Production assistant: Excuse me sir, no flash photography please. For the safety of our actors.
Bystander: Actors? They’re Muppets!
–Muppets Movie Set, Park Slope
Archive for the ‘Film’ Category
Natalie Portman: Too Late!
Young hipster: Dude, and then she told me that it was her purpose in life to make the movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!
Bearded hipster: Yeah, that would be epically sound!
–49th St
Just Like Les Mis!
40-something hyperactive preppy/golfer tourist: Hey! How’s it going?! Where are you from?
40-something regular guy: Seattle. You?
40-something hyperactive preppy/golfer tourist: Newport Beach, California! What are you off to do?
40-something regular guy: Dinner and some drinks with friends. You?
40-something hyperactive preppy/golfer tourist: Me and a buddy are going to take mushrooms and go see Young Frankenstein for the third time! It’s hilarious when you’re high!
–Elevator, Sheraton Hotel
It’s Not Just the Bird That’s Mocking Them
Woman #1: I watched the best movie last night!
Woman #2: Oh yeah? What was it?
Woman #1: It was called To Catch a Mockingbird.
Woman #2: Did you know they made a book from that movie?
–Q55 bus
We Compromised on ‘Bad’
Hair stylist: So what kind of band is your boyfriend in?
Magenta-dyed customer: He says it’s Emo, but it sounds like the soundtrack to Spring Awakening.
–Supercuts, 6th Ave & Waverly
Overheard by: Jeffrey
Even Though They Inhabit Different Fictional Universes?
Ditz #1: So yeah, I think Jesus was totally a mongoose soul.
Ditz #2: Totally. And Harry Potter, too.
(they nod together)
–F Train
Overheard by: Numbat
What’s That About?
Passenger #1: What’s that movie with Julia Roberts where she plays the runaway bride?
Passenger #2: My Best Friend’s Wedding?
–Grand Central
Overheard by: EmLo
…No One Leads Harder Lives Than We Do!
Old man #1: Where are we?
Old man #2: The movies!
Old man #1: I thought we were going to the barbecue!
Old man #2: Yes, it’s time for the barbecue.
Old man #1: Aaaaaauuuuuugggggghhhhhh!
–Lincoln Plaza Cinemas
Overheard by: Laughing uncontrollably
If We’ve Been Bad, New York Is Where We Go After Death
Young lady: I’m making a documentary on Park Slope. May I ask you why you are sitting on your umbrella? I can understand sitting under your umbrella, because it’s sunny…
Young girl: In case there’s a flood, I’ll be able to float away.
Young lady: Do you expect there to be a flood today?
Young girl: I expect there to be a flood every day. But I’m from Miami…
–Union St, Brooklyn
Overheard by: nicole p
Points For Creative Inanity
Young English teacher, showing class movie of Greek tragedy Agamemnon: Does anyone else think that Agamemnon kinda looks like the Burger King King?
Student: Well, there goes my grade.
–Stuyvesant High
