Klaatu Barada Nikto
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Let's see if I can decode the language without looking . . .
Moon
Crescent moon
Tall man trying to touch his toes
Drunk
Ugly lamp
Man hiding behind telephone pole
Tee ball
Modern uncomfortable chair
Gee, these are hard.
Moon
Crescent moon
Tall man trying to touch his toes
Drunk
Ugly lamp
Man hiding behind telephone pole
Tee ball
Modern uncomfortable chair
Gee, these are hard.
Damn it, Haggis! Did you have to go and say that out loud? Now my Harley won't fire up! I'm getting a charleyhorse from trying to kick-start it...
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Linky... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still
Outstanding and insightful film for 1951... Few knew that even Frank Lloyd Wright was among the creative consultants.
Many of the establishing shots were taken in Washington, DC - although for the most part the main cast members were filmed on sets elsewhere.
True story... There is one scene in DC near the Mall, just after the world-wide power interruption ensues, wherein a motorcycle mounted Metropolitan Police Officer is trying in vain to kick-start his stalled Harley-Davidson FLP (1200cc police model, Hydra-Glide). This was a real cop, Officer Edmondson, who was assigned traffic control for the movie-shoot crew that day; the on-site director drafted him for that shot. That scene made it into the final film and the rest is history.
That MPDC motorman was the father of one of my best friends, Ken, who, like the rest of us mischievous gearheads, would become avid motorcyclists/bikers. In those later years ('60s), whenever Ken encountered problems starting his H-D XLCH (883cc Sportster) despite his enthusiastic attacks upon the kick start lever, the rest of us would smirk and begin mumbling, "Klaatu barada nikto, klaatu barada nikto..."
He didn't always find it as amusing as we did...
Outstanding and insightful film for 1951... Few knew that even Frank Lloyd Wright was among the creative consultants.
Many of the establishing shots were taken in Washington, DC - although for the most part the main cast members were filmed on sets elsewhere.
True story... There is one scene in DC near the Mall, just after the world-wide power interruption ensues, wherein a motorcycle mounted Metropolitan Police Officer is trying in vain to kick-start his stalled Harley-Davidson FLP (1200cc police model, Hydra-Glide). This was a real cop, Officer Edmondson, who was assigned traffic control for the movie-shoot crew that day; the on-site director drafted him for that shot. That scene made it into the final film and the rest is history.
That MPDC motorman was the father of one of my best friends, Ken, who, like the rest of us mischievous gearheads, would become avid motorcyclists/bikers. In those later years ('60s), whenever Ken encountered problems starting his H-D XLCH (883cc Sportster) despite his enthusiastic attacks upon the kick start lever, the rest of us would smirk and begin mumbling, "Klaatu barada nikto, klaatu barada nikto..."
He didn't always find it as amusing as we did...
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Neat anecdote
I could imagine something like that happening to me.
Messing up, and then having the entire world knowing about it.
Frank Lloyd Wright . . .
Saw a show on tv recently about exotic homes.
Some guy took a blueprint of Lloyd's and had an architect build it exactly as planned. Pretty wild. The things one can do with money. Many nonsensical. A few, ultra, ultra-cool !
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