Deborah Lipp

Because “D” went so well.

1. The Potato Head Blues is one of the things that makes life worth living.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

2. Directed by a one-time elected Republican official, this movie was accused by the right wing media of having a liberal agenda.
Solved by maurinsky (comment #12).

3. “You don’t frighten us with your silly knees-bent running around advancing behavior!”
Solved by Ken (comment #3).

4. She cooks dinner. He feeds bits of it to his dogs under the table. She threatens to kill him.
Solved by maurinsky (comment #10).

5. “I’m a middle child. I always think the really good moments are happening to someone else.”
Solved by Evn (comment #17).

6. Based on Kensington Stories.
Solved by George (comment #19).

7. “Jews know two things: suffering, and where to find great Chinese food.”
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

The theme was surprisingly challenging, but Steve H. got it.

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Theme guessed by Steve H. (comment #10).

1. During the making of this movie, the cast referred to a crucial prop as “the tube of Prell.”
Solved by Roberta (comment #7).

2. “This is the best part of the day, when I get to be fat, on the bed, with my quart of Coke.”
Solved by Steve H. (comment #10).

3. Credits for this movie include two actors identified as “Chicken F**ker” and one identified as “Urinatee.”
Solved by Evn (comment #18).

4. This comedy stars a recently deceased actress, who is romanced by an actor who has starred in a Western television show. Also featuring a husband who can’t find his wife, played by an actor famous for his television role as a husband who can’t stand his wife.
Solved by Steve H. (comment #12).

5. “I am a gay lesbian woman! I do not mythologize the male sexual organ!”
Solved by Evn (comment #3).

6. The last line of the movie is, “What do we do now?”
Solved by Anthony Cartouche (comment #5).

7. Starring a man most famous for singing, a woman most famous for being stabbed, and another woman famous for being a teapot.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

Great job, everyone.

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Because I feel like it.

1. The scientists decide the cafe owner is okay because she refuses to keep coffee in the freezer.
Solved by Ken (comment #12).

2. A character in this movie has rings that mimic tattoos from a 1955 movie. These tattoos are also mimicked in a 1975 movie.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

3. “I don’t think you fully understand, _______. You’ve been murdered.”
Solved by Evn (comment #11).

4. Person 1: “So what country do you want to go to?”
Person 2: “Wyoming.”
Person 1: “___, Wyoming’s not a country.”
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

5. Based on a famous book with a cult following and numerous sequels. Critically-acclaimed director. Rock star as one of the villains. Bad movie.
Solved by Roberta (comment #3).

6. “I never gave a ticket to a nun before. I gave a ticket to a guy from the IRS one time.”
Solved by Anthony Cartouche (comment #10).

7. Neither Humphrey Bogart nor Ronald Reagan get the girl.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

What with Oscar nominations and Blog for Choice, I totally forgot I owed you all trivia. Please forgive me. Try to go on with your lives. It’s only 7 days until next Tuesday.

Y’all needed one hint this week, but you knocked them down with professionalism.

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Go solve!

Roberta solved the theme (comment #7).

1. A dying man leaves a laboring woman a note saying “Start Fresh.”
Solved by treecat (comment #16).

2. “The only thing I like better than an eggplant burger is a chocolate covered eggplant burger.”
Solved by Steve H. (comment #6).

3. “Separately we are flawed and vulnerable, but together we are the masters of our sexual destiny.”
Solved by Evn (comment #14).

4. In this second part of a trilogy, one of the actresses died during filming, and was replaced in her role for part three.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

5. A one-legged veteran struggles to prevent his house from being burned down.
Hint: The actor playing the one-legged veteran is the star of another movie referenced in this quiz.
Solved by Melville (comment #24).

6. “Everyone promises you happily ever after… but life turns into a different kind of fairy tale.”
Solved by Steve H. (comment #19).

7. The story of a model by a female director who has also done the story of a serial killer.
Solved by Melville (comment #5).

Y’all know your political movies!

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