Since It’s March, we thought we’d do our quote of the month based around the NCAA basketball tournament otherwise known as ‘March Madness’. And who better to be our quote of the month then College basketball commentator Dick Vitale. Dick began his professional coaching career in 1971 as an assistant coach with Rutgers University. He got his first head coaching gig with the University of Detroit in 1973. He would bring the team to the NCAA tournament with his team going on a long winning streak but ultimately not winning the championship. After 4 years as head coach; Vitale would be named athletic director of the University. In 1978-79, he became the head coach of the Detroit Pistons in the NBA but was fired a few games into the second season and would finish with a losing record as an NBA head coach. He would join the cable channel ESPN as a commentator in the hopes of getting another coaching gig but ended up staying on TV and has been commentating on college basketball for ESPN for the last 30 years. Vitale has also written 9 books about professional basketball and has had his likeness and audio commentary used for EA Sport’s NCAA Football franchise. Vitale is good at getting his catchphrases into college basketball games and often using the words money! or baby! together in a sentence. Here is one of his quotes from a random college basketball game…

“[This game] is over. It is time to warm up the bus, baby!” – Dick Vitale

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‘They Live’ is a 1988 Science-Fiction/Horror movie that was directed and written by John Carpenter under the pseudonym Frank Armitage. The plot revolves around a bunch of aliens who have mixed in with the elite of society and are able to hide their identities with the help of a television transmitter that is able to conceal who they really are to the public. The main protagonist is played by professional wrestler and actor Roddy Piper who finds a pair of dark sunglasses and is able to see the aliens for who they really are and discovers that the aliens are stealing earth’s resources for their own personal gain.The quote which is about to be displayed is often attributed to the video game franchise ‘Duke Nukem’ who’s character uses the same catchphrase but don’t be fooled as this film uses the original quote and not some video game copycat. In one scene, Piper’s character (George Nada) is surrounded by the aliens in a bank and has nowhere to hide. Nada then takes out his shotgun and says the film’s best quote which is…

“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I’m all out of bubblegum.” – George Nada

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Nick Kroll is a stand up comedian and writer who has appeared in shows such as ‘Best Week Ever’ , ‘Cavemen’ and ‘Sit Down, Shut Up’ and was a contributing writer for Comedy Central’s ‘Chappelle’s Show’. In addition, Kroll has had a successful book published entitled ‘Bar Mitzvah Disco’ which he co-authored with Jules Shell and Roger Bennett that showcases over 30 photographs of Bar Mitzvahs since the 1970s with funny commentaries thrown in for each photograph that depicts different rituals during the Bar Mitzvah tradition. In 2008, he supported comedian Aziz Ansari on his Glow in the Dark comedy tour that went across the USA. Kroll’s comedy routine often features a variety of characters that Kroll has created that are mingled in with Kroll’s stand up routine throughout his shows. One of Kroll’s more popular characters is named Bobby Bottleservice who is described on his twitter feed as a ‘businessman’ and ‘entrepreneur’. The character likes to party at clubs and wear tight shirts and shades and was featured on HBO’s ‘Funny or Die Presents’ as trying to win an audition to be on MTV’s Jersey Shore. Kroll was given his first Comedy Central stand up special in January entitled “Thank You Very Cool’ where he showcases some of his characters such as El Chupacabra, Bobby Bottleservice, Fabrice, Fabrice and others. In this quote, Kroll uses his Bobby Bottleservice character to discuss in scientific terms what an earthquake is…

“For those of you who don’t know, an earthquake is, like sciencely speaking, is like a platonic shift. So that’s like when one part of the earth is like “Oh, let’s just be friends!” and the other part of the earth is like “No, I bought you dinner, let’s do this!”

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Reno 911! is a comedic television mockumentary that ran on Comedy Central from 2003-2009. It’s a spoof of reality crime shows such as ‘Cops’ and other reality television programs. The show was produced as a last minute replacement pilot for Fox Television but wasn’t picked up and was moved to Comedy Central 2 years later. The script is mainly improvised which has allowed the actors plenty of time to improve their portrayals of the characters that they play on the show. A typical episode would begin with the police officers being given their morning briefing by Lieutenant Jim Dangle and then forming teams of two as they patrol the city of Reno, Nevada looking for thieves, prostitutes, child molesters and drug peddlers. The show was produced in Reno, Nevada with other production being done in Oregon. In 2008, half of the cast of the show was changed after a writer’s strike forced the cancellation of most scripted television programs. The television program spawned a movie entitled Reno 911! – Miami which grossed over 10.4 million $. In this quote (from the film Reno 911!-Miami), the film crew follows Lieutenant Jim Dangle and Deputy Travis Junior as Travis describes to Jim what a wonderful dream he just woke up from not realizing the problem that might arise from having this dream at this particular moment in time…

“Deputy Travis Junior: I just had the weirdest dream Lieutenant Jim Dangle: You know youre driving, right? [hits a porto-potty] Lieutenant Jim Dangle: [looking back] Noone was in it.”

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Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian comedic actor best known for his roles in films such as ‘Airplane’ and ‘The Naked Gun’ Trilogy. He began his career doing serious roles in films such as ‘Forbidden Planet’ and ‘The Poseidon Adventure’. His comedic talents would be showcased in the film ‘Airplane’ where his character’s serious tone and obliviousness to his surroundings would become his main recognized talent which would later be featured in many spoof and parody films later on in his career such as ‘Reposessed’ and ‘2001 – A Space Travesty’. Also, Nielsen was a big golf fan and even helped to make several funny instructional videos of the sport. Leslie has won several awards and has a received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame and received the Order of Canada in 2001. Here is a quote from Nielsen’s Naked Gun character Frank Drebin where he explains to a criminal how to come out with your hands up…

“This is Frank Drebin, Police Squad. Throw down your guns, and come on out with your hands up. Or come on out, then throw down your guns, whichever way you wanna do it. Just remember the two key elements here: one, guns to be thrown down; two, come on out!”

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