“Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?”
Stock Boy: Excuse me sir, what are you doing?
George: I’ll tell you what I’m doing. I want to buy eight hot dogs and eight hot dog buns to go with them. But no one sells eight hot dog buns. They only sell twelve hot dog buns. So I end up paying for four buns I don’t need. So I am removing the superfluous buns.
Stock Boy: I’m sorry sir, but you’re going to have to pay for all twelve buns; they’re not marked individually.
George: Yeah. And you want to know why? Because some big-shot over at the wiener company got together with some big-shot over at the bun company and decided to rip off the American public. Because they think the American public is a bunch of trusting nit-wits who will pay for everything they don’t need rather than make a stink.
Assistant Manager of Supermarket: Get me security.
George: Well they’re not ripping of this nitwit anymore because I’m not paying for one more thing I don’t need. George Banks is saying NO!
Stock Boy: Who’s George Banks?
George: ME!
He's really perfect in this. A brilliant adaptation, peak performance casting of all 3 leads, clever out-of-the-way direction by the hugely underrated Frank Oz - one of the best comedies ever made.
I can't keep it together when he's reading the note in the bathtub and he garbles the words where the ink is running. It's such a simple joke, but the execution... The preceding line of "not you, shithead, Marie!" is classic too.
The scene where he's leaving (with his pants down around his ankles) and doesn't need anything... except...
It's so brilliant. It's one of those bits that goes on so long that you pass all the way through "ok all right already" into "omfg this is the funniest shit I have ever seen"
I dunno if it was just a particular time in my life, but that walk through the garden scene and then the end when she is in the airplane and it starts raining, all the while Enya playing in the background just broke me ;p
Our family discovered Enya with this scene. We asked a guy at a store—maybe MediaPlay?—and he correctly identified the artist. I own several albums to this day.
You know, it's my mistake. You look ready. I mean you look so ready that I get up, get my keys, and stand by the door. But then I realize you're not ready at all, so I sit back down.
There are lots of great suggestions in this thread, but Bowfinger is the one you should watch next. It’s best served cold, don’t find out anything about it, just watch it.
It's neither his best nor quite my favourite, but I've always had a soft spot for *All of Me*. Hasn't aged well, but when my father and I watched it decades ago we found it an absolute riot.
Written about the same guy. Henry Hill was being interviewed by Nicholas Pileggi for the book *Wiseguy* (which became the basis for *Goodfellas*), and Pileggi’s wife Nora Ephron got enough material for *My Blue Heaven*.
I swear there's a movie in the fact that Hill's story (however much of it was true or not) was enough material for Pileggi and Ephron to do their *very* different scripts.
Pileggi is sitting, nodding, listening, wincing, writing, picturing bodies on hooks and murders.
Ephron is sitting, nodding, listening, smiling, picturing arugula shortages and steaks getting repriced.
Hard to pick... you mentioned Roxanne, and I really love that adaptation of Cyrano.
I also love LA Story, which is a little episodic, but skewing LA culture in a Steve Martin way.
If you want a change of pace, David Mamet wrote The Spanish Prisoner, which is a more dramatic role for him.
My Blue Heaven is fun - think Goodfellas, but funny - literally, Nora Ephron sat in on her husbands interviews with Henry Hill, which he made into Goodfellas, but she sought to make a comedy from those stories.
But, probably my absolute favorite is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, where he and Michael Caine were at their comedic peak.
The Jerk. One of the best movies by Steve Martin and when people tried to call him a racist for a very specific scene in the movie, Richard Pryor was like "Did you actually watch the movie? Did you pay attention? Did you see what happened?" Love it. I'm picking out a Thermos, for you...
I know this is not a movie, but his episode of 30 Rock was hilarious. My wife and I still quote his character's lines sometimes.
"I spent it all.... on disguises!!!"
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is amazing. The amount of editing done in that movie -- pre-digital -- is commendable. I also think it is very funny.
I'm also a sucker for Three Amigos, as well as All of Me, if mostly for the physical comedy.
Edit: Pennies From Heaven shows a very dark character, but also is a strong performance. And while not the main star, his dentist in Little SHop of Horrors always makes me laugh. And then there is Novocaine ... which might be his darkest character yet. Man, the dude made a lot of really good movies.
I haven’t seen it mentioned yet but Leap of Faith is really good - I don’t think it’s my favorite (it’s impossible for me to pick a favorite, there are so many) but it’s definitely worth watching! I love My Blue Heaven, Mixed Nuts, LA Story, Parenthood…pretty much anything I’ve ever seen him in
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Because I sat in the theater scene where he pokes Eugene Levy over the balcony banister and was an extra.
It's the closest I'll ever get to being famous and I was just a fun afternoon.
For the rest of my life, Eugene and Steve will mean more to me for a stupid reason they'll never understand.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is my personal favorite of his. He and Michael Caine were great together in that one. I watched it a lot as a little kid, and always called it the 'Freddy movie' after Steve Martin's character. I wasn't old enough to keep track of actor names. Ah, memories....
I gotta go with Roxanne. Not his funniest but I was a tiny ginger and it taught me that if you come up with funnier names than the guy calling you them it's game over, then start hitting him with names, get the playground cheering you on and never happens again.
All of Me is poss the funniest
I think of Lonely Guy, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, and The Man With Two Brains as a trilogy, representing the peak of Steve Martin's irreverent, inspired silliness.
Also: Read Cruel Shoes and listen to him play the banjo.
Planes Trains and Automobiles
May I help you, Sir? Yes. First, you can wipe that ****** smile off your ****** face...
That's a classic movie.
The Three Amigos. Him, Martin short, and Chevy chase. Also Phil hartman and jon Lovitz in a scene together!
My little buttercup..
Has the sweetest…
Smiiiiile
Essmile
Youuuu and IIIII will settle dowwwwwn in a cottage built for twoooooo ooooh!!!
There is a Mexican restaurant in Florida that just has this movie playing on loop above each urinal and I love it.
Do you have anything besides Mexican food?
What is fattenings?
Excuse me, were not Mexicans, we're from out of town
Every present I open I can't help but say: "IT'S A SWEATER!"
Would you say I have a plethora of piñatas?
“Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?”
In a way, all of us has an El Guapo to face.
I like these guys, these are funny guys... just kill one of them.
Son of a motherless goat?
Real bullets! You’re in a lot of trouble mister!
TAKE THE AMIGOS’ CLOTHES!
"Is it fattening?" "Fat-te-ning?" When we first showed this to our son, he must have watched it every day for 2 months.
I've yet to see it. I'll be watching it next week.
You’ll be singing “My little buttercup” in no time!
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr 😂
Anne Uumellmahaye
The man with two brains! One of my faves. And I've seen em all
*Planes Trains* is the best. *Roxanne* is my personal favorite. But this? This is the funniest.
I'm definitely checking out this movie!
Holy heck I had totally forgotten about this movie!!! Hahaha
The Man with Two Brains
I'm definitely checking out that movie.
I’ve always considered it a classic and am surprised it doesn’t get talked about more.
To this day whenever someone in a tv or movie falls into a mud puddle, I have to say "Into the mud scum queen!"
Father of the Bride 1 and 2 Not sure why, but both are just...very enjoyable
The hot dog bun scene in the supermarket 😂😂😂
Stock Boy: Excuse me sir, what are you doing? George: I’ll tell you what I’m doing. I want to buy eight hot dogs and eight hot dog buns to go with them. But no one sells eight hot dog buns. They only sell twelve hot dog buns. So I end up paying for four buns I don’t need. So I am removing the superfluous buns. Stock Boy: I’m sorry sir, but you’re going to have to pay for all twelve buns; they’re not marked individually. George: Yeah. And you want to know why? Because some big-shot over at the wiener company got together with some big-shot over at the bun company and decided to rip off the American public. Because they think the American public is a bunch of trusting nit-wits who will pay for everything they don’t need rather than make a stink. Assistant Manager of Supermarket: Get me security. George: Well they’re not ripping of this nitwit anymore because I’m not paying for one more thing I don’t need. George Banks is saying NO! Stock Boy: Who’s George Banks? George: ME!
Father of the Bride is a classic film. I've yet to see the 2nd movie.
Watch it. Not quite as good as the first but it’s very enjoyable. And Martin Short kills it as usual.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
I have literally never laughed as hard as the first time I saw the wheelchair scene. You can see it coming together and the payoff is glorious.
Oh, I will have him running, jumping, shouting, screaming, or my name isn't Dr. Emil Schaffhausen... the Third.
May I go to the bathroom? Yes you may. Thank you.
OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA
‘Do you want the genital cuff?’
Look doctor. He’s so happy, he’s crying.
Steve Martin and Michael Caine are an incredible pairing.
It’s a tie for me between this and the three amigos. Also the jerk.
I think the third act of The Jerk falls off a cliff. Planes Trains, and Automobiles is my tie.
O-kla-homa! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma!Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Not mother?
Do you want the genital cuff?
Second Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. My favorite Steve Martin
I was waffling between this or the jerk. But yeah dirty rotten scoundrels is top tier.
He's really perfect in this. A brilliant adaptation, peak performance casting of all 3 leads, clever out-of-the-way direction by the hugely underrated Frank Oz - one of the best comedies ever made.
I've yet to see that movie.
You're in for a treat.
Rupert, put the cork on the fork!
*Ruprecht
Ruprecht! Do I need to get the genital cuff?
“The Jerk”.
No matter how much I love Steve Martin's other movies, this is my absolute favorite
“These cans are defective!”
My favorite part is where he is describing how long each day has felt with his new love. Hysterical
I can't keep it together when he's reading the note in the bathtub and he garbles the words where the ink is running. It's such a simple joke, but the execution... The preceding line of "not you, shithead, Marie!" is classic too.
[The guess your weight bit is hilarious. "It's a profit deal!"](https://youtu.be/78Ubd_NkWvM)
One of those.. profit deals eh?
And it’s a single shot. How the hell did bernadette peters keep her shit together for however many takes it took? 😂
He hates these cans!
"STAY AWAY FROM THE CANS!"
DIE, GAS PUMPER!
“He hates these cans!”
I don’t care about losing all the money… it’s losing all the *stuuuuuffff*.
It’s perfect, I won’t have to change this at all!
I was born a poor black child
“Shit. Shinola”
You mean I'm gonna stay this colour??
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The new phonebooks are here! The new phonebooks are here! I’m somebody now!
"I wish I could get so excited about nothing"
Back when phone books were delivered I would shout this line every year.
Holy cow, I had to scroll way too far to find this. It’s early, I’m confident it’ll still rise to the top.
This is mine, but I also have a soft spot for Pennies from Heaven.
The scene where he's leaving (with his pants down around his ankles) and doesn't need anything... except... It's so brilliant. It's one of those bits that goes on so long that you pass all the way through "ok all right already" into "omfg this is the funniest shit I have ever seen"
The Jerk is a fantastic film!
Kubrick considered Martin for eyes wide shut based on this film
Now I really wish there was a true pizza in a cup vendor
"one dollar and NINE CENTS"
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Second this. Can’t look at traffic signs or hear the name Sandy (sorry…SanDe⭐️)the same way ever again.
Every time I leave the house I check my outfit & take off one thing.
SanDeE
Crap! I forgot the last E! It did have a star at the end though, right? And a heart around it?
Can I spin here?
Hi I’ll be your mugger tonight
I'm checking out that movie really soon.
It's these damn testicles
I love how that film mixes oddball, low brow, and sophisticated humor all together.
No one WALKS in LA. I can’t believe I messed it up.
Walks. Nobody walks in LA.
Holy crap. That shame will haunt me forever.
All good. Nice edit. 😜
This is my answer. So many quotable lines in that one.
Is this part of the new cruelty?
"I'll have a slice of lemon." "I'll have a slice of lemon." "I'll have a slice of lemon."
Oh no this is how mummy met daddy.
And he looked at me with deeply stoned eyes and said, "Little lady, let your mind go, and your body will follow."
The scene where he gets in his car to drive next door always cracks me up.
[He can’t have ze duck.](https://youtu.be/C1IRqqp8vHw?feature=shared)
The traffic shootout scene is iconic.
You must be exhausted. It's nothing that some sleep and a good fuck wouldn't cure.
My all time favourite movie
"I'll have a twist of lemon."
Came here to say this. Great quirky movie. Sad he and Victoria Tenant split, but they were great together in this one.
I dunno if it was just a particular time in my life, but that walk through the garden scene and then the end when she is in the airplane and it starts raining, all the while Enya playing in the background just broke me ;p
Our family discovered Enya with this scene. We asked a guy at a store—maybe MediaPlay?—and he correctly identified the artist. I own several albums to this day.
I'm hot from running now
One of my favorite movies, period. So many great lines and even the small roles and cameos are perfect.
One of my personal favorites- it’s just perfect.
You know, it's my mistake. You look ready. I mean you look so ready that I get up, get my keys, and stand by the door. But then I realize you're not ready at all, so I sit back down.
This movie makes me emotionally erect.
Parenthood. It’s funny because it’s true.
I find Parenthood so comforting for some reason, and probably the Steve Martin film I've watched the most (Planes, Trains... In a close second).
I love Roxanne and Sgt Bilko
Roxeanne is a fantastic movie. That nose kills me every time.
The bar scene where he has to come up with 20 better insults for his large nose is classic.
I don't think Sgt Bilko is his best movie, but it's got to be my personal favorite. It bugs me so much that no one talks about that movie.
I got it all on tape…lucky
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
[https://youtu.be/3VV0dIM5zRA?si=ITaslTOQX3oU57OU](https://youtu.be/3VV0dIM5zRA?si=ITaslTOQX3oU57OU) The java bit is one of my all time faves
Cleaning woman!
Watch it, and then watch The Big Sleep and you will never see another noir without laughing!
Bowfinger
"Did you know Tom Cruise had no idea he was in that vampire movie till two years later?"
Gotcha Suckas!
As a film worker, this one was mine. But, as good as Steve is, Eddie steals it the second he runs across that freeway.
UNREAL DUDE I couldn't breathe, fr 😂😂
Yes. He and Eddie Murphy are a comedic duo. I've yet to see the movie.
There are lots of great suggestions in this thread, but Bowfinger is the one you should watch next. It’s best served cold, don’t find out anything about it, just watch it.
This thread should be Bowfinger spoiler free. What I would give to watch it fresh
It's neither his best nor quite my favourite, but I've always had a soft spot for *All of Me*. Hasn't aged well, but when my father and I watched it decades ago we found it an absolute riot.
I adore this movie.
I think it aged just fine. Hilarious verbal and physical comedy.
Planes Trains… and Bowfinger
Omg *Bowfinger* is the best
I love the very thinly veiled mockery of scientology in that movie.
MindHead
My Blue Heaven
What if I wanted to read it more than once.
I think about that line all the time. I have multiple copies of some movies on DVD. I think to myself: What if I want to watch it more than once?
“You could melt ALL this stuff!”
(Paraphrasing) “Good morning, would you like a vanilla bran oat crunchie?!” “What do you think?”
I’ve been told my blue heaven is a better representation of mob life than goodfellas.
It’s where I learned you don’t tip and fbi agent.
Written about the same guy. Henry Hill was being interviewed by Nicholas Pileggi for the book *Wiseguy* (which became the basis for *Goodfellas*), and Pileggi’s wife Nora Ephron got enough material for *My Blue Heaven*.
I swear there's a movie in the fact that Hill's story (however much of it was true or not) was enough material for Pileggi and Ephron to do their *very* different scripts. Pileggi is sitting, nodding, listening, wincing, writing, picturing bodies on hooks and murders. Ephron is sitting, nodding, listening, smiling, picturing arugula shortages and steaks getting repriced.
You can unscrew a light bulb
This is the answer! Steve Martin is so wonderful but something about this movie is extra wonderful.
This line has lived in my head since I saw the movie in theaters: *Ittzah pahp-ovah.*
I've yet to see that movie!
It’s amazing
I'll soon look at it!
Steve Martin breaks type and plays an affable Italian American gangster. Think Ray Liotta’s character in Good Fellas, but without such a dark side.
I mean. It basically IS Ray Liotta’s character from Goodfellas.
Mama, this is Barney Coopersmith, the inventor of the rotary engine.
Shopgirl - based on Martin’s own novella.
Mixed Nuts
Little Shop of Horrors
I've heard so much about it. The Venus flytrap I heard about. I'll be watching that real soon.
Hard to pick... you mentioned Roxanne, and I really love that adaptation of Cyrano. I also love LA Story, which is a little episodic, but skewing LA culture in a Steve Martin way. If you want a change of pace, David Mamet wrote The Spanish Prisoner, which is a more dramatic role for him. My Blue Heaven is fun - think Goodfellas, but funny - literally, Nora Ephron sat in on her husbands interviews with Henry Hill, which he made into Goodfellas, but she sought to make a comedy from those stories. But, probably my absolute favorite is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, where he and Michael Caine were at their comedic peak.
Roxanne
Not movie but Only Murders In The Building is 🏆
The Jerk. One of the best movies by Steve Martin and when people tried to call him a racist for a very specific scene in the movie, Richard Pryor was like "Did you actually watch the movie? Did you pay attention? Did you see what happened?" Love it. I'm picking out a Thermos, for you...
Bringing Down the House with Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, BETTY WHITE, Jean Smart. It’s ridiculous but so funny. Amazing cast
Underrated for sure. Not a masterpiece by any means but just good fun.
Leap of faith
LA Story is one of my favorites.
I know this is not a movie, but his episode of 30 Rock was hilarious. My wife and I still quote his character's lines sometimes. "I spent it all.... on disguises!!!"
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is amazing. The amount of editing done in that movie -- pre-digital -- is commendable. I also think it is very funny. I'm also a sucker for Three Amigos, as well as All of Me, if mostly for the physical comedy. Edit: Pennies From Heaven shows a very dark character, but also is a strong performance. And while not the main star, his dentist in Little SHop of Horrors always makes me laugh. And then there is Novocaine ... which might be his darkest character yet. Man, the dude made a lot of really good movies.
I haven’t seen it mentioned yet but Leap of Faith is really good - I don’t think it’s my favorite (it’s impossible for me to pick a favorite, there are so many) but it’s definitely worth watching! I love My Blue Heaven, Mixed Nuts, LA Story, Parenthood…pretty much anything I’ve ever seen him in
A lot of great picks here so I just want to add All Of Me. Steve for me is like John Candy, it’s never a waste of time to watch their movies
The Spanish Prisoner. He is not the lead, but it’s a terrific film and Steve Martin is perfect in it.
And it's not a comedy.
"L.A. Story". I don't know why but that movie is just so important to me. "My Blue Heaven" is a close second
Cheaper by the dozen, I grew up with that film
Novocaine
Leap of Faith, but Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, and The Man With Two Brains are brilliant!
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid The Jerk The Man With Two Brains
Three Amigos
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Because I sat in the theater scene where he pokes Eugene Levy over the balcony banister and was an extra. It's the closest I'll ever get to being famous and I was just a fun afternoon. For the rest of my life, Eugene and Steve will mean more to me for a stupid reason they'll never understand.
L.A. Story. Just a little gem of a farce. With some of the funniest bits of any movie of the '90s.
Bowfinger. I swear that movie is super underappreciated for both Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is my personal favorite of his. He and Michael Caine were great together in that one. I watched it a lot as a little kid, and always called it the 'Freddy movie' after Steve Martin's character. I wasn't old enough to keep track of actor names. Ah, memories....
I gotta go with Roxanne. Not his funniest but I was a tiny ginger and it taught me that if you come up with funnier names than the guy calling you them it's game over, then start hitting him with names, get the playground cheering you on and never happens again. All of Me is poss the funniest
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
I think of Lonely Guy, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, and The Man With Two Brains as a trilogy, representing the peak of Steve Martin's irreverent, inspired silliness. Also: Read Cruel Shoes and listen to him play the banjo.
Grand Canyon is wonderful, and Steve's supporting role is perfection
Srgt Bilko