Cute little funny movie with Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler.
The Divine Miss M was a pudgy little thing - but charming in this movie.
Lily Tomlin was adorable too.
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Cute little funny movie with Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler.
The Divine Miss M was a pudgy little thing - but charming in this movie.
Lily Tomlin was adorable too.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | June 28, 2019 2:17 PM |
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie. A couple friends and I quote from it constantly.
"Lets go kick some Yankee ASS!"
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 24, 2010 2:55 PM |
And Fred Ward was totally hot .....
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 24, 2010 2:56 PM |
I don't think she was pudgy in this movie.
I love that random scene where she starts singing on the street with those steel drum players.
And of course, Lily Tomlin doing than snake bit and rattling her bracelet.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 24, 2010 2:56 PM |
I agree. It was a fun movie.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 24, 2010 3:00 PM |
Great, fun film...
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 24, 2010 3:05 PM |
I love the scene where she roots for Alexis on Dynasty, just before going into a business meeting herself, all dressed up with huge shoulder pads.
Love Bette in all her 80s films!!
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 24, 2010 3:10 PM |
[quote]And of course, Lily Tomlin doing than snake bit and rattling her bracelet.
YES! The snake bit with her two fingers, especially when she does it in her sleep.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 24, 2010 3:14 PM |
Lord, I carry a heavy load.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 24, 2010 3:37 PM |
love the two gay guys...and the blonde guy's reaction to Roone.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 24, 2010 3:38 PM |
Look, a sink in the living room.%0D %0D That's what the French call a bidet.%0D %0D The French must be taller than me.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 24, 2010 4:11 PM |
Love when the all the girls finally meet in the bathroom. Laugh just thinking about their reactions.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 24, 2010 4:28 PM |
"Is this how we dress for the office? You look like a blood clot."
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 24, 2010 7:19 PM |
How did Bette and Lily get along on the set?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 24, 2010 7:57 PM |
I could watch Bette sing "A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow" all day.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 24, 2010 8:03 PM |
After all these years my partner and I still do the bracelet-shake, finger-snake-fang business Tomlin did. Hilarious.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 24, 2010 8:04 PM |
Got on my Tuesday panties, but I guess ya knew that, too.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 24, 2010 8:04 PM |
R13
They clashed over gay marriage.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 24, 2010 8:04 PM |
"Eurotrash!"
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 24, 2010 8:17 PM |
For years, my roommates and I would trill, "Snacktiiiiiime!" whenever we went to get a snack.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 24, 2010 8:17 PM |
You git that kimono in 'Nam?
No, Fire Island.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 24, 2010 8:31 PM |
Lily's boyfriend had the hottest ass!
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 24, 2010 11:17 PM |
They cut ALL the musical numbers too short in that movie. I know it wasn't a musical but it wasn't much else either and it wouldn't have hurt it to have longer interludes. Ya got Bette Midler fer chrissakes, use her.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 25, 2010 2:20 AM |
The MEITEING,why are you worrying about the MEITEING!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 25, 2010 2:28 AM |
I've never heard of this movie. I don't think it exists.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 25, 2010 2:36 AM |
"They're pod people!"%0D "I was at the premiere."
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 25, 2010 3:02 AM |
My God it's not me with the bad haircut!
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 25, 2010 3:40 AM |
LOve the bit with Lily losing her shoulder pad down her sleeve!%0D %0D This was the funniest movie made in Hollywood since Tootsie and there hasn't been one as funny since.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 25, 2010 4:26 AM |
Lily is exceptional in this flick, creating two totally different - and believable - characters.
Also shows off her gifts for creating great comedy with simple props - the shoulder pad, snake bracelet, etc.
And, she's believable as TWO straight women who get their men!
Pffft to the notion gays can't play str8!
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 25, 2010 4:33 AM |
I adore Lilly Tomlin but I heard she's a bitch in real life. Is this true?
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 25, 2010 4:48 AM |
I thought it was unfunny in that louder=funnier (but without the laffs) sort of way. I remember thinking at the time, "I know where they seem to want me to laugh, but nothing's funny!"
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 25, 2010 6:09 AM |
Yes and it didn't generally get good reviews r32. Just another movie that benefits from DL's revisionist bad taste. "She Devil" is also considered a laugh-riot classic here, and by many of the same people, no doubt.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 25, 2010 6:15 AM |
Wow, I'd forgotten all about this movie. I agree with R32. I went in wanting to love it and was disappointed at how dull and simple-minded it was. You expect something sharp and sophisticated from these two but this movie was dumbed way down. %0D %0D There was one funny moment when rich-Bette overheard Lily's fiance talk on the phone about how nauseated Bette made him feel and she barked into the line, "well take a purge!"%0D %0D I remember how Tomlin and Midler talked about pairing off as a comic team a la Laurel and Hardy and calling their duo BOOBS, with a whole series of films -- "Boobs Go to Hollywood," "Boobs at Sea," etc.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 25, 2010 6:47 AM |
R25, that's my quote that I throw out anytime someone mentions the word meeting.
Love the way Bette played that.
I also know many gays who do the bracelet shake and the finger fangs!
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 25, 2010 7:12 AM |
I pretty much agree with r 34. And I always root for the evil big city slickers to triumph over the sticky small townies.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 25, 2010 7:31 AM |
Also shows off her gifts for creating great comedy with simple props - the shoulder pad, snake bracelet, etc.
And the bit when she got a chunk of muffin caught in her front teeth.
All this talk about 'revisionist' views. I loved the movie then and I love it now. Time hasn't changed my opinion of this movie.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 25, 2010 10:05 AM |
Try the Y. Hicks always stay at the Y.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 25, 2010 11:45 AM |
Fred Ward was very sexy.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 25, 2010 12:56 PM |
Really unrealistic recreation of the interior of The Plaza Hotel.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 25, 2010 6:16 PM |
"Would you care to join us for dinner, Roone?"
"Sure. Why not. I could go for a tuny fish sandwich."
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 25, 2010 6:43 PM |
1988, I tried to sell this movie to everyone I knew and at work because I thought it was clever and so much fun. NOBODY went -- it was a bomb.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 25, 2010 6:47 PM |
[quote]it was a bomb.
Not really, it grossed $40 million and was number 27 for the year of all the movies released that year. It made more then the Oscar winners "The Accused" and "The Accidental Tourist"
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 25, 2010 9:21 PM |
"I don't see how is it that you, my own sister, can stuff your face and nothing happens and I subsist on 60 calories a day or else blow up like a Macy's Day float!"
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 26, 2010 1:49 AM |
Why haven't they made this into a Broadway musical yet?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 26, 2010 1:55 AM |
[quote]Why haven't they made this into a Broadway musical yet?
Seriously? How many twins are there on Broadway?
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 26, 2010 2:05 AM |
I wonder if Lily and Bette thought they could get Oscar nominations by playing twins?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 26, 2010 2:20 AM |
I can play twins.
I can, I can, I can!
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 26, 2010 2:22 AM |
Bad reviews?
Not from Vincent Canby.
And I adored him.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 26, 2010 2:28 AM |
Seriously, just the very idea of Bette and Lily as a mismatched set of twin sisters is a brilliant concept! Can't you imagine the pitch to the studios?
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 26, 2010 11:01 AM |
Bette Midler was never as charming or as funny as she thought she was.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 26, 2010 11:24 AM |
[quote]Seriously? How many twins are there on Broadway? Damn, I wish I had thought that far ahead.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 26, 2010 11:38 AM |
[quote] Seriously? How many twins are there on Broadway?
That must be why we haven't seen a Side Show revival yet!
How many sets of conjoined twins are there on Broadway?!
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 26, 2010 11:39 AM |
If R44 is a sample of the writing, I think I can live without seeing this.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 26, 2010 11:53 AM |
[quote]If [R44] is a sample of the writing
I'm pretty sure that r44 is a person.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 26, 2010 12:00 PM |
Fred Ward's ass was a sight to see.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 26, 2010 12:51 PM |
[quote]I'm pretty sure that [R44] is a person.%0D %0D Obviously, someone hasn't seen the film.%0D %0D Third from top hon.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 26, 2010 12:57 PM |
Bette Midler is a riot in this.
I wish she'd do films like Big Business and Ruthless People and Down & Out in Beverly Hills again.
She was so good in the 80s.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 26, 2010 1:07 PM |
you look like a blood clot!
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 26, 2010 1:11 PM |
It would be typical of the idiocy of Broadway to attempt to do this film as a musical today. %0D %0D Unlike shows from Comedy of Errors down to Boys From Syracuse to Side Show, the comedy that runs the engine in Big Business is casting two familiar stars who are NOTHING alike as mismatched twins and then watching them play each other's identical twin. %0D %0D Casting 4 non-stars to accomplish this on Broadway would make no sense.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 26, 2010 1:19 PM |
That gay guy in the movie with the hairy chest and wearing boxer shorts was handsome -- anyone know who he is?
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 26, 2010 1:58 PM |
I eat my own feces.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 26, 2010 2:14 PM |
[quote]Obviously, someone hasn't seen the film.
No, cupcake.
What's obvious is that r44 is a person.
r44 posted a quote.
r44 is not a sample of the writing.
"If [R44] is a sample of the writing, I think I can live without seeing this."
Wrong.
"If the quote posted by r44 is an example of the writing..."
Right.
Got it?
by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 26, 2010 11:43 PM |
You look like a blood clot!
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 27, 2012 1:39 AM |
the fx were amazing
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 27, 2012 4:52 AM |
Eurotrash !
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 27, 2012 5:17 AM |
I hate men who smell like bean dip. And I hate making love in the back of recreational vehicles!
by Anonymous | reply 68 | March 7, 2014 2:56 AM |
Why bring back this thread?
Really dumb, low-brow TVish comedy film that did not do well critically or commercially.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | March 7, 2014 3:04 AM |
Edward Herrmann and Daniel Gerroll were kinda hot as the gay couple.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | March 7, 2014 6:04 AM |
"That's a mighty fine looking kimono. Did you get it in 'Nam?"
"Fire Island."
by Anonymous | reply 71 | March 7, 2014 1:45 PM |
That really was a fun movie. I think I have it on a VHS tape somewhere.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | March 7, 2014 2:51 PM |
It is on-demand this month (at least on comcast cable).
I really love this movie no matter what.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | March 3, 2015 1:38 AM |
The late Ed Herrmann was in this too.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | March 3, 2015 1:42 AM |
Remember when SCENES FROM A MALL was anticipated as a big laugh-riot as it starred Bette with Woody Allen?
by Anonymous | reply 75 | March 3, 2015 1:46 AM |
Bumping this because I'm watching it now on one of the HBOs. I'd also love to know how Bette and Lily got along while making this. Bette is famous for not getting along with co-stars and not shy about saying so but Lily is pretty demanding as well. Have either of them ever talked about the movie since it came out?
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 23, 2019 10:36 PM |
R50 Apparently it was originally supposed to be Barbra Streisand and Goldie Hawn. Which would never have been as good. I remember this was one of my family's favorite films when I was a child, but I haven't seen it in forever.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | June 23, 2019 10:48 PM |
I got to get me some of them press-on nails!
by Anonymous | reply 78 | June 23, 2019 10:51 PM |
Don't say toilet say Kiki.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | June 23, 2019 10:59 PM |
Hulu played this after, don’t tell mom the babysitter is dead(which I had to see again after the thread here) I thought this was hilarious. Michael Gross was pretty hot back then.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | June 27, 2019 11:03 AM |
This was released during Bette’s insane hot streak with Touchstone Pictures/Disney. She really had a remarkable string of hits and this was maybe her last one during this era. It was a modest hit and signaled there was a little fatigue happening on the Bette front.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | June 27, 2019 11:14 AM |
R21 The harpo/lucy inspired scene had me laugh crying.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | June 27, 2019 11:31 AM |
[quote]I'd also love to know how Bette and Lily got along while making this.
I don't remember where I heard this, so take it with a grain of salt. But supposedly they did not get along because of their different working styles. Tomlin is meticulous and always prepared. Midler is more improvisational. Tomlin came to Midler with an idea for some business in a scene and Midler blew it off, saying she just wouldn't remember it in the moment.
However, Tomlin said the ice eventually thawed somewhat and they did crack each other up.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | June 27, 2019 12:03 PM |
OMG Fred Ward! That’s all I remember!
by Anonymous | reply 84 | June 27, 2019 2:41 PM |
Rose: I have a right to my own feelings Sadie and I am not a twit. I may be pre-periodic and I may be hysterical. So what?
Sadie: So there are drugs for those things and we make most of them!
by Anonymous | reply 85 | June 27, 2019 3:10 PM |
Oh man I want to watch this right now, it's one of my favorites and I haven't watched it in a few years. I still quote lines from it all the time -- "I gotta get me some of them Lee Press On Nails. Do those things stay on? I wouldn't want 'em FLOPPIN' OFF at any of them FANCY NIGHTCLUBS!"
by Anonymous | reply 86 | June 27, 2019 3:22 PM |
Midler is only chubby here when you compare her to how thin she is in "The Rose."
by Anonymous | reply 87 | June 27, 2019 3:27 PM |
The Devil Wears Prada plagiarized Sadie’s entrance
by Anonymous | reply 88 | June 28, 2019 5:26 AM |
Love all of Bette's comedy films and also her very short-lived sitcom.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | June 28, 2019 6:14 AM |
“Oh, we're just going to keep driving until we hit someone's pig”
by Anonymous | reply 90 | June 28, 2019 7:17 AM |
The best was the two gay men hosting ROONE, doing push ups shirtless in his pj bottoms...while they looked on in sexual lust lol..ROOOONE
by Anonymous | reply 91 | June 28, 2019 2:10 PM |
Fred Ward was a hot actor. "Silkwood," "Tremors," "Big Business." Does he show peen in "Henry and June?"
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