Joyful Abode

My Fellow Americans

“A Comedy about Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Two Ex-Presidents”

It’s a fantastic movie with a really quick, witty script. Has anyone in the peanut gallery seen it before?

A few quotes

• Mrs. Kramer: (after Kramer fills a liquor bottle with water to make it seem as if he didn’t have any) “Don’t do that with the liquor, Russ, it’s so George Bush”
• Kramer (commenting when Douglas wants to borrow $5 for a bacon burger): You want five dollars to buy a $1.99 hamburger and you wonder why the Democrats are in trouble?
• Kramer: It’s a kick in the balls. Sorry, sweetheart.
  Mrs. Kramer: Please, I’m a politician’s wife, I have a set of my own.
• Kramer: I was Time Magazine’s Man of the Year.
  Douglas: So was Hitler.
  Kramer: Not twice.
• “Hail to the chief, he’s the chief and he needs hailing, he is the chief so everybody hail like crazy.” (Kramer’s lyrics for “Hail to the Chief“)
• “Hail to the chief, if you don’t I’ll have to kill you, I am the chief so you’d better watch your step you bastards.” (Douglas’ lyrics for “Hail to the Chief”)
• Kramer: How’s Mrs. Douglas?
  Douglas: We’re in the middle of a divorce.
  Kramer: Oh yeah, I knew that didn’t I? Yeah, I guess life in the White House put too much of a strain on your marriage.
  Douglas: No, it was being out of the White House that Katherine couldn’t stand.
  Kramer: Well gee, that’s funny, your being out of the White House went over so well with the rest of the country.
  Douglas: Oh yeah, you wanna compare popularity polls?
  Kramer: Yeah, let’s talk about popularity. There was only one assassination attempt on me. You had three.
  Douglas: Two! The woman in Phoenix doesn’t count…she only had a starter pistol.

And speaking of movies… what is your favorite movie to watch on Thanksgiving? Christmas? Or are you movie-free on holidays?

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