Let’s be and quote Arthur (1981)

I’m Liza’s busted face and googly eyes

If OP's new approach works out, I vote we name these threads "B&Qs"

Arthur: Hobson? Hobson: Yes. Arthur: Do you know what I'm going to do? Hobson: No, I don't. Arthur: I'm going to take a bath. Hobson: I'll alert the media. Arthur: [rises] Do you want to run my bath for me? Hobson: That's what I live for. [Arthur exits] Hobson: Perhaps you would like me to come in there and wash your dick for you, you little shit.

Has there been a death in your family? This is funny stuff!

Sometimes I just think funny things.

The perfection of “I’ll alert the media.” - it can’t be beat. It’s iconic, never stale and can be used in so many occasions.

Unlike…….Liza with a Yech.

She ruined every scene she was in. Who cast her? Liza co-starring in “ Arthur” opened Pandora’s Box spewing hideous nepo babies for decades ever after. I’m looking at you, [ insert name].

"Give her friend $100, she came in second!"

Hobson: Thrilling to meet you, Gloria.

Gloria: Hi.

Hobson: Yes... You obviously have a wonderful economy with words, Gloria. I look forward to your next syllable with great eagerness.

"SLUT?!!"

Hobson: "May I come in? If you and your undershirt will walk two paces backwards, I could enter this dwelling."

I'm St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue.

I can’t remember the exact quote but Hobson asked Liza’s father for an aspirin and said, “You’ll find it in the bathroom medicine cabinet behind the untouched shaving cream.”

Hobson: "Poor drunks do not find love, Arthur. Poor drunks have very few teeth, they urinate outdoors, they freeze to death in summer. I can't bear to think of you that way."

“He's taking the knife out of the cheese. You think he wants some cheese?”

Fucking hell. What trash.

Gielgud was absolutely superlative in Arthur. A master of delivery with every single line, every gesture, every facial expression.

Burt Johnson: When I was 11 years old, I KILLED a man.

Arthur: ... Well, when you're 11, you probably don't even know there's a law against that.

This thread inspired me to rewatch Arthur; I still love it, especially John Gielgud (he didn't win that Oscar for nothing), but the biggest flaw is Liza's casting.

I don't know who should have been cast in her place...

EAT YOUR ROLL!

My father raped me when I was twelve

Oh, I need to watch this. I don’t think I’ve seen it since the 80s. I don’t remember Liza being bad…

Wasn’t there a remake?

Gielgud and Dudley Moore were perfection in their roles, and I agree with the other posters about Liza. She wasn’t bad, but you don’t cast LIZA! as a snack shop girl.

Did the lights go off!?

Guess I’m the odd one here but I thought Liza was wonderful in the film and really enjoyed her performance.

I also loved the scene between Arthur and the old guy who answered the door at Bert’s mansion. The old guy was dull as fuck and Arthur, drunk off his ass, said “Didn’t you used to be a stand-up comic?”

Datalounge LOVES the Hobson quotes because the character was a bitchy homosexual.

Trust me, Chester you don’t need the badge. No customer would wear that jacket.

“Steal something casual.”

I see no need in prolonging this conversation, unless you plan on knocking over a fruit stand later in the afternoon. Good luck in prison.

Minnelli and Gielgud had great rapport. They were absolutely charming together, especially the scene where he tells her to go to the engagement party.

Susan (Jill Eikenberry): A real woman could stop you from drinking.

Arthur: It'd have to be a real BIG woman.

Not surprising that prissy snobby DLers would love Hobson so much.

I didn't get caught between the moon and New York City, I got stuck!

Someone start a thread about Arthur 2: On The Rocks!

Gielgud loved Liza and felt that she deserved more accolades for the role..

I love this scene:

Hobson: Would you remove your helmet, please?

Arthur: Why?

Hobson: Please.

[Arthur hands him his helmet]

Hobson: Thank you. Now your goggles.

Arthur: Why?

Hobson: Please.

[Arthur hands him his goggles]

Hobson: Thank you.

[slaps him across the face repeatedly]

Hobson: You spoiled little bastard! You're a man who has everything, haven't you, but that's not enough. You feel unloved, Arthur, welcome to the world. Everyone is unloved. Now stop feeling sorry for yourself. And incidentally, I love you.

MY HUSBAND HAS A GUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure he does, madam. For all I know, he shot it while you screamed.

That’s the quote I almost started the thread with, R36.

I’m Bergdorf Goodman.

"pardon me! Oh, you're a hedge!"

"Where's the rest of this moose?'

Anyone want some cheese?

This is a tough room! (To the moose head): I don't have to tell YOU that. (To Burt): You must have hated this moose.

I think that moose scene made me laugh more than any other.

I'm Geraldine Fitzgerald and you forgot I was in this movie because Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, and Sir John Gielgud dominate it.

I'm the lesser known "Hobson!" film series, where John Gielgud plays a Phillip Marlowe-esque butler solving crimes in a most dignified manner during Arthur's many blackout drunks

Dorothy Zbornak: What is there to be ashamed of? You have a medical problem. Was Betty Ford embarrassed? Was... was Liza Minnelli embarrassed?

Sophia Petrillo: She should have been. Did you see "Arthur 2"?

This thread sent me to Wikipedia to look up the cast.

Apparently Gilda Radner was considered for Linda. I wonder if she would have been a better match with Dudley Moore.

R47, Honestly, Liza was perfect for the role as she matched Dudley’s energy.

I’m Kathy Bates. I’m one of the best parts about the sequel.