what does everyone do to pay for their habit, er, hobby?

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Posted By: jay behrens

my favorite family friendly line from Clerks is "What do stormtroopers know about plumbing? All they know is killing and white unforms."

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: rob

1. "flying blind on a rocket cycle?"
2. "here's a picture of my sister, you can all have her, i hear she's very good"
3. "listen, do you smell something?"

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Posted By: barrysloate

Almost every line is a classic, but they are not appropriate for this board. Kevin Smith made that movie for $27,000, and its a classic (and I know Bill is going to delete this thread-we are way off topic).

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Posted By: Dave

1. Flash Gordon
2. Caddyshack
3. Ghostbusters

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Posted By: rob

1. flash gordon
2. not caddyshack
3. ghostbusters

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Posted By: Brent Butcher

Contract design Engineer specializing in military vehicles and fitness club owner. Would love to buy and sell cards for a living but unfortunately I enjoy buying more than selling!

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Posted By: Julie

1. "To England I'll steal, and there--I'll steal, and patches will I get unto these scars, and swear I got them--within these present walls!" 1945
2. "A man who don't know where he belong, gotta be in a whole lotta pain!" 1984
3. "Not the station where all the trains stop; the station where all the stations stop." (most of movie is subtitled; this is in English)1988-89
4. "They weren't too big on ballpoint pens in '43." 1994?
5. "Think you're funny?" (most of movie is subtitled; this is in English)2003

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Posted By: Josh K.

2. Spies Like Us - great movie

To those Clerks fans out there - I agree, absolutely one of the funniest movies ever made.

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Posted By: rob

2. spies like us

very good

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

I'm a composer, orchestrator and conductor of music for television, films, recordings, based in Hollywood. I've worked with a wide range of folks, from Angela Lansbury to Metallica.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Did Metallica do the theme music for "Murder She Wrote?"

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Posted By: jay behrens

Julie, I'm a movie junkie and have over 300 movies on DVD, but you are getting too esoteric in your pics even for me. I have no clue what movies those are. I am not exactly into mainstream movies. Lee will vouch for that.

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: Julie

1) (Olivier's) "Henry V"
2) "A Soldier's Story" ( D. Washington's first big part)
3) "Wings of Desire" (German)
4) "Angel Heart"
5) "The Barbarian Invasions" (French-Canadian)

Didn't realize I was THAT weird...

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Posted By: Gilbert Porter

Barely 24 hours after this is posted, and there are 60 responses as to what you do for a living. When do you guys actually earn your living??????

I too am a lawyer - specializing in financing matters in the NY area. I usually tell people that I specialize in structuring long-term investments in countries nobody wants to visit for more than 5 minutes - that cuts the conversation short.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Julie- those were very esoteric movies- even I didn't get one. And Bruce,I didn't know you worked with Metallica. Did you know that Beavis and Butthead wore Metallica and AC/DC t-shirts all the time? I know that, because they are my heroes. I model my life after them.
Anyway, I didn't even contribute to this site yet. I have been a full-time dealer of baseball memorabilia for more than twenty years, and for someone who is lazy and doesn't really like to work, it has been in many ways the ideal profession for me. Before that, I taught English at at C.W. Post college on Long Island while simultaneously working at the Village Chess Shop on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village getting paid to play chess with the patrons (and sell a few chess sets and books as well). Imagine getting paid to play chess.

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Posted By: This Is Your Capt Speaking

And it's on its way to Cuba!

Julie and Barry are at the controls.

Feel free to walk about the ocean!

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Posted By: Julie

"esoteric" by Jay behrens, NAMED the 5 movies, got told they were esoteric by Barry Sloate. How have I hijacked this thread?

IMHO, you guys have NO taste in movies...not even "A Soldier's Story"? Where have you BEEN?

...and a trimmed Yum Yum to you!

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Posted By: jay behrens

Actually, Hal is the original culprit in the hijacking of this thread. Julie, don't take offense to my comment, it just means that if can stump me on the movies, then have almost zero chance of anyone else on this board recognizing them. I've probably seen thousand movies or more in my lifetime and I've heard of a few of them on your list, but never seen them.

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: Glenn

A thousand? I've easily seen three thousand movies. I keep a ranked list of my top 500. Wings of Desire, by the way, is on there, although I confess I couldn't place the quote. Anyone seen Eight Men Out? (I'm trying to steer us back to vintage baseball. Should I start a new thread where we can debate the merits of Eight Men Out and Cobb?)

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Posted By: Ben

I have seen 4 out of Julie's 5 movies. My two favorites were "Wings of Desire" (Wim Wenders, 1987) and "Les Invasions Barbares". Jay, you'll have to relinquish your self-proclaimed title of film expert until you've seen "Wings of Desire"....truly a great film. There was an American remake in 1998 called "City of Angels" starring Nick Cage and Meg Ryan - I'm sure you've seen that one, Jay.

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Posted By: barrysloate

I'm a movie freak too. How many out there can say they've seen all of the extant silent movies of Greta Garbo? I think I've seen them all. But I prefer off beat cult classics, like "Performance", "O Lucky Man", "Pulp Fiction", etc. But we're off topic again and Bill is going to pull the plug.

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Posted By: Richard Masson

that image of the pig-man shivering under the blanket is still with me 30 years later...

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Posted By: Travis

Write books.

www.sfmasher.cjb.net



Some reviews:

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Posted By: ChuckkieB

I work for a global news organization as a Client Relationship Manager. It's a job that pays me well enough to afford me the luxury of spending way beyond my means, particularly on vintage cards.

My wife is pretty understanding (most of the time) of my addiction, not because she shares my passion for vintage cards, but because I consistently flower her with gifts to distract her. Diamonds, jewelry, spa days, and lots of chocolate usually does the trick, but they have lost their effectiveness over the years. As a result, I devised a plan that created the biggest distraction of all - kids! Two kids later, and she barely has a second to speak to me, let alone complain or notice my gluttonous spending! :-P

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Posted By: Julie

Glenn: In "Wings of Desire," Peter Falk (playing himself) is taking a walk in Berlin, and sees a derelict train station. He's remembereing his (German, I guess), grandmother talking about a train station, the big one, "Not the one where all the trains stop, but the one where all the stations stop."

It is NOT exactly in keeping with the plot of the movie that Falk should have a German grandmother to remember, if you remember it...but in that scene, he does.

Barry, I've sent you capsule descriptions of all 5 of the movies.

The new Forum I joined "groups@yahoogroup1919BlackSox:--or something like that, has some serious questions about 8 men out. Not just the movie, but the book as well. I enjoyed both a lot. Asinov wrote a follow-up called "Bleeding between the Lines,' which is really about Susskind trying to steal the rights to his book, but he gets in a conversation with Hap felch and some other juicy stuff.

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Posted By: barrysloate

The pig man scene is one of the most horrifying things I've seen on film, because they made it seem so real. Did you know that Alan Price, who played piano and wrote the music for the film, was the original organist for the Animals, and played all the great organ on "House of the Rising Sun"

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Posted By: barrysloate

Since this thread is so far off the topic of baseball, here's a baseball joke I made up. Actually, it's more of a riddle.

Q: What did the batting coach of the 1910 Cubs say when he noticed a hitch in the swing of his star second baseman?

A: Did anyone here tinker with Evers, by chance?

Don't laugh too hard.

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Posted By: Glenn

Thanks, Julie. Seen Faraway So Close?

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Posted By: jay behrens

It's possible seen far more than 1000 movies. I erred ont he side of conservative. A number of movies I've seen an insane number of times like Rocky Horror Picture Show (301 times), Star Wars (several hundred times) and Pulp Fiction, Fight Club and Snatch are right up there too. Moulin Rouge also gets a lot of play just for background music.

Right now, I'm trying to find a copy of Metropolis with the 20 minutes of perviously unknown footage they found a few years ago. The copy I have right now have the the nudity put back in it that the censors lopped off.

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: Julie

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Posted By: barrysloate

Metropolis is great (1926, I believe). I've seen it, but not with the nude footage. But it rings a bell.

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Posted By: This Is Your Capt Speaking

Unbeknown to each other, they're from different factions.
After a heated debate, they have voted down the movie "Citizen Kane" and replaced it with "Love Finds Andy Hardy".

I've just been informed by one of the attendants, that after hearing Barry's Tinkers to Evers to Chance joke, two of the terrorist have decided to leave us, and didn't want any company coming along with them.
They decided on a dual strangulation.
Their passing will have no affect on the Andy Hardy vote.
Not to worry, they have been placed in the last row, and have their seat belts on.

I'll get back to you with the weather in Havana.

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Posted By: smokeyjoes-r- us

pick me up a box or two of Monte #2's and PSD4's whilst in Havana...

...or if you happen to swing into Brazil

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Posted By: shellyjaffe

My favorite movies are. Ecstasy with Heidi Lamar. The Thief of Baghdad with Sabu. Blazing Saddles. Lost Horizons and the first Thin man movie with William Powell.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Brazil is a great movie. I love Terry Gilliam's work. I am lucky enough to own the Criterian Edition on DVD. Last I heard, it's going for over $200 now. For those that aren't into DVDs, it's always worth picking up Criterian Editions of DVDs, they have great resale value.

Jay- needs to collect fewer things so he can spend more money on cards.



I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: David

Retired Land Surveyor residing happily-ever-after in Honolulu. Inherited a whack of money a few years back. Enough for groceries and the odd Joe Wood card.
Some favorite movies: Footlight Parade, The Best Years of Our Lives
Some movie lines: 1)You want my advice? Go back to Bulgaria. 2)Have you ever heard of the Giant Rat of Sumatra?
(I can tell you which film the "Bulgaria" line is from; I do not know where the "Sumatra" line comes from, probably from a Sherlock Holmes movie. It is useful when ordering coffee at Starbucks).

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Posted By: ramram

Just about anything that came out of Slim Pickens mouth in the movie "1941". Especially when the Japs were trying to get him to sh*t out the Cracker Jack compass that he swallowed.

"You sneaky little bastards ain’t getting’ doodly-**** outta me!”

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Posted By: Rhys

Jay

What is a Criterien Edition of a DVD?

Rhys

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Posted By: jay behrens

Rhys, they are DVDs with a silver band at the top of the box that Criterian Edition. It's pretty hard to miss. Mostly from Paramount and MGM. They have lots of special features and a very high quality picture transfer. If you are a movie buff, you will notice the difference.

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: Julie

Never buy a DVD for under $10--it will just be a transfer from some old VHS tape.

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Posted By: Julie

("Lost Horizon"--isn't it singular, not plural?

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Posted By: Dave

Speaking of Heidi Lamar, did you know that she actually was issued a patent on a secure radio trnsmission scheme where the source and receiver hopped frequency on a pre-determined pattern. This was in the early 40's. You gotta love the history of technology.

I'm sure she was a big BB fan. That puts this back on topic, maybe.

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Posted By: This Is Your Capt Speaking

It is with a heavey heart that I must inform you that it was one of the movie options that were found unacceptable by the Terrorist, and Sabu.
Andy Hardy it is.

You may continue to walk about the ocean, and please don't disturb the two passengers in the last row, that are in a deep sleep.

Oh yes, one more thing.
This is indeed a bad day.
I've just been informed that the duty free store at the La Habana Areopuerto no longer offers Monte #2's - PSD4's or any tobacco of any kind.
As per Castro:
Welcome To Tobacco Free Cuba!

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Posted By: Julie

It is MENTIONED by Watson as a tale "the world is not yet ready for," in one of the Sherlock Holmes stories..naw, I don't know which one. The Firesign Theater put out an album by that name in 1974 (I think they were a quite good comedy group), and a man wrote a not-so-hot novel called "Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra" fairly recently..

End of report.

And a VERY interestingly miscut Pud Galvin to you!!

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Posted By: This Is Your Capt Speaking

And those on the right will see some more blue ocean.

Here in the cockpit, we find ourselves in a slightly different scenario.

We have a Julie, Barry and a Jay fighting over the controls.
One of them is saying something about Berkley.
Then we have someone in the background by the name of Pud, screaming that he wants to get back to Pittsburgh.
Outside of that, sit back and enjoy your flight.

Oh yes almost forgot, while you're walking about, please don't disturb the two sleeping gentlemen in the back. .... thank you.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

"That's Hedley!"--Blazing Saddles, my #1 movie.

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Posted By: Julie

"Mary Cecilia Brown
Came to town on the Hollywood bus
She climbed to the top of the Hollywood sign
And with the smallest possible fuss

"She jumped off the letter H
Cause she did not become a star.
She died in less thasn a minute and a half,
She looked a bit like Heddy Lamar."

Dory Previn

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Posted By: JimB

I am a professor of Buddhist philosophy. I translate and explain ancient Indian and Tibetan philosophical texts including some translation work for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. I sometimes like to think of the research as intellectual archeology. You can find one of my books by entering my name at amazon.com.
Julie, if you are a docent at the Asian Art museum in S.F., we would probably have something to talk about other than baseball.
Jim

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Posted By: Julie

and "compassion." I wondered if you agreed with it. The Thunderbolt reprents "skillful means" in the hands of a monk, priest or lama, but "campassion" in the hands of a bodhisattva.

Er--maybe we should adjourn to e-mail?