Right, I was too lazy to go get the DVD and
actually check the lines. Went to the DVD
and you are right (at 1hr 7m into the movie).
When a thing becomes a stereotype or an icon
or a stock cultural reference, it acquires a life
of its own. It's true even if it isn't true; it never
dies and it never goes away.
I saw "Treasure" at a drive-in movie in McAllen,
Texas, when I was nine, my first drive-in movie
and the first time I saw Bogart. It made a big
impression on me, and I've probably seen it
5-6 times since. Still, stereotypes are powerful
mind-altering memes, it appears.
Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:40 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Thomas Jefferson & Weston
Sterling,
Sorry but you're wrong, you're quoting the parody of the line from
Blazing Saddles.
The actual quote is
Dobbs: 'If you're the police where are your badges?'
Gold Hat: 'Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I
don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!'
I shouldn't have to explain that irony is a literary device where you
feign ignorance for comic effect.
So while Sagan did say Billions and Billions in his book title,
Alfonso Bedoya never said: "We don't need no stinking badges".
I should know, I've seen both movies, dozens of times.
Phil (Get a grip Dobsie!) Whitmer
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