Thursday Thirteen #18 “Thirteen Quotes from Moon's Fav 2007 Movie”
I remember seeing the original “Hairspray” movie in 1988 after it just came out. I was doing RHPS in Chicago and our whole cast went to see it. So when I heard there was a new “Hairspray” movie, I didn’t know what to think about it. Last week I saw it for the first time, and I LOVED IT!!! This is official my favorite movie from 2007. I want to see the musical on stage too now. Warning, this is very long, but I hope ya’ll will enjoy it.
Nikki Blonsky was perfect as the sweet if not a little naive Tracy Turnblad, and she has an amazing voice.
John Travolta blew me away as Traci’s mom, Edna Turnblad, the role originated by the one of a kind Divine. How John T danced so well in all that latex and heels, I don’t know. Heck, I can’t dance in heels now.
Christopher Walken was hilarious as Wilbur Turnblad.
As Penny Pingleton they cast Amanda Bynes, and after seeing her in the role, I can’t imagine anyone who could have done it better.
Michelle Pfeiffer was wondrously glamorous and evil as Velma von Tussle, I loved hating her as should be true with any well done villain.
I cracked up when I saw the original actor who played Wilbur Turnblad, Jerry Stiller, return to play Mr. Pinky or Mr. Pinky’s Heavy Hideaway.
James Marsden danced and sung like a young Dave Clark in his portal of the sexy show host Corny Collins. I admit, I had to watch the movie twice (not much or a hardship sine the day we rent it I think I watched this movie a dozen times) to get over seeing him as Cyclops. Now next time I watch Xmen I may have Corny Collins flashbacks.
Brittany Snow was a great match as Amber von Tussle
Link Larkin was played by a very sexy actor by the name of Zac Efron.
I could go one and on about all the great performances I saw and how engaged I was by them, but I really have to say just a couple more things.
Hotter than hot was Elijah Kelley and the dancing and singing while playing the part of Seaweed. Wow. I’m with Penny on this one. This guy is smokin’. He really had going with the song he sang (Run and Tell That), “The blacker the berry the sweeter the fruit…the darker the chocolate the richer the taste.” ***nod nod*** I’m with on that one man.
And then, the sweet cream on top of an already delicious pie of entertainment, was of course Queen Latifah who played Motormouth Maybelle. OH, yes, she was "Big, Blonde and Beautiful", with a voice like honey warmed over a slow fire. Yeah, I admit it, I am totally into her. Frikken amazing performer and a complete Nubian goddess.
Okay, now that I have totally gushed over this movie lets move onto the Thursday Thirteen. “Thirteen of the most memorable quotes from the 2007 version of Hairspray” I was gonna set up the quotes with the scene, but I decided if you haven’t seen this movie you must stop what you are doing RIGHT NOW and go rent a copy, buy a copy, whatever it takes to get it, and watch Hairspray.
Watch it, I’ll wait…
Okay, ready for the quotes now?
“Thirteen Quotes from Moon's Fav 2007 Movie...Hairspray”
1) Corny Collins: [singing] Who cares about sleep when you can snooze in school? You'll never get to college but you'll sure look cool!
2) Penny Pingleton: Without that show I have nothing!
Prudy Pingleton: Having nothing builds character!
3) Velma Von Tussle: 'Detroit sound?' What's that? The cries of people being mugged?
4) Velma Von Tussle: They're just kids, that's why we have to steer them in the white direction.
Corny Collins: [pause] RIGHT direction?
Velma Von Tussle: Isn't that what I said?
(don’t you just love to hate her?)
5) Edna Turnblad: If you want to be famous, learn how to take blood out of car upholstery. That's a skill you can take right to the bank.
6) Corny Collins: Velma, isn’t this where it’s all heading anyway? Now you can fight it, or you can rock out to it!
7) Edna Turnblad: If you protest you'll be in files! You'll be on lists! J. Edgar Hoover will still be wire-tapping your cold body in the grave.
8) Velma Von Tussle: Incredible! I could do a fan dance with a lettuce leaf and you would remain completely obtuse!
9) Prudy Pingleton: [about Tracy, who was just on the news] You see? You see! If I let you leave the house right now, you'd be in prison, fighting whores for cigarettes.
10) Penny Pingleton: Oh, no!
Tracy Turnblad: What?
Penny Pingleton: Your hair deflated!
Tracy Turnblad: Let it. It was just a symbol of my conformity to the man.
Penny Pingleton: You are so tough.
11) Edna Turnblad: You can't eat? Well, come on in and worry with us. I'll make you some pork.
12) Tracy Turnblad: I think I've kind of been in a bubble... thinking that fairness was gonna just happen. It's not. People like me are gonna have to get up off their fathers' laps and go out and fight for it.
13) (and the BEST sequence of all)
Motormouth Maybelle: [to Seaweed and Penny] Oh, so this is love? [pauses, then smiles]
Well, love is a gift, a lot of people don't remember that. So, you two better brace yourselves for a whole lotta ugly comin' at you from a neverending parade of stupid.
Penny Pingleton: [deadpans] So, you've met my mom?
Bonus
Corny Collins: Live television, there’s nothing like it.
‘Cause I can’t get enough of this movie, ***grin***, here’s something special for ya.
(can anyone guess how many time I watched this rockin’ vid?
And speakin’ of rockin’
And for a bit of Queenly goodness…
MOTORMOUTH
Bring on that pecan pie
Pour some sugar on it
Sugar don't be shy
Scoop me up a mess
Of that chocolate swirl
Don't be stingy,
I'm a growing girl
I offer big love
With no apology
How can I deny the world
The most of me
I am not afraid
To throw my weight around
Pound by pound by pound
Because i'm
Big, blonde and beautiful
There is nothin' 'bout me
That's unsuitable
No one wants a meal
That only offers the least
When girl we're servin' up
The whole damn feast
Slice off a piece
Of that hog head cheese
Then take a look inside
My book of recipes
Now, don't you sniff around
For something fluffy and light
I need a man who brings
A man-size... Appetite
I'll use a pinch of sugar
And a dash of spice
I'll let ya lick the spoon
Because it tastes so nice
I'll keep it in my oven
'Til it's good and hot
Keep on stirring til it hits the spot
Because i'm...
Big, blonde and beautiful
There's nothin' 'bout us that's unsuitable
Why sit in the bleachers
Timid and afraid
When Edna,
You can be your own parade!
They say that
Black is whack
And big ain't in
Well that's just bull
Cause ladies big is back
And as for black
It's Beautiful
All shapes and sizes
Follow me
Who wants a twig
When you can have the whole tree
Link here! :)
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Nikki Blonsky was perfect as the sweet if not a little naive Tracy Turnblad, and she has an amazing voice.
John Travolta blew me away as Traci’s mom, Edna Turnblad, the role originated by the one of a kind Divine. How John T danced so well in all that latex and heels, I don’t know. Heck, I can’t dance in heels now.
Christopher Walken was hilarious as Wilbur Turnblad.
As Penny Pingleton they cast Amanda Bynes, and after seeing her in the role, I can’t imagine anyone who could have done it better.
Michelle Pfeiffer was wondrously glamorous and evil as Velma von Tussle, I loved hating her as should be true with any well done villain.
I cracked up when I saw the original actor who played Wilbur Turnblad, Jerry Stiller, return to play Mr. Pinky or Mr. Pinky’s Heavy Hideaway.
James Marsden danced and sung like a young Dave Clark in his portal of the sexy show host Corny Collins. I admit, I had to watch the movie twice (not much or a hardship sine the day we rent it I think I watched this movie a dozen times) to get over seeing him as Cyclops. Now next time I watch Xmen I may have Corny Collins flashbacks.
Brittany Snow was a great match as Amber von Tussle
Link Larkin was played by a very sexy actor by the name of Zac Efron.
I could go one and on about all the great performances I saw and how engaged I was by them, but I really have to say just a couple more things.
Hotter than hot was Elijah Kelley and the dancing and singing while playing the part of Seaweed. Wow. I’m with Penny on this one. This guy is smokin’. He really had going with the song he sang (Run and Tell That), “The blacker the berry the sweeter the fruit…the darker the chocolate the richer the taste.” ***nod nod*** I’m with on that one man.
And then, the sweet cream on top of an already delicious pie of entertainment, was of course Queen Latifah who played Motormouth Maybelle. OH, yes, she was "Big, Blonde and Beautiful", with a voice like honey warmed over a slow fire. Yeah, I admit it, I am totally into her. Frikken amazing performer and a complete Nubian goddess.
Okay, now that I have totally gushed over this movie lets move onto the Thursday Thirteen. “Thirteen of the most memorable quotes from the 2007 version of Hairspray” I was gonna set up the quotes with the scene, but I decided if you haven’t seen this movie you must stop what you are doing RIGHT NOW and go rent a copy, buy a copy, whatever it takes to get it, and watch Hairspray.
Watch it, I’ll wait…
Okay, ready for the quotes now?
“Thirteen Quotes from Moon's Fav 2007 Movie...Hairspray”
1) Corny Collins: [singing] Who cares about sleep when you can snooze in school? You'll never get to college but you'll sure look cool!
2) Penny Pingleton: Without that show I have nothing!
Prudy Pingleton: Having nothing builds character!
3) Velma Von Tussle: 'Detroit sound?' What's that? The cries of people being mugged?
4) Velma Von Tussle: They're just kids, that's why we have to steer them in the white direction.
Corny Collins: [pause] RIGHT direction?
Velma Von Tussle: Isn't that what I said?
(don’t you just love to hate her?)
5) Edna Turnblad: If you want to be famous, learn how to take blood out of car upholstery. That's a skill you can take right to the bank.
6) Corny Collins: Velma, isn’t this where it’s all heading anyway? Now you can fight it, or you can rock out to it!
7) Edna Turnblad: If you protest you'll be in files! You'll be on lists! J. Edgar Hoover will still be wire-tapping your cold body in the grave.
8) Velma Von Tussle: Incredible! I could do a fan dance with a lettuce leaf and you would remain completely obtuse!
9) Prudy Pingleton: [about Tracy, who was just on the news] You see? You see! If I let you leave the house right now, you'd be in prison, fighting whores for cigarettes.
10) Penny Pingleton: Oh, no!
Tracy Turnblad: What?
Penny Pingleton: Your hair deflated!
Tracy Turnblad: Let it. It was just a symbol of my conformity to the man.
Penny Pingleton: You are so tough.
11) Edna Turnblad: You can't eat? Well, come on in and worry with us. I'll make you some pork.
12) Tracy Turnblad: I think I've kind of been in a bubble... thinking that fairness was gonna just happen. It's not. People like me are gonna have to get up off their fathers' laps and go out and fight for it.
13) (and the BEST sequence of all)
Motormouth Maybelle: [to Seaweed and Penny] Oh, so this is love? [pauses, then smiles]
Well, love is a gift, a lot of people don't remember that. So, you two better brace yourselves for a whole lotta ugly comin' at you from a neverending parade of stupid.
Penny Pingleton: [deadpans] So, you've met my mom?
Bonus
Corny Collins: Live television, there’s nothing like it.
‘Cause I can’t get enough of this movie, ***grin***, here’s something special for ya.
(can anyone guess how many time I watched this rockin’ vid?
Click to viewAnd speakin’ of rockin’
And for a bit of Queenly goodness…
MOTORMOUTH
Bring on that pecan pie
Pour some sugar on it
Sugar don't be shy
Scoop me up a mess
Of that chocolate swirl
Don't be stingy,
I'm a growing girl
I offer big love
With no apology
How can I deny the world
The most of me
I am not afraid
To throw my weight around
Pound by pound by pound
Because i'm
Big, blonde and beautiful
There is nothin' 'bout me
That's unsuitable
No one wants a meal
That only offers the least
When girl we're servin' up
The whole damn feast
Slice off a piece
Of that hog head cheese
Then take a look inside
My book of recipes
Now, don't you sniff around
For something fluffy and light
I need a man who brings
A man-size... Appetite
I'll use a pinch of sugar
And a dash of spice
I'll let ya lick the spoon
Because it tastes so nice
I'll keep it in my oven
'Til it's good and hot
Keep on stirring til it hits the spot
Because i'm...
Big, blonde and beautiful
There's nothin' 'bout us that's unsuitable
Why sit in the bleachers
Timid and afraid
When Edna,
You can be your own parade!
They say that
Black is whack
And big ain't in
Well that's just bull
Cause ladies big is back
And as for black
It's Beautiful
All shapes and sizes
Follow me
Who wants a twig
When you can have the whole tree
Link here! :)
Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others' comments. It’s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
View More Thursday Thirteen Participants