Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : No Time for Comedy (1940) Quiz

Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : No Time for Comedy (1940) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie quotes from the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940).

About the movie: Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige...

1.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		Sugarpuss O'Shea: Do you know what this means - "I'll get you on the Ameche"? Professor Bertram Potts: No. Sugarpuss O'Shea: 'Course you don't. An Ameche is the telephone, on account of he invented it. Professor Bertram Potts: Oh, no, he didn't. Sugarpuss O'Shea: Like, you know, in the movies. Professor Bertram Potts: Well, I see what you mean. Very interesting. Make no mistake, I shall regret the absence of your keen mind; unfortunately, it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body.
b.		Violet Baudelaire: He's Count Olaf and he tried to kill us with a train! The Detective: Where is this man gonna get a train? Count Olaf: [as Stephano] Where am I gonna get a train?
c.		[the warden of a prison is sitting in his office when he hears the alarms sound & the guard dogs barking. He steps onto his balcony to see Superman flying into the prison yard, holding Luthor & Otis by the scruff of their jackets] Lex Luthor: You're messing up my suit, you lummox, you! Lex Luthor: [to Superman] Watch the ground! [They land with a start. Luthor & Otis are immediately cornered by the guards] Superman: Good evening, Warden. I think these 2 men should be safe here with you now till they can get a fair trial. Warden: Who is it, Superman? Lex Luthor: [Lex rips off his wig to reveal his bald head] Lex Luthor! The greatest criminal mind of our time! Otis: [repeating what Lex says] ... Of our time! Lex Luthor: I hereby serve notice... Otis: He's serving notice to you... Lex Luthor: That these walls... Otis: That these walls here... Lex Luthor: Will you shut up, please! Superman: [to the guards] All right, take them away, boys! [the guards take Luthor & Otis to a cell] Lex Luthor: [shouting at Otis as the guards lead them away] Neanderthal! Nitwit! Nincompoop!
d.		Philo Swift: 'Gaylord Esterbrook'... seems to me I've heard or read that name someplace. What do you do? Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: I write plays. Philo Swift: Er, yes, I have a hobby, too. What I meant was, what do you do for a living? Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Write plays. Anything wrong? Philo Swift: No, no; nothing, nothing. You'll pardon me, but it does seem a little trivial for a grown man. Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Well, perhaps I'll grow out of it. What do you do? Philo Swift: I'm on Wall Street. Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Where's that? Philo Swift: I don't know, but my chauffeur finds it every morning. Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: After you get there, what do you do? Philo Swift: Buy and sell stocks and bonds. Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Surely not for a living? Philo Swift: And not a bad one. When stocks go up, I make a little money. When they go down, I make even more. Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: That all you do? Philo Swift: Well, yes! Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Well, who knows; maybe you'll grow out of it, too. [raises glass] Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Here's hoping!

2.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		Carla: Shut up, shut up, shut up! Your voice is giving me Mono!
b.		Brad Kessler: [to Anna's mom] Ok, you're annoying me. Your voice is shrill. Goodbye.
c.		Charles Callahan: [after waking up from the sleeper as Madie is driving] Where the hell are we? Madie Levrington: Oklahoma. Charles Callahan: How the hell did we get to Oklahoma? Madie Levrington: Clutch, shift, release, clutch, shift. Thank you very much.
d.		Clementine, Actress in Show: I saw your last picture, Mr. Carrell. Morgan Carrell, the Director: Yes? Clementine, Actress in Show: Oh, yeah. Morgan Carrell, the Director: What'd ya think? Clementine, Actress in Show: [sighs] yeah.

3.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		Raccoon: [In the middle of the night, John goes into his father's kitchen to get a drink of water... and promptly regrets it] ... Can I make a request? Tuna in OIL instead of WATER? Crow: Hey, who put in that bug-zapper? [John charges outside] Possum: Yo, looky here. Hey, buddy. My old lady asks, I been eating trash all night. You dig? [John accidentally steps on a Skunk] Skunk: Yah! You're on my tail, you idiot... You broke Mr. Stinky, I think. [John flees to his Range-Rover] Raccoon: Doc, while you're out, get some salmon. You can't go wrong with salmon.
b.		Harvey Stenbaugh: [making an ultimatun] You've got two ways to move, lawman. Run or take me!
c.		Kostos: Some people show off their beauty because they want the world to see it. Others try to hide their beauty because they want the world to see something else. Lena: And what do you see? Kostos: Everything. [they kiss for the first time]
d.		Clementine, Actress in Show: I thought you was in Hollywood. Morgan Carrell, the Director: I'm, ah, out on parole.

4.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		Penelope Marsh: Will, what happened over there? Will Marsh: I don't really remember. You know. It's like a dream. Hazy dream. Penelope Marsh: Then tell me. I wanna know. Will Marsh: Do you? Wanna know what a blast wound looks like? What an OR in the desert smells like? What really happens to them? How they die? You really wanna know? You want us to come back like nothing ever happened. You don't want to get your hands dirty with the details.
b.		Don Giovanni: Ok, you want plain English: Robin is gonna be dead. D-E-D. Dead.
c.		Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: [after spending the night after the play on a park bench] Hey, you don't look bad for a girl who's just getting up in the morning! Linda Paige Esterbrook: For a man who's been up all night you look great! Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Don't get the idea that I'm an authority on girls getting up in the morning. Linda Paige Esterbrook: Well, I'm not the last word on men staying up all night either.
d.		Murphy MacManus: I thought you said your car was 'inconspicuous'? Romeo: Yeah, well I don't like words with 'spic' right in the middle. Besides, it is where I live. Murphy MacManus: Yeah, where's that Margaritaville? Romeo: Hey, I hail from a colorful people. Besides, you wouldn't know style if it pitched a tent in your ass.

5.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		Iris Chapman: I once read that there are two kinds of time: mechanical and human. You could say my story began at 8:59 the day I started that job, and ended months later, when I left it. But I'd tell you it began in the past, with my old self; and ended in the future, the new one.
b.		Cody: I've decided we're gonna split from this pad. We're gonna pick up our old ladies and whatever little we have, and we're gonna put on our colors, and we're gonna roll! And neither man nor beast is gonna stop us until we find a place we can blow our own peace, and we're gonna love each other. [pause] Cody: I love ya, Leroy. Leroy: Cody, I love you.
c.		Has Faith in Groups: You know, that's what I hate: when you start talking like this, like you just pull in these things from the shit you read, and you haven't thought it out for yourself, no bearing on the world around us, and totally unoriginal. Based on Authoritative Sources: Okay, great. Personal attacks now, is that it? I thought we were beyond that. Has Faith in Groups: It's like you just pasted together these bits and pieces from your "authoritative sources." I don't know. I'm beginning to suspect there's nothing really in there. Based on Authoritative Sources: Suspect? You're beginning to suspect? Oh, that's rich, that's really rich. So what? At least what is there, is based on good sources.
d.		Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: [speaking to his wife Linda] Well, now, just what's behind that dark innuendo? Clementine, Actress in Show: Aint nothing behind me, boss.

6.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		Clementine, Actress in Show: [on phone looking for Mr. Esterbrook] Hello, Luxury Turkish Bath? Connect me to the department for taking care of gentlemen on the loose. Line's busy? I'll wait. [door bell rings and she goes to let in Mr. Swift] Clementine, Actress in Show: Has Mr. Easterbrook been there today? No? Well, if he should be carried in, ask him to call his apartment - if he can talk.
b.		Derek: No wonder all the malls are empty. They got all you kids working undercover.
c.		[last lines] Alvy Singer: [narrating] After that it got pretty late, and we both had to go, but it was great seeing Annie again. I... I realized what a terrific person she was, and... and how much fun it was just knowing her; and I... I, I thought of that old joke, y'know, the, this... this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, uh, my brother's crazy; he thinks he's a chicken." And, uh, the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?" The guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs." Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships; y'know, they're totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and... but, uh, I guess we keep goin' through it because, uh, most of us... need the eggs.
d.		[last lines] Lenny: Still didn't tell me to bring no pick.

7.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		Eddie Valiant: That lame-brain freeway idea could only be cooked up by a toon.
b.		[after Norm is dragged off into the mist] Jim Grondin: [to David] How was I supposed to know what you meant? You should've said what you meant better!
c.		Frieda Winter: [to Youngblood, after a big-wig literary critic cracks a cruel joke] The first rule is to always laugh at a joke made by Quentin Judd. He can make you... or break you. Shall we exit laughing?
d.		Philo Swift: [about Linda making Mandy cry] You needn't feel so proud, I make her cry all the time. It usually ends up with me giving her a check. Linda Paige Esterbrook: I didn't give her a check, I think I just gave her my husband. Philo Swift: In my office we'd list that transaction as petty cash.

8.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		DeeJay: Nobody tells deejay request what to play. Let them tell you what to play, they lose respect for you. They lose respect for you, you lose control. Not today... [let's his own words sink in and starts smiling] DeeJay: All right!
b.		Abraham Lincoln: You taught me how to love. Ann Rutledge: Have I taught you to like it? [both laugh]
c.		Hazel Flagg: It's kind of startling to be brought to life twice - and each time in Warsaw!
d.		Linda Paige Esterbrook: [Crying] I don't want to lose him! [Gaylord] Philo Swift: Well, I don't want to lose Amanda either, but for a totally different reason. I don't want to have my tombstone cluttered up with the names of my formally beloved wives - it leaves no room for the more important data.

9.	Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: No Time for Comedy (1940)?
a.		Morgan Carrell, the Director: Clementine, are you sitting on my hat? Clementine, Actress in Show: [gets up to look] So I am. I completely covered it. Well, its a small hat. Morgan Carrell, the Director: A sombrero would have met the same fate.
b.		Splinter: I am proud of you, my sons. Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the Ninja: that ultimate mastering comes not from the body, but from the mind. Together, there is nothing your four minds cannot accomplish. Help each other, draw upon one another, and always remember the power that binds you. The same is what brought me here tonight, that which I gladly return with my final words: I love you all, my sons.
c.		Stevo: See, to me, England was nothing more then a big fucking American state like North Dakota or Canada.
d.		[At a bar, Dick gets up on a table and starts acting crazy because he's being indicted for his share of the bummed, worthless Globodyne stock] Dick Harper: [blathers; marionette voice] Hello! I'm a corporate puppet... [blathers again] Dick Harper: ...and I'm going to need some more string, so that I can go on believing I'll be a real boy someday without bein' manipulative... Dick Harper: [regular voice] by the bullshit!

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