@@ChristianVBlue3 Its actually an in-joke on New York City politics, as for decades until the 1990s, you had to win support of the Catholic clergy in order to have enough votes to win election to Mayor, otherwise the Catholics would vote for the other candidate who had the clergy's support. It was a lasting part of NYC politics originating in the late 19th Century along with the Tammany Hall political machine (which was dominated by Catholics from Ireland) and remained an important influence long after local politics had adapted to the decline and disappearance of Tammany Hall in the mid 20th Century.
"Well, that's what I HEARD!!" Murray's timing/delivery was perfect in every scene. I love how he throws this one in right when the ruckus dies down for everyone to hear.
not to mention the budget was so low. It only cost 30 million to make and worldwide the movie took in over 300 million. Not to mention the merchandise sales that came from it.
The amount of dry humor that comes out of this scene is amazing. This is why ghostbusters works. They don't take it too seriously and they know it's ridiculous but some how they make it work so well.
Oh, it was a sign alright. A sign that an ancient, ultra-powerful, malignant entity from another dimension known as Gozer was coming to destroy everything.
“I’ve seen every form of combustion known to man...but this beats the hell outta me.” Such a fantastic but often forgotten quote from the FDNY officer!
“I think that’s a smart move, Mike.” LMAO!! I’ve seen this a million times and never noticed he called that cardinal by his first name so casually. 😂 Love this movie.
“I’m Winston Zeddemore, your honor. I’ve only been with the company a couple of weeks, but I gotta tell you, these things ARE REAL. Since I’ve joined these men, I have seen SHIT that’ll turn you WHITE!!!!” The police commissioner’s reaction to this quote makes me laugh every time. Ernie Hudson’s contribution to this movie is supremely underrated. His interview with Janine, the Twinkie discussion, he and Ray’s reverent but eye opening talk in Ecto-1 right before they get arrested are just a few examples of his no bullshit, right on the money delivery of his lines.
Ernie Hudson understood the assignment perfectly. Play the straight man, let the comedic geniuses do their thing. Laurel had Hardy. Abbot had Costello. The Ghostbusters had Winston.
Cardinal! priest < bishop < cardinal < pope _The mayor addresses him as “Your Eminence” and his hat (zucchetto) and sash are both scarlet, which makes him a cardinal - a ‘prince’ of the Roman Catholic Church; which back then, was still a pretty big deal in New York City, when it had a population that lent heavily towards origins both Irish and Italian._
@@oolooo OP is accurate comment but insufficient: it *has to be* both. You _need_ to be a priest to be a bishop (the most significant promotion: deemed to make you a descendant of the apostles; you get your own cathedral and diocese). You _have_ to be a bishop in order to be made a cardinal (politics, talent and ambition). And cardinals are the ones from whom popes are selected (politics, again, and random chance - interpreted by Catholics as “the intervention of the Holy Spirit”). Though, theoretically, the Conclave of Cardinals could choose *any* ordained priest to be pontiff - _The Pope Must Die(t)_ was a 1991 comedy film based on that premise; it’s on UA-cam and is pretty funny.
@@michaeljames4904 A shoutout to you on your information, thanks! I did a brief look-up about a year ago for the actor who played the Cardinal, and he was an Irish stage actor who has since passed. Can't remember his name though.....a good actor by all accounts, but not well known. Good minor role in this film though!
Classic line to get a politician to do anything,"But if I'm right and we can stop this thing then... Lenny....You will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters" Awesome
nicholai40 having seen these in backwards order, my only beef with mayor Lenny in the sequel is his initial reintro to them. He didn't seem as happy to see them that time. But considering the unintended destruction in this one, I can understand his original skepticism but that bonehead assistant played by Kurt Fuller, seemed just there for comic relief... Too bad that wasn't a requirement with these films hence the genre... But oh well!
Being 37 yrs old now I understand the humor more and more. Thx dan ,harold ,bill, ernie for my favorite childhood heroes. I love winstons facial gestures on the we can go to jail comment. Lol hes like man speak for yourself
For a (at time quite silly) comedy with that uses the formula of big blockbuster film, people can forget how smartly this film is WRITTEN.. The mayors line "You got work to do. What do you need from me?" followed by the shot of the National Guard escorting the Ghostbusters is one of the most perfect transitions to a film's climactic action bit I've ever seen.
Watch Ernie Hudsons (Winston) performance, he doesn't have many lines but everything he does adds to the scene. A proper masterclass. Its a shame the studio cut his role short.
@@jackleighton1566 Honestly I don't know if Murphy could have done the part justice. Ernie is hilarious but in a subdued way, plays the straight man a lot of times. I'm not sure Eddie could do that.
@@JounLord1then you underestimate the 80s Eddie Murphy. There wasn’t a filter back then. I like Ernie and he did a good job but I always wondered what would it be like if Eddie was there.
I think if they had put Murphy in the Winston role it would’ve just been him and Murray trying to upstage each other. Ernie played the Everyman the best and has some of THE best one liners in this film
Headed for a disaster of Biblical proportion... Old Testament, real wrath of God type stuff... fire and brimstone coming down from the skies... rivers and seas boiling... forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes... the dead rising from the grave... human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... Mass hysteria! Rest in peace, David Margulies (Mayor Lenny), thank you for the laughter and all your fine work as an actor.
Venkman speaks fluent politician... in terms a mayor... future governor... would understand. Brilliant casting for the role of mayor... totally buy him as the mayor of N.Y., don't you?
as a kid i just thought this was a scene that explained why the ghostbusters were let loose but after 30 years later I truly appreciate how funny this scene is. "DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER! MASS HYSTERIA!"
The 80's and 90's had some real stinkers too, really bad bad bad stuff. Yeah there are some bad movies today but its always been like that. There has certainly been some really great films the last decade also.
After Professor Jerry Hathaway was fired from Pacific Tech and lost his TV gig, he changed his name to Walter Peck, a hack EPA inspector. After hearing about the Ghostbusters and that wunderkind Mitch Taylor was considering investing in them, he decided that vengeance was his. However twas not to be, and once again changed his name. Taking the name of Richard Thornburg, he used some of his old TV contacts and got a job as a reporter. Unfortunately after that business at Nakatomi Plaza in L.A and the airliner hostage debacle over Washington, he has found happiness as a Doctor Noah Faulkner, living out the rest of his life in a biodome in the desert somewhere. Until...
The mayor first kisses the ring of the archibishop then he slaps his cheek like an old friend, and the archibishop is ok with it. This scene looks so perfect.
what i love is noticing the small hints and gestures that clue you in on what their thinking..in this scene watch when the mayor kisses the archbishops hand you notice that bill and dan both smile knowing they got a pitch they can use..and when they talk they lean heavily on Religious themes to get their point.
Some people have made the case that actually Peck is the main antagonist, representing big government overreach and diffusion of responsibility. Some have made the case that Ghostbusters is actually one of the most libertarian movies in modern times. It's an interesting take on it whether you buy it or not.
@@GeorgeMonet He wasn't corrupt, he was middle management with an ego. Besides, overreach and corruption are basically the same thing. Overreach is the result of corruption.
"Yes, it's true. This man has no dick." will never stop being funny.
Absolutely
Well thats what I heard.
@@Filthy_LarryThis is City Hall. What am I gonna do, John? What is this?
Me neither 😂😂
39 years later and that line still cracks me up.
Best part is after Murray uses the voter pitch it cuts to the archbishop. That smile and head nod get me every time.
It shows how the government and the church might be in on all what's going on together
@@ChristianVBlue3 Its actually an in-joke on New York City politics, as for decades until the 1990s, you had to win support of the Catholic clergy in order to have enough votes to win election to Mayor, otherwise the Catholics would vote for the other candidate who had the clergy's support. It was a lasting part of NYC politics originating in the late 19th Century along with the Tammany Hall political machine (which was dominated by Catholics from Ireland) and remained an important influence long after local politics had adapted to the decline and disappearance of Tammany Hall in the mid 20th Century.
@@KeoniPhoenix very well put
@@KeoniPhoenix I'm British and that's crazy. Sounds like something out of Northern Ireland
@@KeoniPhoenix Damn that's very interesting.
Translation of Archbishop's smile and nod: "Well played, Peter Venkman, well played."
Hardly. They indicated the church's cynical collusion with authority.
It showed he knew what to say to the mayor to sweet talk him
Checkmate!!!
@@beingsshepherd Again, well played.
@@ThunderAppeal I maintain: he was satirically nodding in scheming agreement not kudos; imo it's the funniest and most daring joke of the film.
"Well, that's what I HEARD!!" Murray's timing/delivery was perfect in every scene. I love how he throws this one in right when the ruckus dies down for everyone to hear.
The mayor is he the same guy that played the president in the original superman movies
0:55
@@jeffiffland1040, no, David Margulies wasn’t in any Superman movies.
Lenny...you...will have saved the lives...of MILLIONS......of registered voters.
Bill Murray had such great delivery.
rip harold ramis.
I love how the Cardinal just nods in the background like “hook line and sinker, you got’em.”
The real reason politicians ever do anything decent
My favourite line in the whole movie.
They were able to capture lightning in a bottle once with this film.
True
not to mention the budget was so low. It only cost 30 million to make and worldwide the movie took in over 300 million. Not to mention the merchandise sales that came from it.
@@jamiethornton6101 wild times indeed
The only person that can make a better sequel to a film of his own AND someone else’s is James Cameron
I don’t care what people say, the second one was good too
"Bye I'm gonna get you a nice fruit basket I'm gonna miss him"
That grin oh his face says it all
DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER MASS HYSTERIA!
That's indeed reason for mass hysteria. Now immagine cat-dog hybrids spawned from such unions :P
They didn't start fucking
Corey Messick
Sure, no problem, just needed to say what had to be said :)
We can't let the Garfeilds moving in with the Marmadukes!
ENOUGH! I GET THE POINT!
I love how the evidence is so overwhelming, these guys have NO problem believing it's supernatural. Except Peck.
It's pecker
Kinda the opposite of Ghostbusters 2, huh? Lol
peck was a freaking ***hole because he doesn't believe in ghost and he think's the ghostbuster's are fake's so he get's what he deserves.
I love that adviser "the walls of the 53rd precinct were bleeding....how do you explain that"
After Peck got run out of NYC he moved to LA where he changed his name and became a reporter only to be popped on camera by Holly McLain!
The walls in the 53rd precinct were bleeding---what a great voice that actor had.
Deep!
53rd precinct...
Possible reference to *Car 54: Where Are You?* perhaps?
That's what I thought!!!
That is an epic radio voice right there
Tommy Hollis, veteran LA stage actor who had a lot of small roles in the movies. Sadly passed away pretty young in 2001.
The amount of dry humor that comes out of this scene is amazing. This is why ghostbusters works. They don't take it too seriously and they know it's ridiculous but some how they make it work so well.
yes it's true this man has no dick🤣🤣🤣🤣
"I think it's a sign from God but don't quote me on that" lmfao best quote ever!!
and Peter's line' good call mike '
Oh, it was a sign alright. A sign that an ancient, ultra-powerful, malignant entity from another dimension known as Gozer was coming to destroy everything.
He SAID don't quote him on that!
That's a smart move mike.
“I’ve seen every form of combustion known to man...but this beats the hell outta me.” Such a fantastic but often forgotten quote from the FDNY officer!
"I'm gonna give you a nice fruit basket. I'm gonna miss him"
Gets me every time.
Bill Murray for president.
Dickless has been the asshole in so many 80's movies. Real genius comes to mind. Murray rules as usual.
And Die Hard as well 😆
Asshole Dick Thornberg in Die Hard 1 & 2.
Akroyd said ,sounds like a Canadian joke to me
In Memory Of Harold Ramis, a.k.a. Egon Spengler
Will be sadly missed. Can't wait for the 3rd movie to come out in theaters
@Bleda Diaz at least he'll be a good smartian in Heaven!
He could play a ghost?
@@cocharles563 Great shout 👏
Egon, but not forgotten.
All 4 Ghostbusters, are very charismatic and great actors. RIP Harold Ramis
One of my favorite scenes. Whoever wrote that dickless joke (Probably Murray) was genius.
GassedGasMask7 Murray is a genius.
Murray IS a genius...but like a lot of the best dialogue in the movie, the dickless joke was improvised.
sometimes some of the best lines are improvised
You can almost see the gears cranking and him thinking, "Wait for it...."
One of the best insults in cinema.
“I think that’s a smart move, Mike.” LMAO!! I’ve seen this a million times and never noticed he called that cardinal by his first name so casually. 😂 Love this movie.
What about the slap in the cardinal's face hahahha
@Zia Tomayo I know!! That's the point of it, it's like the mayor and the cardinal were pals and had tha confidence even in public....
I always figured they were from the same neighbourhood and even knew each other as youths.
Clearly they've known each other since grade school.
@@questworldmatrix the Cardinal is a good generation older than the mayor.
Wow. This scene is packed with layers and layers of quotes!
That'S REAL movies for ya
"Dogs and cats, living together...mass hysteria!"
"Yes, it's true. This man has no dick."
@@SomeUserNameBlahBlah it is also true that you've beaten me to the punch.
This is one of the greatest movie scenes of all time....everything about this is perfect,
'Personally Lenny, I think it's a sign from God... but don't quote me on that.'
William Atherton's ensuing close-up is perfection. Great acting.
There's no small parts, only small actors.
Peter: "Human sacrifice, dogs & cats living together, mass hysteria!"
“I’m Winston Zeddemore, your honor. I’ve only been with the company a couple of weeks, but I gotta tell you, these things ARE REAL. Since I’ve joined these men, I have seen SHIT that’ll turn you WHITE!!!!”
The police commissioner’s reaction to this quote makes me laugh every time. Ernie Hudson’s contribution to this movie is supremely underrated. His interview with Janine, the Twinkie discussion, he and Ray’s reverent but eye opening talk in Ecto-1 right before they get arrested are just a few examples of his no bullshit, right on the money delivery of his lines.
Totally agree!
Winston Zeddemore was damn right on what he said that he has seen the biggest paranormal SHIT that everyone in NYC has turned white 🤣
Ernie Hudson understood the assignment perfectly. Play the straight man, let the comedic geniuses do their thing.
Laurel had Hardy. Abbot had Costello. The Ghostbusters had Winston.
he corpse it and had to look away to laugh
Winston is my favorite Ghostbuster. Always was, always will be.
The way the mayor points at Peck and says “Get him out of here” gets me every time 🤣
You mean Dickless right? 🤣
He still needs his gift basket.
What makes it better is Peter smiling after Peck was told to leave
@@TrickyPJM752 :) "Bye,"
Wait wat about his dickless fruit basket😅😅😅😅
Gotta love the priest nodding his approval
Cardinal!
priest < bishop < cardinal < pope
_The mayor addresses him as “Your Eminence” and his hat (zucchetto) and sash are both scarlet, which makes him a cardinal - a ‘prince’ of the Roman Catholic Church; which back then, was still a pretty big deal in New York City, when it had a population that lent heavily towards origins both Irish and Italian._
Archbishop and Cardinal .You can be both
@@oolooo OP is accurate comment but insufficient: it *has to be* both. You _need_ to be a priest to be a bishop (the most significant promotion: deemed to make you a descendant of the apostles; you get your own cathedral and diocese). You _have_ to be a bishop in order to be made a cardinal (politics, talent and ambition). And cardinals are the ones from whom popes are selected (politics, again, and random chance - interpreted by Catholics as “the intervention of the Holy Spirit”).
Though, theoretically, the Conclave of Cardinals could choose *any* ordained priest to be pontiff - _The Pope Must Die(t)_ was a 1991 comedy film based on that premise; it’s on UA-cam and is pretty funny.
@@michaeljames4904 A shoutout to you on your information, thanks!
I did a brief look-up about a year ago for the actor who played the Cardinal, and he was an Irish stage actor who has since passed. Can't remember his name though.....a good actor by all accounts, but not well known. Good minor role in this film though!
The bishop smirking and nodding his head is never not hilarious 😂
Cardinal!
@@michaeljames4904 Whatever.
😂😆🤣
I think that’s what convinced the mayor.
"Well, you can believe Mr. Pecker..."
"My name... is Peck!"
Hahahahahahahahaah
He doesn't like getting *pecked* on! 😆
Walter Peck you should have known better than to shut down the protection grid I mean what exactly were you thinking?
"Yes, it's true this man has no dick"
Mr Peck was Señor Prick
@@holdenmenard1312 😆
The look on Mike's face while he is nodding is priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prob one of the best scenes in this movie, every line is perfect and even Peck is 100% D-bag. Great acting all around.
I love how the play the scene straight. There’s jokes but the conversation is serious. As if it is a scary and unnatural event.
Classic line to get a politician to do anything,"But if I'm right and we can stop this thing then... Lenny....You will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters" Awesome
Don't forget 16 to 17-year-olds (Ghostbusters was released in 1984) since the mayoral election for New York City will have been in 1985. 😉
nicholai40 having seen these in backwards order, my only beef with mayor Lenny in the sequel is his initial reintro to them. He didn't seem as happy to see them that time.
But considering the unintended destruction in this one, I can understand his original skepticism but that bonehead assistant played by Kurt Fuller, seemed just there for comic relief... Too bad that wasn't a requirement with these films hence the genre... But oh well!
The single best line in the entire movie. From a whole script full of great lines.
What... Venkman speaks fluent politician...
Surprised?
and if we are wrong, you have someone to blame
Still all these years later it is a great scene to watch. So well done.
Being 37 yrs old now I understand the humor more and more. Thx dan ,harold ,bill, ernie for my favorite childhood heroes. I love winstons facial gestures on the we can go to jail comment. Lol hes like man speak for yourself
For a (at time quite silly) comedy with that uses the formula of big blockbuster film, people can forget how smartly this film is WRITTEN.. The mayors line "You got work to do. What do you need from me?" followed by the shot of the National Guard escorting the Ghostbusters is one of the most perfect transitions to a film's climactic action bit I've ever seen.
R.I.P Mayor Lenny. David Marguiles passed away today.
He will be missed by millions of registered voters.
+tron3entertainment : )
He also appeared in the Sopranos, I believe as one of Tony's attorneys. RIP, Sir.
Goddammit. Oscar, Egon and The Mayor are dead, it's like the 2016 movie is picking them off one by one. Who's next Rick Moranis?
'Baby' Oscar died? How?
Cats and dogs livin' together, MASS HYSTERIA!
Lmao!
"Well, you can believe Mr. Pecker."
"My name is Peck." XD
Bill Murray on top of his game....the diction, his timing his facial expression...awesome
Every character in this scene was just brilliant. They don't do it like this anymore.
Watch Ernie Hudsons (Winston) performance, he doesn't have many lines but everything he does adds to the scene. A proper masterclass. Its a shame the studio cut his role short.
masterjb1 cause it was meant for Eddie Murphy and Ernie was a last minute decision.
@@jackleighton1566 Honestly I don't know if Murphy could have done the part justice. Ernie is hilarious but in a subdued way, plays the straight man a lot of times. I'm not sure Eddie could do that.
@@JounLord1then you underestimate the 80s Eddie Murphy. There wasn’t a filter back then. I like Ernie and he did a good job but I always wondered what would it be like if Eddie was there.
I think if they had put Murphy in the Winston role it would’ve just been him and Murray trying to upstage each other. Ernie played the Everyman the best and has some of THE best one liners in this film
It is an honor to be from this generation of "film" ,80s youth.
RIP Egon.
When Venkman drops the line " Lenny, you have save the lives....of millions....of registered voters." Gets me all the time.
I can't believe you're listening to this
Venkman speaks fluent politician.
"We got work to do. Now what do you need from me?" Classic but underrated quote.
Love it. It’s a 5 second master class in management.
Headed for a disaster of Biblical proportion... Old Testament, real wrath of God type stuff... fire and brimstone coming down from the skies... rivers and seas boiling... forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes... the dead rising from the grave... human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... Mass hysteria! Rest in peace, David Margulies (Mayor Lenny), thank you for the laughter and all your fine work as an actor.
The "...millions of registered voters" line-that would work every time.
Venkman speaks fluent politician... in terms a mayor... future governor... would understand.
Brilliant casting for the role of mayor... totally buy him as the mayor of N.Y., don't you?
unbelievably great humor & profundity in that quote
@@varianschirmer9375 great line
1:26 - I LOVE how Bill and Dan are breaking character. So glad they left that in. :)
Lmao I couldn’t do it
Both films clearly show that, without the Ghostbusters, New York goes down the plughole.
Yeah, so true.
And Spider Man
New york could sure use Spiderman and the ghost busters right now, now wonder it's so bad :P They didn't vote Lenny back in :P
Without any hero NYC is like that or so I hear
Not just New York, But the entire world as a matter of act.
“I’m gonna miss him!” Lol 😂🤣😂
0:46 Billy Murray was savage lmao 😆😆😂😂
There certainly is an ensemble cast but without Murray this movie would be half of what it is.
Facts!
I'm gonna MISS HIM!
Murray does a great job.
He made it possible himself enjoying the first film & making it good for everyone.
Murray maintaining a constant state of sarcasm for the film is hilarious
The older I get the more I realize how deep Bill Murray's genius really goes
One of the best scenes from one of the best movies ever.
as a kid i just thought this was a scene that explained why the ghostbusters were let loose but after 30 years later I truly appreciate how funny this scene is. "DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER! MASS HYSTERIA!"
"Well, that's what I've heard." Gets me every time:D
Lenny, you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters. Quote of the movie.
This just in... Business Owner and local goofball Peter Venkman speaks fluent politician.
Man. These 80s actors, actresses, and directors need to reteach these contemporary directors how to make movies
The 80's and 90's had some real stinkers too, really bad bad bad stuff. Yeah there are some bad movies today but its always been like that. There has certainly been some really great films the last decade also.
One of the best comebacks/insults from Bill Murray in this scene
One of the finest moments in the history of comedy. Priceless.
"I have seen shit that will turn you white!"
Still to this day makes me cry everytime I hear it
Well the Mayor is White European. LOL. (smile)
Look at Winston's face 2:40 when Venkman says "We go to jail; peacefully, quietly. We'll enjoy it."
Dogs and cats living together 😂 I love Bill Murray.
I've watched this movie a thousands times, and just now caught that line.
Funny how Mike walks in like he owns the joint. No one announcing him no guards.
That ring literally opens doors, he walked in like Mick Jagger strutting on stage
Like close encounters of the third kind.. this movie made me BELIEVE when I was a kid.. still does.. 👍
God it sucks that eventually I’m gonna have to live to see all the guys from this movie pass away.
Those are gonna be some bad days.
Well.... there is a foolproof way you can avoid that.
Yeah, jsut this Dante, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Beethoven, Bach all dead. Can't go on living/
The alternative is, you could go first.
1 of them has already been taken from us unfortunately
Venkman - "Well I think that's a smart move, Mike" LMAO
Gotta love Bill Murray. He has never, ever, given a single shit.
I don't know why but this somehow seems fitting amidst the COVID 19 crisis.... it tickles me every time I watch it....
After Professor Jerry Hathaway was fired from Pacific Tech and lost his TV gig, he changed his name to Walter Peck, a hack EPA inspector. After hearing about the Ghostbusters and that wunderkind Mitch Taylor was considering investing in them, he decided that vengeance was his. However twas not to be, and once again changed his name. Taking the name of Richard Thornburg, he used some of his old TV contacts and got a job as a reporter. Unfortunately after that business at Nakatomi Plaza in L.A and the airliner hostage debacle over Washington, he has found happiness as a Doctor Noah Faulkner, living out the rest of his life in a biodome in the desert somewhere. Until...
"Lenny, you will have saved the lives of millions of registerd voters"
Paul Macartney I like how in the second one they say nearly 1/2 of the ghostbusters voted for him in the last election.
Humid sacks of rice, hogs and bats sniffing each other, massive stereos -Sam O'Nella 2020
bill murrays face when the cardinal walks in lol
The nod from the arc-bishop is so great. Love these suddle comedic moments
Throughtout the movies and the cartoon you really see how Peter got a degree in pyschology.
I've seen this movie more times than any other. When VHS was new I rented it so many times that my dad gave up and bought it for me. Its pretty good.
The mayor first kisses the ring of the archibishop then he slaps his cheek like an old friend, and the archibishop is ok with it. This scene looks so perfect.
Bill Murray's reaction to the whole interaction. His sarcasm doesn't require speech
Bill Murray adlibbed most of this scene. They didn't know what he was going to come up with next.
what if you're wrong. if I'm wrong then nothing happens we go to jail quietly peacefully we will enjoy it!!!
Wow. Life IS imitating art.
This scene has so many great quotes.
If I'm wrong, nothing happens! We go to jail! Peacefully, quietly. Well enjoy it.
One day, I would like to try that line on a judge.
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, a reboot featuring an all female cast, Mass Hysteria!!!
R.I.P David Margulies.
Props to William Atherton. The perfect a-hole here and in Die Hard.
RIP David.
The more i watch this the more i realize just how much these guys were holding it in, everyone cracks a smile at one point or another.
what i love is noticing the small hints and gestures that clue you in on what their thinking..in this scene watch when the mayor kisses the archbishops hand you notice that bill and dan both smile knowing they got a pitch they can use..and when they talk they lean heavily on Religious themes to get their point.
Jesus Christ. This scene alone is a 1,000x better than anything being made today. It's funny, witty, tense, and impells us forward.
At 2:27 Ernie Hudson is barely holding it back from busting out laughing
Peck is easily one of the most hateable villains of all-time and he's not even the main antagonist.
Some people have made the case that actually Peck is the main antagonist, representing big government overreach and diffusion of responsibility. Some have made the case that Ghostbusters is actually one of the most libertarian movies in modern times.
It's an interesting take on it whether you buy it or not.
The writers and actor did a phenomenal job.
@@JamesLee-sw6ss Peck doesn't represent big government overreach, he represents corruption.
@@GeorgeMonet He wasn't corrupt, he was middle management with an ego.
Besides, overreach and corruption are basically the same thing. Overreach is the result of corruption.
Kurt Haberle And don't forget Hardemeyer from Ghostbusters 2.
"I've worked in the private sector. They expect RESULTS". - Dan Akroyd. The funniest utterance in the history of cinema.
i love how the major just so gently slapps the bishop in the face after he so over the top just kissed his ring... brilliant.
I always like that part too. He kissed the ring to respect the title Cardinal but a gentle slap like that is for the friend Mike.
even the archbishop is like "that was damn smooth"
Winston: "The dead rising from the grave!"
Thanks for everything, Mr.Margulies.
😂 I like how the Cardinal says: "Don't quote me on that "
by ernie hudson face I believe the line: "dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria" was improvised.