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Darth Vader owns the No. 1 misquoted movie line.

Poor Darth Vader. It’s bad enough that he lost his wife in childbirth, fought with his son, and embraced the Dark Side of the Force. Now it turns out that we botch his most famous line. Fans mess up The Empire Strikes Back quote—“No, I am your father”—more than any other, according to a recent lovefilm.com survey. (We wrongly say, “Luke, I am your father.”) At least Vader’s in good company. We also misquote cinematic icons like Dirty Harry and Hannibal Lecter, too:

Top Misquoted Movie Lines…

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Wrong: “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
Right: “Magic Mirror on the wall…”

Dirty Harry

Wrong: “Do you feel lucky, punk?”
Right: “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”

Casablanca

Wrong: “Play it again, Sam.”
Right: “Play it, Sam.”

Silence of the Lambs

Wrong: “Hello, Clarice.”
Right: “Good evening, Clarice.”

Star Trek Franchise

Wrong: “Beam me up, Scotty!”
Right: “Never used in film or TV series.

Gone With the Wind

Wrong: “Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t give a damn.”
Right: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

Field of Dreams

Wrong: “If you build it, they will come.”
Right: “If you build it, he will come.”

The Wizard of Oz

Wrong: “I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more, Toto.”
Right: “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more.”

The Graduate

Wrong: “Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?”
Right: “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me.”

And it looks as though Chris Brown has copped a plea in his assault case that will keep him from serving any jail time. Naturally he’ll be keeping his distance from Rihanna, or else.

As a legal resident of Virginia, it is there he’ll face hard labor (yeah, right), as well as five years probation for felony assault. The cherry on top is enrolling in a counseling program for domestic violence. A violation of his probation would bring up to four years in prison. I imagine he’ll be able to do it standing on his head.

From an anonymous web poster, but interesting nonetheless:

“I December of 2008, I moved a programming box back into my daughter’s room so she would have television available over the Christmas holidays. At this point, I was paying the monthly charge on a receiver for her room but just wasn’t using it.

After I moved it back in and tried to turn it on, I discovered the converter box was dead. I called Direct TV and asked what happened if I just moved another one in there that I had (result from a upgrade to HDTV), not a problem. Just provide the serial number of the box and the card and we can activate it.

In January, I decided the converter box in the guestroom just wasn’t worth the $60.00 a year and turned that one off. At the time I turned it off, the agent said they would send me the box/labels for return. Judging by the number of these I see on Ebay, I wasn’t surprised at all when nothing came.

This month’s statement showed a $50.00 charge for a non returned box. I called to explain that I never received the box. hen I asked for my contract expiration date.

June 15, 2010 because I activated a new box in my daughter’s bedroom. I explained that it wasn’t a new box, just a replacement for a box that didn’t work. Too bad, they say.

I asked to speak to a supervisor and two people later was able to get this resolved.

I am very interested in the expiration date as I am awaiting the arrival of U-Verse.

Bottom line, be careful when you call these folks and always ask about your contract expiration date.”

I guess it’s safe to say that some people at least those really into Hollywood celebs, will be talking about Joaquin Phoenix for a few days. Now I’ve never seen a Joaquin Phoenix movie, not that I’m aware of anyway. Most of what I know has been gleaned off the cover of those entertainment rags you see at supermarket checkouts. But as I had Letterman on the tube anyway, I knew when I saw this character in dark shades and a black suit, squirming around looking like a lost member of ZZ Top, I sensed something was going to be different.

I’m a long time Letterman viewer, not daily mind you, but normally two or three times a week. I’ve enjoyed his nutty stunts and gags back to the days of the show on NBC, and I think he is a pretty good interviewer. Just the previous night, Dave had as his guests the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 (the now infamous “Miracle on the Hudson” incident), and all seemed not only genuinely well received but comfortable in discussing their ordeal.

David didn’t have to remind Capt. Sullenbuger that his First Officer was Jeff Skiles, but he did have to remind Joaquin Phoenix that his co-star in his new movie “Two Lovers” was Gwyneth Paltrow.

Phoenix seemed equally clueless when the audience chuckled over him describing his music as being “more hip-hop.”

Joaquin Phoenix reportedly had made the decision to stop making movies. Of course, we’ve heard this all before and usually only time tells if there is ever any truth to it. But if it’s his intention to not make movies anymore, he may have given himself a good jumpstart at career shortening after this debacle. Dave gave Joaquin several instances to straighten up and fly right, but it just didn’t look to be in the cards. And I’ve always thought it was very risky for anyone to piss off Letterman on his own show (just ask John McCain). Fittingly, Dave sent him away with a lovely parting gift that only David Letterman could offer… a line that went something like this:
“Joaquin, I’m sorry you couldn’t be here tonight … we owe Farrah Fawcett an apology”.

I’d say Dave was right… sorry Farrah.

This whole thing about Chris Brown and Rihanna is so puzzling to me. Not because I find it hard to believe that Chris Brown (nor Rihanna for that matter) could be involved in such a thing as a domestic dispute (sure they can), but the fallout over it is really something. Read more »