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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Catch as catch can #92667 01/21/03 01:44 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley OP Carpal Tunnel OP Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta A couple of catch phrases which have been on my mind of late: Be afraid. Be very afraid. and Party like it's [ ] (insert year or decade of choice) Can anyone shed light on their origins? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Catch as catch can #92668 01/21/03 01:59 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I'm not sure about being afraid, but the "party like it's 1999" came from a Prince song, the title of which I forget. perhaps it's "1999" formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Be afraid #92669 01/21/03 02:04 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Sounds like the tag line to a slasher movie. Halloween XLII or Nightmare on Elm Street. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Catch as catch can #92670 01/21/03 03:13 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... [pruple]Be afraid. Be very afraid. Bingley, I know the source for this and I just can't place it...it's definitely science fiction, alien related I think, and I'm thinkin' The X-Files here. The only citation I can find that attaches it to a movie quote is for the film Addams Family Values, but I doubt that was the origin. And it seems there was an earlier form of the phrase, Don't be afraid...be very afraid., which gestated into the more familiar one (and popular, I might add, almost 3 million hits on Google, used for book titles and all!) Curious the origin is so evasive...and if we can't find the source that planted this phrase then all I can suggest is: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Catch as catch can #92671 01/21/03 03:14 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Be afraid. Be very afraid. Bingley, I know the source for this and I just can't place it...it's definitely science fiction, alien related I think, and I'm thinkin' The X-Files here. The only citation I can find that attaches it to a movie quote is for the film Addams Family Values, but I doubt that was the origin. And it seems there was an earlier form of the phrase, Don't be afraid...be very afraid., which gestated into the more familiar one (and popular, I might add, almost 3 million hits on Google, used for book titles and all!) Curious the origin is so evasive...and if we can't find the source that planted this phrase then all I can suggest is: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Catch as catch can #92672 01/21/03 07:09 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I went to IMBD (thank you), searched in Quotes, and found: "Animaniacs" (1993) Yakko, Wakko, and Dot: Be afraid. Be very afraid. , and Fly, The (1986) Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Catch as catch can #92673 01/22/03 12:43 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory The lady from Louisville has it right. To see a poster from Cronenberg's remake of "The Fly," click on http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_item.asp?path=/Assets/product_images/1020/&file=155230.1020.A.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Catch as catch can #92674 01/22/03 01:46 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky That's cool, Alex! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Catch as catch can #92675 01/22/03 02:01 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... So was it Jeff Goldblum who originally said it, Alex? Mebbe that's why I have a shadow memory of it...I loved the remake of The Fly, saw it at least twice, and I like Jeff Goldblum. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Jeff Goldblum #92676 01/22/03 03:49 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA I like Jeff Goldblum. Me too! Treat yourself and rent "Earth Girls Are Easy" It is hilarious and the cast is chock a block with talent in their early days : Vestron Pictures, Kestrel Films Production. Here's how it starts : three aliens (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carey,& Damon Wayans)land in Geena Davis' pool in Los Angeles! Credits note : "introducing Julie Brown" Great when you need a laugh. 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