No dude, I was quoting Stripes.

The more I think about it, the more I think we oughta get around to Stripes...   it's a very different subject, but Stripes is very similar in tone to Ghostbusters - not surprising since it had 3/4ths of the core team who would go on to make GB: Murray and Ramis starring and Reitman directing.   

It was a lowbudget flick that became a huge hit, which led to them getting a shot at a bigger budget project based on Dan Aykroyd's wacky ghosthunting script, and the rest is history.

So there ya go, without Stripes there would be no Ghostbusters, says I.

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I actually have a slight personal connection to Private Benjamin.  Astute DiF listeners might know.

I LOVE Officeer and a Gentlmen.  The first 8 minutes is some solid ass expository writing.

lol i know mate, just using my post and yours as a segue to use one of my favorite quotes.

also, think if your going to do another move with stripes in the one sitting it needs to be spies like us, great movie that actually says a lot, kinda like Aykroyd's weird take on Dr. Strangelove, and both make comedy out of the cold war in different ways.

Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
cough cough Thank cough you cough

show some balls, man!
i think it is too late to try and impress them

When I was in middle school I had this great idea for my big first novel- there's some sort of new civil war in the US, and the Boy Scouts including the troop of our heros pick a side. You have kids in uniform in a war! (inspired by seeing hundreds of scouts climbing all over Old Fort Niagara) Then I see the TV ads for TAPS and figure my idea has been stolen Luckily it turned there was little overlap, and eventually my idea morphed into a sci fi story about children soldiers fleeing the horrors of war. A failed self published comic later (two issues drawn, nothing published), and I still think about trying again...

When it comes to Stripes quotes, "I just wish I hadn't drunk all that cough syrup..." is my #1 go-to, with "Lighten up, Francis" a close second.

It's Czechoslovakia!  It's like going to Wisconsin.

Such a vehicle would be great for picking up girls in Minsk.

Does this mean we're done for the day Sergeant?