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Have any of you seen that movie? It is hilarious! If you haven't seen the movie, stop reading this post.

I'm going to share major details of my favorite parts of the film...

-During the first few scenes, Nathan's adopted mother comes into his room to cheer him up after he finds out he's not black (it took him 18 years to figure that out, and he's sure grey for his age, I should add!). While Nathan's mother is hugging him, blues music is playing in the background and Nathan "tries" to tap to the rythm.

-Nathan decides to leave home by hitch hiking. He's able to get a lift, and he asks the driver where he's heading. The driver: "To the end of this fence". Nathan: "My name is Nathan Johnson. What's your name?" Driver: "Here we are." Meanwhile the camera zooms in on Nathan's adopted family having super at the table, and they can hear him saying bye to the driver.

-Nathan finds out he was mistaken by the stray dogs' barks when he thought there was a fire, and some Oriental man comes up to him and says, "Don't call that dog Lifesaver. Call him $hithead." Nathan, "Okay, $hithead."

-An angry man with a gun looks at the phone book to find somebody to shoot. He randomly skims the pages and lands at "Nathan Johnson" and says, "Nathan Johnson. Sounds like the perfect @sshole".

-Nathan Johnson being held hostage at the gas station by the same man above. The man seems to keep missing and hits cans of oils several times. Nathan doesn't have a clue, and thinks that there's something wrong with the cans. In fact he thinks it's THE CANS that are fatal so he stands behind them and knocks them down, making himself more exposed.

-After several minutes, Nathan finally realized that he's being attacked so he grabs a car that's in the shop. As the car zips down at 5 miles/hour to speed music, Nathan stops and yells out to his dog, "Hey $hithead!"

-While working at a carnival, Nathan's boss tells him that he's selling nothing but crap so after the boss walks away, Nathan yells to people to come buy some crap.

-During the courtship of his future wife, they have a nightly stroll on the beach and they sit down while she plays a trumpet. When she's finished, Nathan tells her that while she was playing he gives a big description of how he wanted to go into the trumpet to kiss her. "Well why didn't you?" "Because I didn't want to get spit all over me".

-Nathan is in the tub while his belle leaves him a note. It gets all wet, but he reads it out loud, anyway. "Dear Nathan, I wanted to tuh u blur blah blah bluh buh"

-Towards the end of the movie, Nathan and his wife lose all their fortunes and they have this huge arguement. Nathan: "Why are you looking at me like I'm some kind of jerk?" The first notes of sad music begin to strike. Yep, that's the climax of the movie.

-Nathan in the fight states that he doesn't need anything except for the lampshade, the ashtray, the paddle....

-Nathan leaves the mansion with his pants literally around his ankles. ".......and I don't need anything else...except for my dog" The dog walking past him, "Grrrrrrrrr!" Nathan,"Well I don't need my dog". (This part always makes me laugh)

-Nathan gets on the bus with his pants still around his ankles.

I have the movie on video but haven't watched in awhile. Some of my favorite parts are:

-"I was born a poor, black child."

-When he discovers that his girlfriend tatooed his name on her butt he said, "WOW! I bet more people see that then the phonebook."



Cat

"The new phone books are here!  The new phone books are here!"

I love that movie, I am a Steve Martin fan.

"He hates these cans!!!...........Oh no, MORE CANS!!" ;D

"Those guys ripped me off!  They put daisy stems on my roses!!"                                                                                   "This is the best pizza-in-a-cup around!"                                                                                            What a great movie, it certainly was one of my faves from the 70s!

See my goeduck caption, "and that's all I need!"
Great movie, I'm going to have to introduce myself as Nathan Johnson some day, that's how I came to the Race Bannon persona. ;)

Great movie!!!!  

and that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this! The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this! And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.

MAMA like da part when he found out what his special purpose was for

Hilarious movie!  I crack up everytime I see it.  Nobody mentioned the Opti-Grab glasses though and how they made everyone who wore them cross-eyed.  Classic!

I don't remember the exact dialog but, I like the part when he tells Bernadette Peters how it seemed like they've know each other longer than one week.

"The first day seemed like three days, then the second day...well, that seemed like three days too, and the third day seemed like two days, then the fourth day...that seemed like just one day, but then the fifth day...that seemed liked a week...."

I like the part when they are eating in the fancy restaurant and he discovers the "snails" on her plate.  

I also like the part when he makes up the song about the thermos.

The ultimate part is the part that everyone has metioned, "All I need is..."

I thought his name was Navin R. Johnson, not Nathan.

Opti-grab!

I don't need any of this...All I need is the Thermos, the chair, and the paddle-ball game!!

I do like that duet that Steve Martin and Bernidette Peters did in that movie. I think they sounded GREAT together. Wasn't funny but GOOD!



Cat

I love this movie.