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Help with a 'joke'

  • 10-10-2007 11:06am
    #1
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭


    Ok Ill be talking at a wedding and I want to say something along the lines of ...

    'We all know that the first time a guy meets the parents of the girl he's seeing is a very daunting occassion. So much so that they made a very successful movie starring Robert De Niro on the premise.... '

    Now I was going to say 'Goodfellas' or something other than the expected 'Meet the Parents'

    Can anyone think of anything funny :)
    M


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  • #2
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    I'm sure we can come up with something but for it to work you will probably need to be able to do a passable De Niro / Italian accent. Practice in the mean time.


  • #3
    Blackhorse Slim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Blackhorse Slim


    Cape Fear?

    Mad Dog and Glory?

    Guilty by Suspicion?


  • #4
    c - 13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,584 ✭✭✭c - 13


    Here's his filmography, hope it helps -
    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/

    Heh ... Shark Tale


  • #5
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Thanks guys.

    I've gone through the list of films and I'm still stuck.

    The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle?
    :)

    I just don't know if any of them work though, you know?


  • #6
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Blackhorse Slim wrote:
    Cape Fear?

    Mad Dog and Glory?

    Guilty by Suspicion?

    On second thoughts Cape Fear does sound good.

    I could go with Mad Dog and Glory but I don't know how pleased the parents of the bride would be :)

    M


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  • #7
    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,440 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    'We all know that the first time a guy meets the parents of the girl he's seeing is a very daunting occassion. So much so that they made a very successful movie starring Robert De Niro on the premise.... Guilty by Suspicion' - It's not a well known movie though.



    What about using Ben Stiller saying something like...

    'We all know that the first time a guy meets the parents of the girl he's seeing is a very daunting occassion, look at the films 'Meet The Parents' and 'Meet the Fockers'. It was actually a Ben Stiller film that popped into my head when I thought of John meetings Mary's parents.... 'Night at the Museum'


  • #8
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Yeah Mr Magnolia I thought of going the Ben Stiller route.

    I even thought of the 'made in 2000' route.

    Turns out Mission Impossilble II came out that year :)


  • #9
    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,440 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    Ok

    *racks brain*


  • #10
    mickrourke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭mickrourke


    Could we have some background on the parents jobs, where they are from?
    It might help

    When i saw her ma, I knew suddenly where she had got her looks from - Predator

    Although that may get you excommunicated, and probably hunted down.


  • #11
    mathie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    We all know that the first time a guy meets the parents of the girl he's seeing is a very daunting occassion. So much so that they made a very successful movie on the premise in 2001 ... the Perfect Storm.

    Ah I just don't know if I can make this joke funny now!
    :)


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  • #12
    mickrourke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭mickrourke


    mathie wrote:
    Ah I just don't know if I can make this joke funny now!
    :)

    Don't give up, your on to something there.

    We all know that the first time a guy meets the parents of the girl he's seeing is a very daunting occassion. So much so that they made a very successful movie on the premise in the 1970's ... the Texas chainsaw Massacre.


  • #13
    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,440 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    Another one for excommunication..

    We all know that the first time a guy meets the parents of the girl he's seeing is a very daunting occassion. So much so that they made a very successful movie on the premise in 2005 ... Monster-In-Law


  • #14
    ROCKMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭ROCKMAN


    Just a thought but could you change it to be a four way thing like
    the first time a guy meets the parents and be a daunting experience while he was thinking of the film " CAPE FEAR "
    she is thinking "A WONDERFUL LIFE "
    the mother's thinking "PRINCESS DIARIES"
    and the father's thinking "ENEMY AT THE GATE"

    could probably get better films with more thought and time .but its just an idea may or may not help ,sometimes different angles work.


  • #15
    ibh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭ibh


    How about the first time he met her mother, it reminded him of ...............
    Raging Bull!!! Great deNiro movie, and the title makes it funny (ish)..


  • #16
    patmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,602 ✭✭✭patmac


    How about.
    We all know that the first time a guy meets the parents of the girl he's seeing is a very daunting occassion. So much so that they made a very successful movie on the premise in the 1970's ... Debbie does Dallas(or wherever they are from).

    Would be great if the mum's name was Debbie and they lived in Pallaskenry.


  • #17
    The Bollox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭The Bollox


    mathie wrote:
    Ok Ill be talking at a wedding and I want to say something along the lines of ...

    'We all know that the first time a guy meets the parents of the girl he's seeing is a very daunting occassion. So much so that they made a very successful movie starring Robert De Niro on the premise.... '

    Now I was going to say 'Goodfellas' or something other than the expected 'Meet the Parents'

    Can anyone think of anything funny :)
    M
    Taxi Driver :D


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