Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

20101021:
I feel like I've been watching a lot of movies I've seen before. Maybe that's because I want to play only familiar movies while I focus on studying. Overall, a familiar movie acts like background noise and helps make studying more relaxing. In any case, I particularly chose Dude, Where's My Car because references to the movie have come up three or four times in the past month.

Two memorable running jokes:
Dude, where's my car?
Where's your car dude?
"Dude!"
"Sweet!"
Regarding "Dude!" and "Sweet!":
1) Just the other day I was reading about mentioned versus used words. Use-mention distinction (Wikipedia.org)
2) On Wednesday (20101020), we were talking about the "Who's on First?" routine. See Who's on first? (YouTube.com) and/or Who's on first? (Wikipedia.org)

Other memorable jokes:
Shibby
27 mph
"And then..."
Dog's a stoner
Mrs. Crabbleman: #$%@in' stoners.
When they challenge Fabio... lol.
Hoboken, New Jersey
Fire extinguisher bit

Credits:
The credits are funny.
At the very end:
"And then..."

Quotes:
Jesse: ...I hate to say it, Chester, but maybe we need to cut back on shibbying.
[Chester slaps Jesse]
Jesse: Thanks, dude.

Chinese Food Intercom: And then?
Jesse: And then...
[laughs nervously]
Jesse: I'm gonna come in there...
[grows livid]
Jesse: and I'm gonna put my foot in your ass IF YOU SAY "AND THEN" AGAIN!'!
[pause; Jesse almost gives in]
Chinese Food Intercom: [repeatedly] And then! And then! And then! And then! And then! And then! And then! And then! And then! And then! And then! And then!
[Jesse furiously smashes the speaker box, but Chester and Nelson pull him back inside the car, and they drive away]
Chinese Food Intercom: [severely damaged] And then...?

[Jesse and Chester have to get out of the car]
Chester: Well, you didn't have to go all aggro on that speaker box, dude.
Jesse: I'm not the one who called the Dalai Lama a fag!

[20101022]

20101223 Comment:
The structure of the movie follows the structure of The Big Lebowski (1998). I like The Big Lebowski more than Dude, Where's My Car?

Watched once before. Most likely back in late high school or early college
Watched 20101021
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) Danny Leiner. 83 min.

Relevant Links:
Dude, Where's My Car (IMDb.com)
Dude, Where's My Car (Wikipedia.org)

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