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Is this the first film to use the famous quotation...?

posted 19 years ago by se7en7777
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"We gotta stop meeting like this."

Or at least a quotation to this effect. So many films and tv shows now use this quotation. It's become a classic but I'm not sure whether this was the first film to use it...or perhaps it was in a book or comic or something else first...anybody have any insight into this one?

[–] se7en7777 19 years ago

Anybody?

[–] MovieQuoteGal 19 years ago

I think it was!

Lorelai:The government will close that day.Barbra Streisand will give her final concert... again.

[–] lohocla-2 19 years ago

*beep* I cannot remember the movie name for anything right now... But that saying was from, at the very least, 20 years before 1972

[–] hankaaron 18 years ago

I know I've heard that line in at least one of those "swingin' '60s sex comedies"

[–] 18 years ago

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[–] thbryn 17 years ago

I would doubt it was original writing. I bet it was said in the '30's.

[–] tyronemayo 17 years ago

Isn't it a Groucho Marx line? I've wasted 10 minutes googling different permutations of the phrase, but with no luck. So maybe the writing style & Streisand's delivery are meant as a pastiche - several exchanges are straight out of the Marx Brothers handbook, this one struck me in particular (Streisand even changes her voice for the punchline & all that's missing is the cigar!):-

Judy: Has anyone ever told you that you are very, very sexy?
Hugh: Well, actually no.
Judy: They never will.

I had to check on the Memorable Quotes Page for the exact wording.