Best Line from Spinal Tap?

[laristotle]

As a "not joking matter", I got suspended from high school because my hair touched the top of my ears...OK, actually went slightly over that by about 1/4".

Summer of '77. I was working at Center Island in Toronto (just off the shore of the city, a small amusement/theme park kinda thing). The day after I turned 16, I was called into the office and fired because I refused to cut my shoulder length hair. The manager was an ex drill sergeant for the Canadian military.

 

[Killing Floor]

I have a few hair below the ears stories. I was at the grocery wearing old jeans and sandals and a half buttoned white shirt. A little boy said to his mother "look, mom, it's Jesus". OK, I have amended my fashion and the hair is shorter now.

 

[hbarcat]

"Though neither a critic's nor a public favorite, Spinal Tap continues to fill a much needed void." -- review

 

[lyonaudio]

That's an American actor doing an "English" accent.

That Anglo-American actor (born in NYC to a British diplomat) is so English that he is the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, i.e. a peer of the realm.

You may refer to him, in future, as Lord Haden-Guest.

 

[Taustin Powers]

"Some kind of a bizarre gardening accident..."

"And you are...Spinal Tarp?"

 

[Shalto]

I am quite fond of changing your band name from "the originals" to " the new originals" because the name was taken.

 

[Wood and Wire]

That Anglo-American actor (born in NYC to a British diplomat) is so English that he is the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, i.e. a peer of the realm.

You may refer to him, in future, as Lord Haden-Guest.

It's been 20 years since most hereditary peers have been allowed in Parliamentary sessions in the House of Lords, so we only got to see Christopher & Jamie sitting in a couple of times, before that door was closed to them.

Had he been better at pronouncing the letter 'O' in an English accent, and not flubbing improvised reactions, he would have been allowed to keep his parliamentary privileges...

The joke is "Dobly", and it's Jeanine's misunderstanding - Nigel just rips into her (so irrespective of whether Christopher Guest flubbs the line, or can't pronounce an English 'O', it's Jeanine's pronunciation that is the crux of the joke).


Fortunately, I can confirm that Christopher Guest is fully capable of correctly pronouncing "Macadamia nut".

 

[lyonaudio]

It's been 20 years since most hereditary peers have been allowed in Parliamentary sessions in the House of Lords...

AKA "The Death Of The Empire"...

(House of Lords = great gig for those eligible. All you have to do is sign in at the front desk and you get an "attendance allowance" of £310 ($388), and you can do that every day that the house is in session.)

 

[Wood and Wire]

AKA "The Death Of The Empire"...

(House of Lords = great gig for those eligible. All you have to do is sign in at the front desk and you get an "attendance allowance" of £310 ($388), and you can do that every day that the house is in session.)

Thankfully, for the last 20 years, it hasn't been an open door policy, for every peer to just show up and collect cash.

The number of those eligible is significantly reduced, and the old dear (and some other old dude) who were literally just showing up, and not participating, were singled out, and shamed last year.


There was no deleted scene on the Spinal Tap DVD, covering this turn of events.

 

[lyonaudio]

Thankfully, for the last 20 years, it hasn't been an open door policy, for every peer to just show up and collect cash.

All of the designated (92) hereditary peers, all of the Lords Spiritual (Church of England bishops and archbishops), and all of the life peers (650 or so), are eligible for the £310/day allowance.
Unless, of course, said Lord holds a position (government minister, etc.) that provides a salary.

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

the entire song big bottom is classic..... most references can't be written here.

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

the entire song big bottom is classic..... most references can't be written here.

And I want a double neck BC Rich 4 string....... bet is weighs a ton. But it's got a Big Bottom. LOL

 

[Wood and Wire]

All of the designated (92) hereditary peers, all of the Lords Spiritual (Church of England bishops and archbishops), and all of the life peers (650 or so), are eligible for the £310/day allowance.
Unless, of course, said Lord holds a position (government minister, etc.) that provides a salary.

And you're angry on Christopher's behalf?

 

[DaDo625]

A. What a great thread.
B. Am I the only one who can’t stop “Big Bottom” from looping in my head or
C. Humming/singing parts of the song - often at inappropriate moments..

Just sayin...

 

[Killing Floor]

Out of the emptiness sal-va-tion

A. What a great thread.
B. Am I the only one who can’t stop “Big Bottom” from looping in my head or
C. Humming/singing parts of the song - often at inappropriate moments..

Just sayin...

Soundtrack could Easily be my desert island album. It's really all any listener needs.

 

[Traps82]

"Are we gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow?"

 

[candiehappy]

I first read the title as "Best Bass Line from Spinal Tap" and that would undisputably be "Big Bottom".

The best spoken line in the movie is.

"We are not going to do a free-form jazz exploration in front of a festival crowd."

 

[Bar Band Bassman]

Intro to "Jazz Odyssey":
"He wrote this"
Yeah, put it on the bass player....

 

[Kaspar Vadsholt]

“Jazz is music based on fear”

 

[Squirey]

“He wrote this”

It’s very subtle. I’m guessing a truly underrated comment. It is simultaneously acknowledgment, mockery and repudiation.