The greatest putdown line in the history of movies came in "The Carpetbaggers" when Jonas Cord (George Peppard) said to cowboy actor Nevada Smith (Alan Ladd) as he was leaving, "Don't try to act your way out the door, you'll never make it."
I don't want to talk to you no more you empty-headed animal food-trough water. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
Saw a good one on NCIS LA a while back ...
A male and female agents were watching a video of a man getting carjacked for his Porsche...The male says " That's why I don't drive a Porsche"...
The female says" I can think of 90,000 other reasons you don't drive a Porsche."
Another favorite...
Ohh, this is the worst-lookin' hat I ever saw. You buy a hat like this, I'll bet you get a free bowl of soup. ...Oh it looks good on you though.
"He's the only man I know who can strut sitting down"..E.K. Hornbeck (Gene Kelly) referring to Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) in Inherit the Wind"
In the western, The Professionals, I think. The Lee Marvin character is called a bastard. His reply was, "In my case, an accident of birth. You, sir, are a self-made man."
One of best putdowns of all time comes from one of the best movies of All Time in Glengarry Glen Ross with the famous scene between Ed Harris and Alec Baldwin.
EH "Whats your name?"
AB "F$%K you that's my name!"
AB "You know why mister, because you drove a Hyundai to get here and I drove an $80,000 BMW that's my name!"
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