Herbie is an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Throughout most of the franchise, Herbie is distinguished by red, white and blue racing stripes from front to back bumper, a racing-style number "53" on the front trunk lid, doors, and engine lid, and a yellow-on-black '63 California license plate that says, "OFP 857". One exception to this is his introduction in The Love Bug, where he initially appears as a nondescript white vehicle with a gray colored fabric sunroof (a.k.a. "ragtop"), the style of sunroof offered on VW Beetles made through 1963.
Herbie's origins are established in The Love Bug, wherein Herbie was bought from Peter Thorndyke's showroom by San Francisco socialite Mrs. Van Luit for her upstairs maid, but returned shortly afterward and purchased by race-driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), who had earlier stood up for him against the pompous Thordyke. Tennessee Steinmetz, Jim's friend and roommate, names the car "Herbie" after his uncle Herb.
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An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley Of The Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a successful promoter who becomes her husband. After several failures to place her in commercials and a TV quiz show, he hits upon the idea for her to become a writer. In the pre-60's, her books were looked upon as trash and non-printable. But then the sexual revolution hit and an audience was born for her books. The story shows the hidden behind the scenes story of Susan's life, including her autistic son and her continuing bout with cancer that she hid up to her death.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, author, autism, autistic-son, based-on-article, breast-cancer
Talent isn't everything.
[About a necklace]::Florence Maybelle: If a man ever bought that for me, not only would I have sex with him, but I would ENJOY it!
Jacqueline Susann: All I know about are people fucking their way to the movies, and popping pills and ending up in the gutter. All I know about are aging stars, hopeful whores, and cheap studs. All I know about are tits, ass, and the truth... and nobody writes books about that.
Irving Mansfield: Good luck. Keep it dirty!
Michael Hastings: Mimsy.::Jacqueline Susann: Mimsy? Is that code?
Jacqueline Susann: You're a tight-ass and a smart cookie, but are you my friend?
Henry Marcus: It's not a book anymore. It's a bestseller.
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Bobby O'Grady is a low range member of Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty for him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even from their and Teddy's relatives.
Keywords: bar, beer, betrayal, blood-spatter, boston-massachusetts, car-theft, car-thief, cigarette-smoking, cocaine, cousin-cousin-relationship
Every city has one.
Hanlon: [after finding out Bobby has killed Jackie] [to Bobby] I'll tell you how we're going to handle this. We'll play it your way this time, alright?::Hanlon: [puts his finger to his mouth] Shhhhhhhhh.
Mouse: [Mouse and Bobby approaching Sheila and Katy] I know I might like her, but sometimes she's a different person. I don't know what she's gonna be one moment to the next.::Bobby O'Grady: Don't say anything. [to Katy and Sheila] Hey, whats goin' on?::Katy: Boys.::Mouse: Hey, Sheila.::Sheila: Hey, Mouse.::Mouse: That's a nice sweater.::Sheila: It's a, uh, blouse, Mouse.::Mouse: Yeah, it's nice.
Jackie O'Hara: So... Teddy fuckin' Timmons, huh? I heard you were back.::Teddy: Yeah.::Jackie O'Hara: You don't call me!::Teddy: Well, no, you see, Jackie, I-I just got back...::Jackie O'Hara: -What are you boys drinkin'? Hey, Shang, get a round in here will you?::Shang: [calls out] Sure, Jack.::Jackie O'Hara: Fuckin' Celtics, huh?::Teddy: I-I-I g-guess you've been hearin' stories about me, huh, Jackie?::Jackie O'Hara: I heard you was back was all.::Teddy: Well, let me tell ya. This is fuckin' hilarious, you're gunna piss your pants. Remember that Perez, that fuckin' spic from Dorchester? Remember him?::Jackie O'Hara: What, the little guy?::Teddy: R-remember you sent me and Gavin down to talk to him? Gavvy, you remember that?::Gavin: [nods] Sure, I remember that.::Teddy: So about a month ago these F.B.I. guys come to talk to me in the joint. And, I don't even talk to regular cops, ever, you know? Like when they came to me after I got busted for all that coke... And they said 'Jackie O' and I said 'I know the guy, but I don't work for anyone'.::Jackie O'Hara: Hey, thanks for that by the way.::Teddy: That's no problem, Jackie. So, these F.B.I. guys want to know about Perez 'cause they're building a case against him, right? You're going to love this. I say, 'You mean Junior Perez of Columbia Avenue in Dorchester, about five-two, got a fat-assed girlfriend that looks like a fuckin' pitbull?' They said yeah, and I said 'No, never heard of the guy'. [everyone laughs] Right? So now they roll up their sleeves. They're not going nowhere. And I sit there for three hours, fuckin' sweatin', shakin'. I almost start cryin'. It's like fuckin' Academy Award time. Finally I break down. And you know, I tell 'em the truth. I-I'm like George fuckin' Washington, I cannot tell a lie. 'I know Perez, and I used to work for him.'. I-I give 'em Perez, that fat fuckin' Columbian prick Menendez, locations, everything. And then they come back to me, and they want me to testify. It's like Witness Protection bullshit, and i'm like, 'Fuck you. I'm not going into any Witness Protection bullshit fuckin' plan. Fuck that! We made a deal!'. So now this lawyer they gave me is all over 'em. I'm not even safe in the joint with the witness protection and shit, and they got no choice! They gotta let me go.::Jackie O'Hara: [pause, everyone looks at each other] Fuck! Can you believe that? Fuck!::Teddy: Yeah, I tell ya it was a fuckin' nightmare. Never trust those Feds, man, they fuckin' lie. I'm lucky to be here.::Jackie O'Hara: Yeah, fuckin' Feds. Cocksuckers, huh?::Red: Pricks.::Jackie O'Hara: They're in Boston looking for Puerto Ricans. In Washington they're stealing us blind!::Red: Absolutely right.::Jackie O'Hara: Hey, here's to Teddy. [raises glass] Welcome home! [all toasting, shouting] When the cops gonna learn, huh? This town don't talk. Especially this kid right here. [points and playfully slaps Seamus] A fuckin' chatterbox, the gift of gab, huh? [everyone laughs] Hey guys I gotta go. Katy's mother's cookin' dinner. Anyone got any rolaids? [laughing]::Teddy: Hey, hey, Jackie, uh, we're cool, right?::Jackie O'Hara: Sure, sure, hey. Give me a call on the weekend. We got some work.
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Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain is desperate get new attractions and he decides that the Looney Tune characters would be perfect. He sends his diminutive underlings to get them to him, whether Bugs Bunny & Co. want to go or not. Well armed for their size, Bugs Bunny is forced to trick them into agreeing to a competition to determine their freedom. Taking advantage of their puny and stubby legged foes, the gang selects basketball for the surest chance of winning. However, the Nerdlucks turn the tables and steal the talents of leading professional basketball stars to become massive basketball bruisers known as the Monstars. In desperation, Bugs Bunny calls on the aid of Micheal Jordan, the Babe Ruth of Basketball, to help them have a chance at winning their freedom.
Keywords: 1-year-later, 1970s, 1990s, 20-years-later, alien, amusement-park, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, athlete-cameo, ball
Get ready to jam
Daffy Duck: Oh, fear clutches my breast!
Daffy: How's this for a new team name: The Ducks!::Bugs: Please! What kind of Mickey Mouse organization would name their team The Ducks?
[Stan is digging up the golf hole that Michael got sucked down]::Golfer: What are you doing?::Stan Podalak: I'm uh, I'm fixing a divot.::Golfer: Oh. [shouting back to someone off camera] He's fixing a divot!
Daffy Duck: Mother!
Charles Barkley: It was this girl, five-feet-nuthin'. Blocked my shot!::Psychiatrist: When did you first start having this dream?::Charles Barkley: It wasn't a dream, it really happened!
Shawn Bradley: I've got other skills. I could go back and work on the farm. Or maybe... I could go back to the jungle and be a missionary again.
Tweety Bird: I tought I taw - I did! I did! I did tee Michael Jordan!
Daffy Duck: We've got to get a new agent. We're getting screwed!
Daffy Duck: Too bad you can't practice getting taller, boys.
Muggsy Bogues: What are you saying? That I'm trying to disobey my mama?::Psychiatrist: I didn't say that. You did, Muggsy.::Muggsy Bogues: But I love my mama.
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Legal secretary Maria is married to car salesman Tom. Dance teacher Larry is married to the striking Tish. Larry's uncle is marrying Maria's mother. Tom and Tish meet at the wedding and waste no time taking more than a test drive in his BMW. So when Maria and Larry become acquainted later in the day they already have a common interest. But more than that, they find they like each other. A lot.
Keywords: affair, affection, black-panties, cousin-cousin-relationship, dysfunctional-family, extramarital-affair, family-gathering, family-relationships, foreign-language-adaptation, friendship
They already have a lot in common. Her husband is sleeping with his wife.
Love at first sight. Consequences to follow.
Mitch: [at the funeral] So, Grandpa, how come you didn't come to the church?::Vince: God makes me nervous when you get him indoors - besides, I don't like to see people in their coffins. They always look so much smaller without their spirits.
Maria Hardy: How many jobs did you have?::Larry: I don't know. A lot. I change every two or three years. If it looks like I might be successful. I move on.::Maria Hardy: You don't want to be successful?::Larry: I want to be happy.
Maria Hardy: We could shave their heads.
Aunt Sofia: That's a dress you wear to a hooker's wedding.
Vince: I'd rather have a case of the clap than a case of this wine.
Vince: You've got only one life to live. You can either make it chickenshit or chicken salad.
Vince: Can you keep a secret?::Mitch: Yeah.::Vince: So can I.
Tom: Look, I've kept my part of the bargain for Chloe's sake.::Maria Hardy: Well, maybe Chloe deserves more than a bargain, Tom. [strokes his cheek, then turns to Larry] Larry Kozinski, I would love to dance with you.
Larry: Maria, would you dance with me?... Then, how about spending the rest of your life with me?
Aunt Sofia: You still want to kill people?::Mitch: Na, they're too stupid.::Aunt Sofia: You're telling me - your grandfather's marrying the Bermuda Triangle!
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Peter Sellers stars as Harold Fine, a self-described square--a 35-year-old Los Angeles Lawyer who is not looking forward to middle age and his upcoming wedding. His life changes, however, when he falls in love with Nancy, a free-spirited, innocent, and beautiful young hippie. After Harold and his family enjoy some of her "groovy" brownies, he decides to "drop out" with her and become a hippie too. But can he return to his old life when he discovers that the hippie lifestyle is just a little too independent and irresponsible for his tastes?
Keywords: 1960s, auto-repair, bathtub, broken-engagement, brother-brother-relationship, cannabis, car-accident, cemetery, drugs, fantasy-girl
The saga of Harold...from dedicated lawyer to dedicated dropout.
Harold Fine: I'm trying to stop trying, guru.
Harold Fine: Mondo Teeth. What a concept. Teeth, teeth, and yet, more teeth!
Harold: I've got pot, I've got acid, I've got LSD cubes, I've got... I've got this thing here... I'm probably the hippest guy around here. I'm so hip, it hurts!
Mrs. Fine: Lose some weight!::Crying hippie: But all I eat is grass and acid.
Guru: [Walking on beach] Do you know youself?::Harold Fine: I'm trying to know myself.::Guru: You will know yourself when you stop trying.::Harold Fine: I'm trying to stop trying.
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A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is a psychiatrist and author of a new book. When the executive goes over to discuss the ad campaign, the psychiatrist turns out to be a woman. But what does he really need? Romance? Or analysis?
Keywords: advertising, psychiatrist, theremin
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Raoul McLish stops over in Miami Beach where he runs into his ex-wife, Vicky Benton, and her new husband Bob, a belt manufacturer. At first Bob enjoys Raoul's presence - in part because Vicky is his not Raoul's and in part because Raoul is a lot of fun. The fun wears thin for Bob as his seriousness and possessiveness take over. When Bob leaves for a few days to settle a labor dispute at his factory, Vicky and Raoul spend time together, Winchell's column implies untoward behavior, Bob barks at Vicky, and that gets her back up. Can things be sorted out? Help comes from Raoul's upright valet, McTavish, and a principled cigarette girl, Joy, whom Raoul picks up.
Keywords: airplane, airport, alcoholic, art-deco, bail, beach, belt, bond, casino, chauvinism
Love is better the second time around.
Vicky: You're still drinking?::Raoul McLish: Well, no more, no less. Hereditary - Father, you know, and...::Vicky: [impatiently] Yes, I remember. Your father drank a quart of whiskey every day of his life and died at the age of 73 trying to fly a plane.::Raoul McLish: Exactly! [laughs]
Joy: Don't you ever have any fun?::Leo McTavish: Fun?::Joy: Uh-huh.::Leo McTavish: Well, uh, I've found really a splendid pasttime.::Leo McTavish: Ho-Ho. I mean, don't you know any girls?::Leo McTavish: Girls? My experience with dalliance has been nil.::Joy: Dalliance?::Leo McTavish: It means to dally around wantonly.::Joy: Oh! On account of you've been so busy?::Leo McTavish: Very busy.
Vicky: You mean you're married to McTavish?::Joy: Well, we've had the ceremony.
Raoul McLish: Well, you're not my valet any longer, Mac.::Leo McTavish: Huh?::Raoul McLish: Beginning tomorrow you're in the ink business. You're going to be my personal representative at the factory, learning the works at first. But with your thirst for knowledge, you'll soak up the ink business like a blotter.