Other Titles • The Love Bug • Car-Boy-Girl (1968) • Toller Käfer, Ein (1968)
Quotes from The Love Bug (1968)
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Carole: Help, I'm a prisoner! I can't get out! Van Hippy: We all prisoners, chickee-baby. We all locked in. [looks over at his hippy partner] Van Hippy: Huh, a couple of weirdos, Guenivere.
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Jim Douglas: Without a real car, I'm only half a man.
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Mr. Thorndyke: I salute your honesty, my dear, a quality not necessarily to be despised.
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Jim Douglas: Why is it the only food we have in this house is parrot food? We don't have a parrot. Tennessee Steinmetz: Eat that! That's good. That's pressed kelp. That aerates your liver.
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[Tenessee's car is gone] Jim Douglas: Where's the beast? You didn't cut up the Edsel! [the Edsel grill is hanging on a rack with many cut up car parts] Tennessee Steinmetz: Came over me all of a sudden. Seemed like the only decent thing do. Don't worry, Jim, it'll be happier up there. [Jim suddenly bursts into laughter]
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Jim Douglas: What do you know? The engine stalled. Carole: [tries to get out] How about that? The door's stuck. That's how it is with cars sometimes. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next. Jim Douglas: Well, as someone very wisely once said, "That's how it is with cars sometimes." Carole: I just said that. Jim Douglas: Oh.
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Mr. Thorndyke: [In a whimperish voice] Havershaw, Im not a cowardly man, but I get the feeling that thing is out to get me. Havershaw: Now now Sir, none of that, we're not losing our nerve are we? Mr. Thorndyke: [Suddenly in a bellowing voice] BLAST You Havershaw! How dare you patronize me! I am not losing my nerve! Havershaw: [scared voice] No sir. no sir, of course not.
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Jim Douglas: You don't understand what happens, do you? They make ten thousand cars, they make them exactly the same way, and one or two of 'em turn out to be something special. Nobody knows why.
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Jim Douglas: I may be kidding myself, but I think I can make something out of that sad little bucket of bolts.
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[Thorndyke kicks not-yet-named "Herbie" the little white car in his shop] Jim Douglas: What's that for? Mr. Thorndyke: I beg your pardon! Jim Douglas: Well, why don't you let the little car alone? Mr. Thorndyke: Are you presuming to tell me what to do in my own establishment? Jim Douglas: Ok, I'm out of line. It just bugs me to see somebody abusing a decent piece of machinery.
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Jim Douglas: Has everybody gone nuts around here? I can understand how Tennessee feels, he's just in off a flying saucer.
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Carole: I wonder if your reputation is altogether true. Jim Douglas: What's my reputation? Carole: Oh, I've heard that Jim Douglas is only interested in fast cars and easy money. Jim Douglas: Not true. Carole: Oh? Jim Douglas: Mm-hmm. You know something else? Carole: What? Jim Douglas: When the light hits you just right, you're as beautiful as General Grant on a $ 50 bill.
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Mr. Thorndyke: Good evening. Tennessee Steinmetz: Sorry, the other rats are out for the evening!
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Mr. Thorndyke: What part of Ireland did you say your mother came from? Tennessee Steinmetz: Coney, Ireland. [laughs drunkenly]
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Mr. Thorndyke: At a time like this, whatever kind of time it is, I always say money serves to ease the pain.
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Mr. Thorndyke: [bad-mouthing Herbie] Mr. Douglas, I have a friend with a "claw-and-hook auto wrecking company" in San Francisco, and he's going to work on your car. Maybe he'll transform it into a birdbath. Or what about a nice doormat, so I can wipe my feet on it everyday. It's too bad this thing doesn't have the gumption to get up to the starting line this morning. I should have enjoyed beating it. [kicks Herbie again, and Tennessee lets out this loud shrieking grunt]
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Jim Douglas: [on the phone] Yeah, yeah, Thorndyke. I know what you did to my car. You need your brains kicked out.
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Bice: You used to be a big track driver, ain't you got no pride? Jim Douglas: I ran out of pride when I ran out of cars.
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Tennessee Steinmetz: [holding a pot full of coffee while using a welding iron to fire it up, and wearing big gloves] The trick is always remember to have asbestos gloves when you make coffee this way.
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Mr. Wu: I think now is chance to remove egg fu yung off of face.
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Carole: [Herbie is acting up] Will you stop the car please? Jim Douglas: I'm trying! Look! [he tries to take the key out and press the brakes] Jim Douglas: It's just like I told you! It's starting to act up again! Carole: How very odd. When I was driving, there was no problem whatsoever!
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