Friday, April 30, 2010  The Most Quoted Comedy of the Last
Decade? Pikers...  The young, hip, smart bloggers at Lawyers,
Guns, and Money--for whom I've expressed both admiration and
envy before--are finding Beaks's belief that Anchorman was "the
most quoted comedy of the last decade" to eminently
plausible...yet are seeking rival nominations. To which I
say...hmmph.  Let's not limit ourselves; let's go for the most
quoted comedy ever, people. Not "movie," period (so, no Star
Wars's Tashi station, no Princess Bride's land wars in Asia,
none of that), but "comedy." I'll start us out, shall I?  "Lord
loves a working man; don't trust whitey; see a doctor and get
rid of it."  "You take drugs, Danny?"  "You might say we had a
passion for shells. That's why we named the oil company after
them."  "And stop calling me Shirley."  "Of course it isn't only
physical! I deeply respect you as a human being!"  "Don't you
blaspheme in here!"  "Riots in the streets, dogs and cats living
together, mass hysteria!"   "You can't d