widow; "Oh, you brought a canoe!"
Groucho; "Yes. I was going to get a flat bottom, but the girl at the boathouse didn't have one."
"I want my 2 dollars!" ~ Better Off Dead
What the heck ever happened to screwball comedies? From my thinking, thank god for "Groundhog Day".