Dialogue Making Me Crazy

[Senator Jack]

Sometimes I write something that sounds too familiar and I think I'm ripping it off from a film or book. I've been turning this bit over in my mind for a few weeks now but I can't seem to place it. Does it sound familiar to anyone else?

A: That's odd.

B: Odd? Odd! Odd isn't even an excuse. It's just saying it's odd.

In my mind I hear John Cleese saying this. Was there a Python skit with this bit?

Regards,

Senator Jack

 

[Fletch]

This is from the "burning streetcar" scene in reel 2 of Lights of Kuala Lumpur (First National Pictures 1934), right before Lyle Talbot is pitched headfirst into the barrel of jellied eels.






Naaaaa, I'm just funnin' ya...

 

[Senator Jack]

Fletch, now that sounds like something I'd write.

 

[scotrace]

This is from the "burning streetcar" scene in reel 2 of Lights of Kuala Lumpur (First National Pictures 1934), right before Lyle Talbot is pitched headfirst into the barrel of jellied eels.






Naaaaa, I'm just funnin' ya...

Now THAT was brilliant! :eusa_clap

Wish I could help, Jack. Not ringing a bell. Maybe a Fawlty Towers?

 

[Fletch]

Hey, jellied eels are a guaranteed laff riot, especially when combined with Kuala Lumpur and Lyle Talbot.

 

[Spitfire]

This is from the "burning streetcar" scene in reel 2 of Lights of Kuala Lumpur (First National Pictures 1934), right before Lyle Talbot is pitched headfirst into the barrel of jellied eels.






Naaaaa, I'm just funnin' ya...

lol lol lol lol lol ...great!

 

[Twitch]

There are lots of veiled dialogues used as tributes to other works that the writers or directors sneak into things all the time. I've seen many oblique references to other movies that only the fans of thoses movies would get. They're just little hidden teasers it seems.