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Post by sigmfsk on Jan 22, 2013 19:34:32 GMT -5
After landing the 95th street bridge jump, I always thought Jake said "Fix the cigarette lighter". Yet someone told me today that the quote was "Needs a cigarette lighter". I listened to every version of the movie I have, and it always sounds the same to me: "fix the cigarette lighter". It seems a lot of people think its "needs" ---------------- Jake: Needs a cigarette lighter. -- IMDb Quotes: The Blues Brothers (1980) www.ehmac.ca/everything-else-eh/93027-old-favourite-guy-movies-4.htmlJake: Needs a cigarette lighter. www.facebook.com/events/150060181758013/My kids and I quote lines all the time, glue strong stuff, The Oldsmobiles are in early this year, its OK but it needs a cigarette lighter. www.elcaminocentral.com/archive/index.php/t-28154.html---------------- Note that one guy references IMDB as saying "needs a", but IMDB says "fix the" Jake: Fix the cigarette lighter. www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/quotesand here's a place where someone quotes: > Fix the cigarette lighter and another guy tries to correct him: > Actually, it was "Needs a cigarette lighter" after Jake threw it out > the window. beta.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=362057For what it's worth, the script had "fix the"  What's the skinny? I mean, I'm deaf in one ear, and can't hear in the other, but where does this "needs a" come from? Is it some type of crowd delusion? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Popular_Delusions_and_the_Madness_of_Crowds |
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Post by spanks79 on Jan 22, 2013 20:01:12 GMT -5
It's "fix". It's always been fix. I know that for certain.
Along the same lines, I also feel the quote in Church "Jesus H tap dancing Christ" is incorrect. In my mind it is clearly "Jesus h god blasted Christ"I don't hear "tap dance" at all. Possibly the script called for tap dancing and John goofed it because is sounds kind of slurred.
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Post by sigmfsk on Jan 22, 2013 20:18:35 GMT -5
Along the same lines, I also feel the quote in Church "Jesus H tap dancing Christ" is incorrect. In my mind it is clearly "Jesus h god blasted Christ"I don't hear "tap dance" at all. Possibly the script called for tap dancing and John goofed it because is sounds kind of slurred. My recollection has always been "Jesus H tap dancing Christ", and when I watched the video, it still seemed clear to me that it was "Jesus H tap dancing Christ". But when I viewed the video with a mind toward "Jesus h god blasted Christ", that seems compatible also. Maybe the first time you saw the movie, you thought "Jesus h god blasted Christ", and then it just reinforces itself each time you see it. And similarly, I thought "Jesus H tap dancing Christ", the first time I saw it, and it is similarly reinforced. Maybe something similar is behind "needs a" vs. "fix the" cigarette lighter. That case though, seems easy to definitely show "fix the" based on replaying it. That "god blasted" vs. "tap dancing" reminds me of this video on the McGurk effect: I don't want to ruin the punch-line, but it's worth watching. |
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Post by tk826 on Jan 22, 2013 20:55:41 GMT -5
I was just about to post the same thing, with the very same link.  I think that might be what's happening in both cases. I am 99.99% sure it is "Fix the"... and "tap-dancing". |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jan 22, 2013 23:26:43 GMT -5
Yeah, "fix" the cigarette lighter is what I've always heard. I listened to it again with my eyes closed and even told my brain to hear "needs" but it just ain't there. My brain that is. So I can't help. ;D - As for the church scene, it's pretty obvious Jake says "SI, SI, GESU CRISTO HA COMPIUTO IL MIRACOLO HO VISTO LA LUCE!!  |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jan 22, 2013 23:46:10 GMT -5
Along the same lines, I also feel the quote in Church "Jesus H tap dancing Christ" is incorrect. In my mind it is clearly "Jesus h god blasted Christ" So after "Jesus H." the next word is either "tap" or God" and if you watch Jake's mouth it closes after that word, like it would with a word ending with P. Although the closed mouth could be the beginning of a word that starts with B but I don't think so. "Jesus H. Tap Dancing Christ" is very recognized in a search, whereas "Jesus H. God Blasted Christ" doesn't seem to bring any hits at all. I guess the question is, did Jesus tap dance? Here's the proof ... www.youtube.co/watch?v=lq2v_U8ADeMLol, we're all going to Hell. ;D |
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Post by sigmfsk on Jan 23, 2013 4:36:49 GMT -5
\I guess the question is, did Jesus tap dance? Here's the proof ... Lol, we're all going to Hell. oh wow. I wonder if the youtuber had Blues Brothers in mind when he made the video. |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jan 24, 2013 0:04:52 GMT -5
oh wow. I wonder if the youtuber had Blues Brothers in mind when he made the video. It's definitely blasphemous. - That McGherkin Pickle effect sure is interesting. It may have come into play when I was trying my lip reading theory. When you watch/listen to the clip thinking "God blasted" it actually does sound like that. Reminds me of some songs I've listened to over the years where what I thought were the lyrics, in fact were not correct.  |
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Post by sigmfsk on Jan 24, 2013 6:19:26 GMT -5
Reminds me of some songs I've listened to over the years where what I thought were the lyrics, in fact were not correct. Do you believe, there's a word for that: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MondegreenI extract just a sampling of text from the wikipedia article: A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning. It most commonly is applied to a line in a poem or a lyric in a song. For example, in everyday speech, one would be more likely to hear somebody recalling how they kissed this guy than saying that they were about to kiss the sky once a listener has "locked in" to a particular misheard interpretation of a song's lyrics, it can remain unquestioned, even when that plausibility becomes strained. Pinker gives the example of a student "stubbornly" mishearing the chorus to I'm Your Venus as "I'm Your Penis," and being surprised that the song was allowed on the radio. |
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Post by 58hemifury on Jan 24, 2013 19:13:08 GMT -5
When I was a kid my one of my friends from the block's father (who was from Chicago) used to say "Jesus H tap Dancing Christ" before we or he ever saw the movie, I think it's a saying from the Chicago area. He would have been about Belushi's age.
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