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Favorite lines?

posted 20 years ago by TheaterFan24601
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Hey, what's everyone's favorite lines from DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS? List as many as you like. Here are my favorite lines...

(Freddy Benson as Ruprecht) Excuse me. May I go to the bathroom first?
(Lawrence Jamienson) Yes you may.
(Freddy) Thank you.

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(Arthur to Freddy) Welcome to Hell.

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(Freddy running around and banging his pot) OKLAHOMA! OKLAHOMA! OKLAHOMA! Etc.

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(Freddy) Great. Thanks. Thanks a yahoo!

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(Freddy) Oh, Lawrence! This is the happiest day of my life! I think my testicles are dropping!

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(Freddy) I got culture coming outta my @$$.

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(Lawrence) Freddy, don't you ever have an thought that originates from above the waist?
(Freddy) No!

[–] ladylavende 18 years ago

Okay, how is it that no one has posted this line, the best line of the whole movie and one of my favorite lines from a movie ever--

"I was with another woman. You're French; you can understand that."
"To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American."

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=8093247

[–] TheaterFan24601 17 years ago

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I love the whole Ruprecht eating scene.

"Ruprecht, eat your apple sauce."
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Heh. Yeah. Especially when Ruprecht spits the applesauce out. That scene cracks me up.

[–] Princess-Leia1 17 years ago

The part that makes the "cork/fork" dinner scene funnier:
He has a cork on his fork to prevent him from hurting himself....and others, and yet he's allowed a trident at the dinner table, which is essentially a giant fork.

The whole movie cracks me up. One of Steve Martin's best. Plus I'm from Oklahoma, so I die laughing when he runs around the room yelling.
And no everybody does not talk like that woman does.

I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I'm no dummy.
T~O

[–] undertheblacklight 17 years ago

haha crawling around the sand bit is great!

laurence "may the best man win"
freddy "thank you!"

love the scene in the dining car at the beginning too when he gives the 'gram grams' speech- "it is always better to be truthful and good....than to...not"

"2 beers (you wanna beer?) 3 beers..."

[–] delt_ 15 years ago

"Ruprecht, have you been banging your pots again?"

[–] dannygrexquinn 15 years ago

Janet . . . thank you . . . Hahaha! Number One! Number One! Number One! Number Wow!

Arthur I'm sorry I broke your VHS player. I want you to give me the make and model number, as soon as I'm settled I'll send you a check.
Oh shut up!

Of the lousy . . . She is disgusting, she is lying, she is decietful, she is conniving, she is two-faced AND SHE IS DISHONEST!

You remeber that story of the fiancee and the dancer? How did that make you feel?
It made me physically sick.

[–] falcon2484 15 years ago

Can't believe nobody posted:

"Oh, come on, she's keeping the mink! I mean, if we take her for everything, she still comes out of it with a very very nice mink!"

And:

"Oh, I almost forgot! The man Chips can't do without! The whiz kid! Randy Bentwick! (Freddy extends his hand, Janet grasps his jaw and mouth) Unfortunately, Randy is a mute."

"Fellas, last year I made three million dollars. But your fifty thousand was the most fun. Are you ready? (Deeper voice) Then let's go get 'em."

Incidentally, Glenne Headly's sly little smile makes this scene what it is. Also, watch Janet's introduction to the movie -- as she puts her sunglasses back on, she gives this little look. It's perfect, seeming to say: "I'm ready for some action."

The Falcon flies

[–] no-haya-banda 15 years ago

"dont you feel any emotion above the waist" - lawrence jameson

..dont try to get tough with a keyboard

[–] nolanfincher 14 years ago

"Not Mother?"

If my name isn't doctor [WHACK] Emil [WHACK] Schauffhausen [WHACK]! [...] The third [WHACK]!!!

[–] Pancakeshouse85 14 years ago

Freddy: Look what I did in the dining car, that was like twenty bucks! Do you have any idea what it's like to take a woman for twenty bucks?

Lawrence: No, I haven't. It's a little out of my class.

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[–] lwebster20032003 14 years ago

While Lawrence is whipping Freddy on the legs: "I'll have him running and jumping in no time, or my name isn't Doctor Emil Schlaufhausen...(then one final whip with emphasis): "The third!!!

[–] kenny-tarr 14 years ago

YOU WERE SAYING, DIANA, YOU DONT THINK THE POOR SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN MUSEUMS?

[–] Susie812 14 years ago

(Freddy) Oh, Lawrence! This is the happiest day of my life! I think my testicles are dropping!

LMAO!!!

Phoebe: Wait a minute, you just said something.
Paige: I did? Was it smart?

[–] pd270 12 years ago

After Freddy gets whipped in the shin, Janet says "Look, he's so happy he's crying."

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[–] Chube 12 years ago

The butler asking "May I have your trident, sir?" is one of my absolute favourite!!

"If life gives you lemons then ask for salt and tequila"

[–] Howlin Wolf 11 years ago

Forrest Lawrenceson... We're like *this* !!!!

"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"

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[–] MovieMusings 11 years ago

Ruprecht! It is I, your brother.
(turning to Miss Trumble) No sudden moves.

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I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd.

[–] DBloodnok 11 years ago

We must try something else; something a little more....stringent.

"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."

[–] cygnusxjg 11 years ago

No actual "lines", but the non-verbal, physical humor while Freddy was going through his "training". Hilarious! Puttin' on the Ritz being played in the background also added to this portion of the movie. Good stuff.

Sometimes you don't sound like you're kidding, you know, there's a lotta people around...

[–] ronniehrubin 9 years ago

Surprised no one mentions this line; there's not much to it, but I love it;

"WOW" "WOW" "All I can say is WOW'!!

Love this line!

[–] psdhart 9 years ago

You've been banging on your pots again, haven't you? I've told you... if you keep on doing it, you won't have any pots left

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[–] Gadare 9 years ago

The more he sees us dance, the more he will get used to it.

"I slept with you and you're in love with my husband. What the hell am I supposed to do with that?"