Toast in the Movie


Does anyoen remember the toast? "To all my friends, I wish them well, etc..."
ends in Hackensack?

Please let me know!

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The exact words were, "And here's to those who wish us well, and those that don't can got to Hackensack." I presume Hackensack, New Jersey is the eupehmism for hell, which would have rhymed with "well." How nice it was... in those days a word like "hell" would not have been mentioned. Hope this is what you need.

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One of the many reasons why I love movies from the thirties, forties, fifties and sixties: they don't use foul language. Don't get me wrong, I definitely like actors like Will Smith or Denzel Washington or Bruce Willis. I enjoy watching action movies like "Die Hard" or "Unstoppable", but WHY for heaven's sake is it necessary to write dialogues where every other word is f..k?
I don't know any people who talk like that and I wouldn't want to be in touch with anybody who uses foul language. I don't deny that there are some people using that kind of language all the time, but I doubt the majority of people does speak like that.
If they could do without the f word (or at least eliminate it most of the time), modern movies could be such a pleasure to watch.

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That's why God created Turner Classic Movies!

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". . . and on the eighth day God created Turner Classic Movies. And He saw that it was good. . ."

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I agree :) :) :)!
TCM is my favorite channel.

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