The Film I Can Quote Best: Singin’ in the Rain

My niece is a genius when it comes to quoting movies. It’s uncanny really. 

Me? Not so much. 

There is one big exception though and that is Singin’ in the Rain! It was the first movie I ever owned; a gift of a beautiful, shiny, VHS tape. Hey, it was a big deal at the time. I thoroughly wore it out, all the while wishing I could dance like Gene Kelly so I could dance with GeneKelly. 

One side effect of this obsession was that phrases started creeping into my vocabulary: 

“What dope’d wear a thing like this?”, 

“You and who else, you big lummox?”, 

“Well, at least you’re taking it lying down.” and 

“How did you come, by way of Australia?”


 It’s embarrassing really, but there you have it.