First utterance of 'good call'? (Ghostbusters related)
03-03-06 | 01:54 PM
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First utterance of 'good call'? (Ghostbusters related)
when was the first time you heard the phrase 'good call'? i cant remember my exact time, but i think it was in middle school (1992-4). but as i watched ghostbusters the other night, i noticed that bill murray says it and i was surprised bc i didnt think the phrase existed then. was he the first person in pop culture (1984) to say it?
03-04-06 | 10:59 AM
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Not to hijack the thread but a documentary I saw once credited the coining of the term "sci-fi" to the Edward Judd character in the movie DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE. Supposedly first known use of the term.
03-04-06 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by rw2516
Not to hijack the thread but a documentary I saw once credited the coining of the term "sci-fi" to the Edward Judd character in the movie DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE. Supposedly first known use of the term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman
03-04-06 | 10:12 PM
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Good call goes back to my brother social circle of New Jersey in 85-86 or so. Always been in my conscious and that's about the first time I recall hearing it, and I assume it was older venacular.
03-05-06 | 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by OwlAtHome
Way off topic but GB is one of my favorites for quotes:
03-06-06 | 12:09 AM
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Another slight jump . . . my second car was a Chevy Citation, which I creatively referred to as my POS. Years later I'm watching Men in Black and I here Will Smith refer to their car as a POS. Never heard it before or in between . . .
03-06-06 | 11:32 AM
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I was suprised to hear the phrase "Whatever" in The French Connection(1971), used as it is today!!
03-06-06 | 03:48 PM
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There is a phrase in the movie "Explorers" that I cannot remember for the life of me, but my next-door neighbor was convinced he had made up that expression and it had somehow gone from Sioux City, IA to Hollywood, CA.
03-06-06 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by The Nature Boy
Good call goes back to my brother social circle of New Jersey in 85-86 or so. Always been in my conscious and that's about the first time I recall hearing it, and I assume it was older venacular.
03-06-06 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by OwlAtHome
Way off topic but GB is one of my favorites for quotes:
Back off Man I'm a Scientist.
And The Flowers ARE STILL standing!
Whoa whoa nice shootin Tex.
He Slimed Me.
I saw it I saw it I saw it!
Actual Physical Contact.
I collect spores, molds and fungus.
That's one big twinkee.
You never studied.
You're never gonna regret this Ray.
Yes it's true, this man has no dick.
I find her interesting because she's a client and because she sleeps above her covers. *FOUR* feet above the covers. She barks. She Drools. She claws.
Someone saw a cockroach up on three.
I was just about to say: Eight O'Clock.
Look at all the junkfood.
Human sacfrifice. cats and dogs living together, it's mass hysteria.
It's not always just the lines but how they're recited. Sorry for getting carried away.
Back off Man I'm a Scientist.
And The Flowers ARE STILL standing!
Whoa whoa nice shootin Tex.
He Slimed Me.
I saw it I saw it I saw it!
Actual Physical Contact.
I collect spores, molds and fungus.
That's one big twinkee.
You never studied.
You're never gonna regret this Ray.
Yes it's true, this man has no dick.
I find her interesting because she's a client and because she sleeps above her covers. *FOUR* feet above the covers. She barks. She Drools. She claws.
Someone saw a cockroach up on three.
I was just about to say: Eight O'Clock.
Look at all the junkfood.
Human sacfrifice. cats and dogs living together, it's mass hysteria.
It's not always just the lines but how they're recited. Sorry for getting carried away.
What about : " We came, we saw, we kicked it's ass ! "
03-07-06 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by obscurelabel
I've always heard it ascribed to Forrest Ackerman in the 1930s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman
03-07-06 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TCG
when was the first time you heard the phrase 'good call'?
The absurdity of this question is astounding. I can't remember the last time I heard the phrase 'good call,' forget about the first time.
03-07-06 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by OwlAtHome
Way off topic but GB is one of my favorites for quotes:
Back off Man I'm a Scientist.
And The Flowers ARE STILL standing!
Whoa whoa nice shootin Tex.
He Slimed Me.
I saw it I saw it I saw it!
Actual Physical Contact.
I collect spores, molds and fungus.
That's one big twinkee.
You never studied.
You're never gonna regret this Ray.
Yes it's true, this man has no dick.
I find her interesting because she's a client and because she sleeps above her covers. *FOUR* feet above the covers. She barks. She Drools. She claws.
Someone saw a cockroach up on three.
I was just about to say: Eight O'Clock.
Look at all the junkfood.
Human sacfrifice. cats and dogs living together, it's mass hysteria.
It's not always just the lines but how they're recited. Sorry for getting carried away.
Back off Man I'm a Scientist.
And The Flowers ARE STILL standing!
Whoa whoa nice shootin Tex.
He Slimed Me.
I saw it I saw it I saw it!
Actual Physical Contact.
I collect spores, molds and fungus.
That's one big twinkee.
You never studied.
You're never gonna regret this Ray.
Yes it's true, this man has no dick.
I find her interesting because she's a client and because she sleeps above her covers. *FOUR* feet above the covers. She barks. She Drools. She claws.
Someone saw a cockroach up on three.
I was just about to say: Eight O'Clock.
Look at all the junkfood.
Human sacfrifice. cats and dogs living together, it's mass hysteria.
It's not always just the lines but how they're recited. Sorry for getting carried away.
And I always laugh at Venkman's "I'm gonna go for broke. I am madly in love with you." if only for Sigourney Weaver's reaction.
03-07-06 | 06:40 PM
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I don't know about "good Call" but I do seem to remember Harold Ramis taking credit for coining the term "slimed" as used in the movie.
I think he says so on the commentary.
I think he says so on the commentary.
03-07-06 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Draven
There is a phrase in the movie "Explorers" that I cannot remember for the life of me, but my next-door neighbor was convinced he had made up that expression and it had somehow gone from Sioux City, IA to Hollywood, CA.
