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Stripes

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

Stripes The Rewatchables

The panel rapidly lists favorite lines, with Wisconsin selected as the funniest single line.

In the discussion (5)
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  • The rapid list includes the furs answer, Eisenhower greeting, unusual-underwear speech, acorn speech, officer-material line, and depression line.
  • The abandoning-the-car, never-convicted, and have-that-removed lines are cited as frequently reused favorites.
  • Wisconsin is selected as the funniest single line.
  • The cheap-shoeshine line is another finalist.
  • The stopped-draft exchange is praised as a final throwaway quote.