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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:41 PM
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Post a better Steve Martin film than The Jerk
I'll start: Leap of Faith.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:42 PM
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1. Wow. Wrong right off the bat.
Impressive.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:43 PM
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2. Dude.
:rofl:

Sorry, EP. It was funny.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:47 PM
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16. Wrong about Leap of Faith? You're nutz.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:43 PM
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3. Roxanne is my personal favorite of his.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:50 PM
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26. Mine too. It might be Darryl Hannah's best as well
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 03:51 PM by HopeHoops
On edit: "I noticed you don't have any tattoos. That's a wise choice. I don't think Jackie Onasis would have gotten so far if she had an anchor on her arm."
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:43 PM
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4. My Blue Heaven
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:44 PM
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7. That's a good one!
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:46 PM
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12. That is the most "out of Steve Martin character" movie he's ever done.
"Here's a test. What's the difference between a pregnant woman and a light bulb?"

<silence from the D.A.>

"You can UNSCREW a light bulb! See? No sense of humor whatsoever."
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:48 PM
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17. I can't hear the name "Todd" without thinking of that movie.
That's one of my favorite movies ever.

Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli: You know, it's dangerous for you to be here in the frozen food section.
Shaldeen: Why is that?
Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli: Because you could melt all this stuff.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:53 PM
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34. "Its okay. I didn't marry her under my real name."
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:47 PM
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14. I love that one. nt
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:43 PM
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5. The Man with Two Brains.
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 03:46 PM by geardaddy
not better than The Jerk, but better than the tripe he's turning out now.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:44 PM
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6. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:59 PM
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41. Hilarious!!!!
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:44 PM
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8. Roxanne, My Blue Heaven, All of Me, The Out of Towners, House Sitter...
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:27 PM
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51. I just can't let go of the Jack Lemmon/Sandy Dennis "Out-of-Towners"
/geezer
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:44 PM
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9. Cheaper by the Dozen. Cute, fluff.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:45 PM
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10. Bowfinger
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Drunken Girlfriend Donating Member (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:45 PM
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11. Steve Martin
Personally,I really enjoyed Steve Martin in
The Father of the Bride.

Honorable mention must also go to Planes,Trains,and Automobiles.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:46 PM
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13. All of Me
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:49 PM
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22. I think that's my fave
Probably because of Lily Tomlin too. They paired up well.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:52 PM
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30. That's the awesome thing about him, he paired well with a LOT of people
after The Jerk.

I mean, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Dianne Wiest, Martin Short and Chevy Chase... and on and on...

Anyone who thinks that The Jerk was his best work is sadly short-sighted.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:59 PM
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42. I agree
It was a good jumping-off place, but he did far better.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 05:07 PM
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57. Can you imagine if he'd either stopped there or been typecast as Navin R. Johnson, Cat Juggler??
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 06:47 PM
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67. Put Edwina back in bowl.
Back in bowl?

Back in bowl!
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:47 PM
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15. LA Story
It's my all-time favorite Steve Martin movie. But I love All of Me and Roxanne too.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:49 PM
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25. yup
:thumbsup:

Sing Do wah diddy
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:51 PM
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29. How IS daddy doing?
:rofl:

"I always wanted to direct."

Day-um, I need to rewatch that movie! It's been too long...
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 09:31 PM
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71. That was my choice!
:hi:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:48 PM
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18. Here is my list of movies better than "The Jerk"
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:49 PM
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23. The Jerk, while great, is little more than Steve Marin doing standup on screen
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 03:49 PM by PeaceNikki
He's had tons of better roles and his writing greatly improved after that film.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:50 PM
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28. But the movie was quotable, comic genius
:cry:
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:53 PM
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33. Yes, so were MANY of his others.
PT&A, and My Blue Heaven to name 2 VERY quotable, well-written and HIlarious films.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:56 PM
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38. Don't get me wrong, he's done some other good movies
Just none of them I thought were as good as "The Jerk"
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 05:24 PM
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60. The Jerk is a perfect movie...
Not a bad scene in the movie
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:48 PM
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19. Parenthood was pretty good, though it's not a 'Steve Martin' film
More of an ensemble piece than a SM showcase.
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Sheets of Easter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:49 PM
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20. Novocaine.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:50 PM
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27. Absolutely!
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:49 PM
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21. Easy: L.A. Story
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Betty88 Donating Member (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 08:32 PM
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68. possibly one of my favorite movies nt
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 09:12 PM
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69. It was a wonderful movie.
I loved the ending. Wonderful use of Enya music.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:49 PM
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24. Pink Panther 2 comes to mind.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:31 PM
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52. No way. That was not his character all all.
He'd been better cast as the police guy.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 05:09 PM
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58. Kevin Kline should have been Clouseau, don't you think?
(in the first one, which I had to sit through with my tween...)
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 05:28 PM
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62. Yes.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 05:34 PM
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63. Especially considering his skill with accents.
He could have done a great Clouseau.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:52 PM
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31. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:54 PM
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35. Yes.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:54 PM
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36. Ooh, another good one
:thumbsup:
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:57 PM
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39. That movie lost me at the peeing in the pants thing. Yuck.
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:10 PM
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49. Not mother?
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 09:46 PM
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72. Yes.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:52 PM
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32. I have to say that I really liked Bringing Down the House
:hi:
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:54 PM
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37. I don't know about better
But I loved the hell out of "Bowfinger".

As for Leap of Faith, I thought he was miscast. When it comes to his dramas, I would choose "A Simple Twist of Fate".

Granted, I've not seen "Shopgirl".
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:58 PM
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40. I really liked Bowfinger too
That scene near the end when they were chasing down Eddie Murphy's character in the car had me laughing harder than I had evr laughed in a movie.

However, I really liked Martin's performance in Leap of Faith. I thought it was just the right mix of off-stage cynicism cobined with they physical presence that sideshow evangelists are known for. If you've ever seen Marjoe, I thought he did a fantastic job of capturing that kind of character.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:04 PM
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45. I've seen Marjoe
I just thought there was something off about Martin's performance in "Leap of Faith". I wanted to like it. Hell, they filmed the darn thing in my town. Their limos used to drive right by be at the bus stop every morning. Just the same, I thought Bill Murray would have done a better job in Martin's role.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:08 PM
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47. Interesting.
Personally I can't see Murray in that role. But that's just me...

Did you get to see any of the filming or anything?
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:09 PM
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48. I saw Liam Neeson at the mall!
He was tall and hunky. I would rather have run into Mr. Martin. I have a thing for him. ;)
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:32 PM
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53. Bowfinger is excellent.
The Jerk is still my favorite Steve Martin movie but Bowfinger was hilarious.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 06:44 PM
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66. Bowfinger was fuckin' hilarious.
I loved Eddie Murphy's character always getting completely freaked out every time Martin and his band of idiots showed up. :rofl:
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:59 PM
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43. The Lonely Guy.
I liked that one too.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:03 PM
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44. How did we miss that?
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:07 PM
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46. I love the scene
in the single guy restaurant.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:26 PM
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50. The Spanish Prisoner
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:40 PM
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55. D'oh! Yes!
How could I forget that one? I worship at the altar of Mamet!
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:35 PM
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54. None... The Jerk is a flat out funny movie.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 04:41 PM
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56. "...But it's all soft and steamy..."


:toast:
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 05:11 PM
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59. Roxanne, Dirty Rotten Scoundrals, and Bowfinger...
were all better Martin comedies then The Jerk.

I started to watch a few minutes of his Pink Panther and had to turn that channel before I got violent. Utterly wretched. Vomitous.
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 05:26 PM
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61. "The Diarrhea Song" during opening credits from the movie "Parenthood"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TwghAE3Hhw
The rest of the movie went downhill after Steve said the best line. "Well that was money well spent.".
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 05:38 PM
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64. Multi-way tie between Bowfinger, House Sitter, Roxanne,
and of COURSE Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!!!!!!
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ChoralScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 06:40 PM
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65. I liked "Man with Two Brains"
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 06:44 PM by ChoralScholar
and "Father of the Bride" but only because I think Kimberly Williams is cute.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 09:14 PM
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70. Roxanne was better by a lot. n/t
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 09:47 PM
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73. 'Bringing Down the House' was his best.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 09:49 PM
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74. Pennies From Heaven
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 09:50 PM
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75. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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