I have some bad news for you. What began only seven weeks ago as a potentially long-lasting new movie catchphrase from the Oscar-nominated Paul Thomas Anderson film—“I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!”—has already reached the end of its limited-run lifespan. Thanks to the Internet, YouTube, some overanxious entertainment journalists, Saturday Night Live and a healthy smidgen of common sense, “I drink your milkshake!” will now take its proper place alongside “It’s not a tumor!” from Kindergarten Cop as a potentially memorable line left to languish on the side of the road to perpetuity.
To which I say, what's wrong with "It's not a tumor!"?
Ha Ha ha! Reminds me of some psychologist saying the Columbine killers were influenced by "OMG, they killed Kenny!"
Has anyone actually seen Kindergarten Cop?? Scary...
i agree it's gotten quite out of hand, but it still works wonders in the film. and that article is a little incorrect- PTA is very excited about the popularity, as far as i've heard.
but yeah, i think t-shirts and sportscasters using it are the last straw...no pun intended there...
There was a truly bizarre moment late the night after the Texas and Ohio primaries when one reporter was saying that everyone had expected Obama to be claiming the nomination, and the anchor interjected that he should have been saying "I drink your milkshake", and it was obvious that the person he was talking to had no idea what he was talking about.
I love that this line came from actual congresional testimony. And if it takes pop culture ubiquity to get people to see the movie than so be it. It's also a nice little victory for PTA, given the people like Denby who dissed the ending. Maybe we should start working on "DRAINAGE!!!!!" or "IIIIIIII am the third revelation!", I enjoy those even more!
whoa whoa wait. It came from actual congressional testimony??
could you explain please?
It was somewhere in the testimony during the congressional investigation into the Teapot Dome oil scandal in the 1920s.It was mentioned in another thread, but I forget which. An oilman was asked to explain the principle of drainage and he used that metaphor. PTA came across it while doing research and decided it was just too good to not use.