G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 (edited) Mr. Gower cables you need cash. [stop] My office instructed to advance you up to twenty-five thousand dollars. [stop] Hee-haw and Merry Christmas. Sam Wainwright. Edited December 14, 2007 by G-Manicus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Sadly, the vital message never reaches George, as Uncle Billy's raven swoops down and snatches the telegram from the hand of the distracted delivery boy. Because Sam never receives a grateful acknowledgement from George, he spitefully changes his mind about sending the cash. Bailey Building & Loan Association goes belly up. Clarence never gets his wings. It's a not-so-wonderful life. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Buffalo gal, won't you come out tonight, won't you come out tonight ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Buffalo gal, won't you come out tonight, won't you come out tonight ... Not even if you lasso the moon. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 (edited) Always fun to watch for is the cameo by 19 year old Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (of Little Rascals fame) as the scorned rival of George Bailey who exacts his revenge by opening up the floor over the swimming pool on an unsuspecting George and Mary during the big Charleston contest: "Did you know there's a swimming pool under this floor? And did you know that button behind you causes this floor to open up? And did you further know that George Bailey is dancing right over that crack? And I've got the key?" Edited December 14, 2007 by G-Manicus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 And, of course, there's the famous lost ending: "The fully realized vision of an authentic American genius." The Lost Ending -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Hey, look mister, we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast. And we don't need any characters around to give the joint atmosphere. Is that clear? Or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Perhaps I could appreciate it more if it didn't portray librarians as losers... GEORGE: Clarence... CLARENCE: Yes, George? GEORGE: Where's Mary? CLARENCE: Oh, well, I can't... GEORGE: I don't know how you know these things, but tell me - where is she?! CLARENCE: I... GEORGE: If you know where she is, tell me where my wife is! CLARENCE: I'm not supposed to tell. GEORGE: Please, Clarence, tell me where she is!! CLARENCE: You're not going to like it, George. GEORGE: WHERE IS SHE?!! CLARENCE: She's an old maid! She never married! GEORGE: WHERE'S MARY?!!! WHERE IS SHE??!!! CLARENCE She's... GEORGE: WHERE IS SHE??!!!! CLARENCE: She's just about to close up the library! Aaaaaaaarrrrrgh! (I really do despise that movie.) -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I hate this movie too--librarian-bashing and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Perhaps I could appreciate it more if it didn't portray librarians as losers... Maybe she was looking for George ... VIOLET: What gives? GEORGE: Nothing. VIOLET: Where are you going? GEORGE: Oh, I'll probably end up down at the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I hate this movie too--librarian-bashing and all. You sit around here and you spin your little webs and you think the whole world revolves around you and your money. Well, it doesn't, Mr. Potter! In the . . . in the whole vast configuration of things, I'd say you were nothing but a scurvy little spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 M. Potterous Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 While the poster Cato is indeed Potter-esque, the real Cato, a man of the utmost integrity and principle, would be more of a George Bailey type of course. CAESAR: Oh, confound it, man, are you afraid of success? I'm offering you a three year contract at twenty thousand dollars a year, starting today. Is it a deal or isn't it? CATO: Well, Mr. Caesar, I . . . I . . . I know I ought to jump at the chance, but I . . . I just . . . I wonder if it would be possible for you to give me twenty-four hours to think it over? CAESAR: Sure, sure, sure. You go on home and talk about it to your wife. CATO: I'd like to do that. CAESAR: In the meantime, I'll draw up the papers. CATO: All right, sir. CAESAR(offers hand): Okay, Marcus? CATO(taking his hand): Okay, Mr. Caesar. As they shake hands, Cato feels a physical revulsion. Caesar's hand feels like a cold mackerel to him. In that moment of physical contact he knows he could never be associated with this man. Cato drops his hand with a shudder. He peers intently into Caesar's face. CATO (cont'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I don't know what it is, but Donna Reed was smoking hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I don't know what it is, but Donna Reed was smoking hot. Meh ... she was a librarian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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