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From Where eagles date - A Must Watch


What we have got here is a failure to communicate
From Cool hand Luke - Another must watch

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What we have got here is a failure to communicate
1967 - The phrase is first used in the motion picture Cool Hand Luke, delivered by actor Strother Martin.
# 1984 – In the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard (episode "Cool Hands, Bo and Luke"), the phrase is uttered by Colonel Cassius Claiborne (Morgan Woodward) when addressing inmates Bo and Luke Duke after a failed escape attempt.
# 1988 - In the film Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest P. Worrell is a cabdriver who picks up Santa Claus at the airport. Santa mistakenly pays his fare with game-board money, and Ernest says, "What we've got here is a failure to accumulate."
# 1991 - Hard rock band Guns N' Roses sample the line, and its ensuing speech, direct from the film for the introduction to their song "Civil War", from their Geffen album Use Your Illusion II.
# Jim Carrey played a prison warden in a skit on the comedy show In Living Color (1990-1994). When a riot broke out, Carrey uttered the phrase before being immediately overcome by the inmates.
# 1993 - Used once in the Rugrats episode "Cool Hand Angelica".
# 1993 - Uttered by Kramer in the Seinfeld episode "the Puffy Shirt"
# 1995 - Damon Wayans uses the line in the film Major Payne after nicknaming one of the ROTC soldiers "Cool Hand Luke".
# 1997 - The Frasier episode "Three Days of the Condo" uses the line as the title for one of its scenes.
# 2000 - Terry Pratchett uses the line in his novel The Truth (vocalized by Mr. Pin).
# 2002 - The line is quoted by the bandit unit in Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft 3.
# 2003 - In CSI Miami episode Hard Time, the parole officer uses the line. Horatio Caine smiles, and they both say they liked that movie.
# 2004 - Robbie Coltrane uses the line on his television series Cracker after an argument that resulted in a woman throwing a glass of water in his face.
# 2005 - MF Doom uses the line on the song "El Chupa Nibre" on the DANGERDOOM album.
# 2005 - Roddy Piper uses the line during a segment of Piper's Pit at WrestleMania 21.
# 2005 - Agent Tony DiNozzo quotes this line in the Frame Up episode in season 3 of NCIS as he is leaving the holding cell.
# 2006 - "Failure to Communicate" is the title of an episode of the television series House in a reference to a patient's word salad inflected speech.1967 - The phrase is first used in the motion picture Cool Hand Luke, delivered by actor Strother Martin.
# 1984 – In the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard (episode "Cool Hands, Bo and Luke"), the phrase is uttered by Colonel Cassius Claiborne (Morgan Woodward) when addressing inmates Bo and Luke Duke after a failed escape attempt.
# 1988 - In the film Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest P. Worrell is a cabdriver who picks up Santa Claus at the airport. Santa mistakenly pays his fare with game-board money, and Ernest says, "What we've got here is a failure to accumulate."
# 1991 - Hard rock band Guns N' Roses sample the line, and its ensuing speech, direct from the film for the introduction to their song "Civil War", from their Geffen album Use Your Illusion II.
# Jim Carrey played a prison warden in a skit on the comedy show In Living Color (1990-1994). When a riot broke out, Carrey uttered the phrase before being immediately overcome by the inmates.
# 1993 - Used once in the Rugrats episode "Cool Hand Angelica".
# 1993 - Uttered by Kramer in the Seinfeld episode "the Puffy Shirt"
# 1995 - Damon Wayans uses the line in the film Major Payne after nicknaming one of the ROTC soldiers "Cool Hand Luke".
# 1997 - The Frasier episode "Three Days of the Condo" uses the line as the title for one of its scenes.
# 2000 - Terry Pratchett uses the line in his novel The Truth (vocalized by Mr. Pin).
# 2002 - The line is quoted by the bandit unit in Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft 3.
# 2003 - In CSI Miami episode Hard Time, the parole officer uses the line. Horatio Caine smiles, and they both say they liked that movie.
# 2004 - Robbie Coltrane uses the line on his television series Cracker after an argument that resulted in a woman throwing a glass of water in his face.
# 2005 - MF Doom uses the line on the song "El Chupa Nibre" on the DANGERDOOM album.
# 2005 - Roddy Piper uses the line during a segment of Piper's Pit at WrestleMania 21.
# 2005 - Agent Tony DiNozzo quotes this line in the Frame Up episode in season 3 of NCIS as he is leaving the holding cell.
# 2006 - "Failure to Communicate" is the title of an episode of the television series House in a reference to a patient's word salad inflected speech.
 
Movie:

“I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.”
 
Ok another one from the classics then:

WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT

:D
 
Movie:

“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.”


Ok another one from the classics then:

WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT

:D
Jaws :D
 

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