I Like You, Betty
- Wade
On Tuesday night, I was reminded that, despite all of the uncertainty in our high-speed world, there are certain undeniable truths. Well, two. First, Grain Belt Premium (in the bottle) is still a tasty beer. Second, Caddyshack is the greatest movie of all time.
Now before you click back to Yahoo or startribune or wadE's article on SNL (everyone loves that one), hear me out. For its time, Caddyshack was groundbreaking-- grossing $39,000,000 million in 1980. It featured Chevy Chase in his prime-- I'm a big Chevy guy, and this movie ranks only slightly behind Fletch as his greatest role. Ted Knight also made his greatest film appearance as Judge Smails. (By the way, did you know that he did the voice of the narrator in Superfriends? You know, "Meanwhile back at the Hall of Justice..." Makes so much sense now.) Mix in Bill Murray as groundskeeper Carl Spackler and a hip (yes I said hip) soundtrack by Kenny Loggins, and you nearly forget how awful Rodney Dangerfield is.
What makes this movie for me is Chevy's straight-man performance (just like Fletch and, to a lesser degree, the Vacation series.) Which makes me even more sad to see him doing those damn AFLAC commercials. Speaking of Fletch, I recorded it off of TV soon after we got our VCR in 1986 and watched it approximately 1,000,000 times. What that led to is the fact that 85% of what I say is a quote from that movie. Alex and I can have complete conversations just using quotes from Fletch. Most of the time I don't even know it. I never want Sara to see it or else she'll know all of my rock-solid humor is ripped from there.
So in order to a) entertain you and b) freshen up my own comedic arsenal, here are my top ten Chevy quotes from Caddyshack: (Thanks to CarlSpackler.com for the audio.)
- "Do you take drugs, Danny?" audio
- "This isn't Russia, is it?" audio
- "I like you, Betty." audio
- "Mitch Cumstein, great guy." audio
- "No, homo. Doing much better now, though." audio
- "Your uncle molests collies." audio
- "I was born to love you, I was born to lick your face." audio
- "Ty...Frank..." audio
- "We have a pond in the back. We have a pool, and a pond. A pond would be good for you." audio
- "Me winning isn't. You do." audio
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