; Power of 50
Grand
Exits
We’re sending 2011 off in style by celebrating our favorite exit lines
from the large and small screens. Can you match each sign-off to
its source? By Betsy Towner
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Movie Lines
1. Merry Christmas, and may God
bless us, every one.
2. Eliza, where the devil are my
slippers?
3. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it
has been in my dreams. I hope.
4. After all, tomorrow is another day!
5. Louis, I think this is the beginning of a
beautiful friendship.
6. His name will live as long as there
is a ball, a bat and a boy.
7. I know the perfect place, you guys
will love it. Trust me.
8. Stella! Hey, Stella!
9. As you wish.
10. There’s no place like home.
11. I now pronounce you men and wives.
12. Mein Führer, I can walk!
13. I’ve got a flat tire, and I ain’t got no spare.
14. Hell, he’s a natural-born world shaker.
15. Love means never having to say you’re sorry.
16. No prisoners!
17. Wanna dance, or would you rather
just suck face?
18. Play ball!
19. Roads? Where we’re going, we
don’t need roads.
20. I’m 60.
21. That’ll do, pig.
That’ll do.
22. The greatest trick the devil
ever pulled was convincing
the world he didn’t exist.
And like that, he’s gone.
23. Oh, no, it wasn’t the airplanes.
It was Beauty killed the Beast.
24. Boys, let’s watch the cigarette butts,
shall we? This is my house, not a pigsty.
25. For a moment there, I thought we
were in trouble.
A Beverly Hills Cop
B A Streetcar
Named Desire
C Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers
D The Odd Couple
E Dr. Strangelove
F Bonnie and Clyde
G King Kong (1933)
H Cool Hand Luke
I Animal House
J My Fair Lady
K The Shawshank
Redemption
L Casablanca
M On Golden Pond
N The Usual
Suspects
O The Babe Ruth
Story
P A Christmas
Carol
Q Back to the
Future
R Murphy’s
Romance
S Gone With the
Wind
T Butch Cassidy
and the Sun-dance Kid
U The Princess
Bride
V Babe
W The Wizard of Oz
X The Pride of the
Yankees
TV Personalities
26. Good night, and good luck.
27. Good night, Mrs. Calabash,
wherever you are.
28. Good night, and grease
for peace!
29. Goodnight,
Dick.
30. See you on
the radio.
31. And that’s
the way it is.
32. And so it goes.
33. That’s the news and I am
outta here!
34. Say goodnight, Gracie.
35. Y’all come back now, hear?
36. Bless your pea-pickin’ hearts.
37. That’s the news. Good night
and have a pleasant tomorrow.
38. I bid you a very heartfelt
good night.
A Dennis Miller
B Linda Ellerbee
C George Burns
D Walter
Cronkite
E Dick Martin
F Charles
Osgood
G Tennessee
Ernie Ford
H Sha Na Na
I Chevy Chase
and Jane
Curtin
J Jimmy Durante
K The Clampetts
L Johnny Carson
(on his last
Tonight Show)
M Edward R. Murrow
TV Series Finales
39. Sorry, we’re closed.
40. Good-bye, kids.
41. Come on, Ace, we’ve got
work to do.
42. Oh, I went ahead and
ordered something for the
table.
43. I don’t care what you say, I’m
coming to work Monday!
44. Until we meet again.
45. Shut it down.
46. All right, hey, you’ve been
great! See you in the
cafeteria.
47. The sky’s the limit.
48. We’ve been waiting for you.
49. The day the running stopped.
50. Good-bye (spelled in stones).
A Lost
B Doctor Who
C M*A*S*H
D Howdy Doody
E The Sopranos
F Cheers
G Coach
H The Oprah
Winfrey Show
I The Fugitive
J
24
K Seinfeld
L Star Trek: The
Next Generation
Answers: 1-P, 2-J, 3-K, 4-S, 5-L, 6-O, 7-A, 8-B, 9-U, 10-W, 11-C,
12-E, 13-F, 14-H, 15-Y, 16-I, 17-M, 18-X, 19-Q, 20-R, 21-V, 22-N,
23-G, 24-D, 25-T, 26-M, 27-J, 28-H, 29-E, 30-F, 31-D, 32-B, 33-A,
34-C, 35-K, 36-G, 37-I, 38-L, 39-F, 40-D, 41-B, 42-E, 43-G, 44-H,
45-J, 46-K, 47-L, 48-A, 49-I, 50-C
