Sunday, June 22, 2025: Daily Dirt
It would be hard, if not impossible, to find two consecutive decades that generated as many high-caliber pictures as the 1980s and 1990s, as I have been saying for the past two days. Here is a combined list of the top 10 from those two 10-year periods in light of that. Welcome to The Daily Dirt’s Vol. 1,321: Three Thoughts for Today.
1. Edges that lack clues Day Off by Ferris Bueller was voted the finest movie of the 1980s–1990s block, but what about the most memorable line from those movies?
I’ve listed the lines I thought were the finest from the movies listed below, and I believe that any one of the first eight might be argued to be the best line from any movie from that era.
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1. Clueless (1995):
Fashion victim, or ensemble challenged? Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone) -
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Ferris Bueller s Day Off (1986):
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Economics teacher (Ben Stein). -
3.
When Harry Met Sally (1989):
But when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) -
4.
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982):
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I m fine. Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) -
5.
Bull Durham (1988):
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I ve tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. And the only church that truly feeds the soul, day-in day-out, is the Church of Baseball. Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon) -
6.
Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997):
(tie) Yeah, baby! and Oh, behave! Austin Powers (Mike Myers) -
7.
Sleepless In Seattle (1993):
Destiny is something we ve invented because we can t stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.
Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) -
8.
Major League (1989):
Ju-u-u-ust a bit outside. Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker). -
9.
Jerry Maguire (1996):
Show me the money! Rob Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) -
10.
Beverly Hills Cop (1984):
You know, this is the cleanest and nicest police car I ve ever been in in my life. This thing s nicer than my apartment. Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy)
2. Were you aware of (Part 401)
- A good rule for drive-through etiquette in the morning would be to limit customers to one drink and one breakfast sandwich. Any more than that, you should be required to go inside the fast-food establishment in question.
- According to reports, Jimi Hendrix hated the following bands for a variety of reasons: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Monkees, Jim Morrison and the Doors and most Motown groups.
- Boanthropy is a psychological disorder in which patients believe they are a cow.
- Sonic the Hedgehog s full name is Ogilvie Maurice Wentworth Hedgehog.
- Most toilet paper sold in France is pink.
3. One more observation regarding those movies from the 1980s and 1990s. My top five picks from those films are as follows:
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1. Jeff Spicoli,
Fast Times At Ridgemont High -
2. Cher Horowitz,
Clueless -
3. Annie Savoy,
Bull Durham -
4. Ferris Bueller,
Ferris Bueller s Day Off -
5. Harry Doyle,
Major League
Steve’s Daily ThoughtThe lack of a sequel to Clueless, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High has long baffled me. The College Years would have been a logical sequel to each of those. You’re welcome.
Every day, Steve Eighinger contributes to Muddy River News. Naturally, Steve did not include the 1980s classic Fletch on his lists. As reporter Irwin Fletch Fletcher, Chevy Chase was hysterical and could have easily had one of the top ten quotes. Doc, what about Mooooooon River ever serving time?DA
