Murph Quotes in The Blues Brothers (1980)

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  • Murph: Tell me a little about this electric piano, Ray.

    Ray: Ah, you have a good eye, my man. That's the best in the city Chicago.

    Jake: How much?

    Ray: 2000 bucks and it's yours. You can take it home with you. As a matter of fact, I'll throw in the black keys for free.

  • Jake: [about the electric piano] $2,000 for this chunk of shit? C'mon, Ray.

    Murph: [tests the piano] I mean really, Ray, it's used. There's no action left in this keyboard.

    Ray: [smiles, comes out to the piano] E-excuse me, uh, I don't think there's anything wrong with the action on this piano.

    [launches into "Shake Your Tail Feather"]

  • Curtis: Do you guys know 'Minnie the Moocher'?

    Murph: I once knew a hooker named Minnie Mazola!

  • Murph: [reacting to the lights at Bob's Country Bar being turned off] Hey, why'd they turn out the lights?

    Willie 'Too Big' Hall: Maybe they blew a fuse.

    'Blue Lou' Marini: I don't think so, man! Those lights are off on purpose.

  • Murph: [through video monitor] Hey Dad. You sonabitch. Never made one of these while you were still responding because I was so mad at you for leaving. And when you went quiet, it seemed like I should live with that decision, and I have. But today's my birthday. And it's a special one, because you told me... you once told me that by the time you came back we might be the same age. And today I'm the same age you were when you left.

    [crying]

    Murph: So it'd be a real good time for you to come back.

  • Dr. Brand: Not sure of what I'm more afraid of: them never coming back, or coming back to find we've failed.

    Murph: Then let's succeed.

  • Cooper: [to young Murph] Tell him Murph. Make him stay. Make... Make him stay Murph. Make him stay Murph! Don't let me leave, Murph! Don't, don't let me leave Murph! NO, NO, NO, NO!

    Murph: It was you. You were my ghost.

    TARS: Cooper... Cooper... Come in, Cooper.

    Cooper: TARS?

    TARS: Roger that.

    Cooper: You survived!

    TARS: Somewhere, in their fifth dimension, they... saved us.

    Cooper: Who the hell is they? Why would they want to help us, huh?

    TARS: I don't know, but they constructed this three-dimensional space inside of their five-dimensional reality to allow you to understand it.

    Cooper: Well, it ain't working.

    TARS: Yes it is! You've seen that time is represented here as a *physical* dimension! You've worked out that you *can* exert a force across space-time!

    Cooper: Gravity. To send a message.

    TARS: Affirmative.

    Cooper: Gravity can cross the dimensions, including time.

  • Cooper: I'm here now, Murph. I'm here.

    Murph: No. No parent should have to watch their own child die. I have my kids here for me now. You go.

    Cooper: Where?

    Murph: Brand. She's... out there. Setting up camp. Alone, in a strange galaxy. Maybe right now, she's settling in for the long nap. By the light of our new sun. In our new home.

  • Murph: Hey Dad.

    Cooper: Hey, Murph.

    Murph: You son of a bitch. I never made one of these when you were still responding because I was so mad at you for leaving. And then when you went quiet, it felt like I should live with that decision, and I have. But today is my birthday. And it's a special one, because you told me... you once told me that when you come back we might be the same age. And today I'm the same age you were when you left.

    [she begins to cry]

    Murph: So it would be a real good time for you to come back.

    [Murph wipes the tears from her eyes and ends the message]

  • TARS: Cooper, they didn't bring us here to change the past.

    Cooper: Say that again.

    TARS: They didn't bring us here to change the past.

    Cooper: [realizing] But they didn't bring us here at all. We brought ourselves. TARS, give me the coordinates for NASA, in binary.

    TARS: In binary, roger, feeding data.

    [Cooper creates the binary lines in the dust on Murphy's bedroom floor]

    Murph: It's not a ghost... it's gravity.

    Cooper: Don't you get it yet, TARS? I brought myself here! We're here to communicate with the three-dimensional world! We're the bridge! I thought they chose me. But they didn't choose me, they chose her!

    TARS: For what, Cooper?

    Cooper: To save the world! All of this, is one little girl's bedroom, every moment! It's infinitely complex! They have access, to infinite time and space, but they're not *bound* by anything! They can't find a specific place *in* time, they can't communicate. That's why I'm here. I'm gonna find a way to tell Murph, just like I found this moment.

    TARS: How, Cooper?

    Cooper: Love, TARS, love. It's just like Brand said. My connection with Murph, it is quantifiable. It's the key!

    TARS: What are we here to do?

    Cooper: Find how to tell her... The watch... The watch. That's it. We code the data into the movement of the second hand. TARS, translate the data into Morse and feed it to me.

    TARS: Translating data to Morse. Cooper, what if she never came back for it?

    Cooper: She will. She will.

    Getty: [watching for Tom] Murph I can see his car! He's coming, Murph!

    Murph: Okay. I'm coming down!

    TARS: How do you know?

    Cooper: Because I gave it to her.

    Murph: [rushing downstairs with the watch] He came back! It was him! All this time, I didn't, I didn't know it was him! Dad's gonna save us!

  • Murph: How'd it go?

    Cooper: I got you suspended.

  • Getty: You have an idea?

    Murph: A feeling. I told you about my ghost. My dad thought I called it a ghost, because I was scared of it. But I was never scared of it. I called it a ghost, because it felt... it felt like a person; like it was trying to tell me something. If there's an answer here on earth it's back there, somehow in that room.

  • [Cooper returns to see Murph as an old woman]

    Cooper: It was me, Murph... I was your ghost.

    Murph: I know. They didn't believe me, they thought I was doing it all myself. But...

    [points to the watch]

    Murph: I knew who it was.

  • Murph: Eureka!

  • [First Lines]

    Murph: Well, my dad was a farmer. Um, like everybody else back then. Of course, he didn't start that way.

  • Murph: [to Tom] He came back! It was him! All this time... I... I didn't know it was him. Dad's gonna save us!

  • Lois: Murph, are you done eating or would you like some more souffle?

    Murph: I'm full, thanks. It was delicious.

    Lois: Will you spend the night? Your room is exactly how you left it, it's ready, just...

    Murph: No, I have to get back.

    Lois: My sewing machine's in there but there's...

    Murph: [uncomfortable] I, I have to... just... too many memories.

  • Murph: [as Cooper holds his now elderly daughter's hands] Nobody believed me, but I knew you'd come back.

    Cooper: How?

    Murph: ...Because my dad promised me.

  • Murph: Who won the poker game last night?

    Moe: Eh, Peezer wiped us out.

    Murph: Peezer? But he's 7.

    Larry: Yeah but he wears those dark sunglasses, so you can't tell what he's thinking.

  • [first lines]

    Sister Mary-Mengele: [an orphan says "We're not just orphans" as the orphans play a game of kick the can; Sister Mary-Mengele blows her whistle] Everybody inside! Come on, time for your chores!

    Murph: But Sister Mary-Mengele, the game's tied! Can't we just play another couple of minutes? Please?

    Sister Mary-Mengele: No, you can't. Now get inside! And pick up that soccer can and put it back in the equipment shed where it belongs!

    Peezer: Wait a second, Sis, you gotta hear us out!

    Murph: [sings] We didn't ask for this

    Peezer: [sings] We didn't pray for this

    Hipster Orphan: [sings] I may not have a sis, or know my mother's kiss

    Orphan chorus: [the orphans sing and dance] But that doesn't matter, because... Everybody is special, we're not inconsequential...

    Sister Mary-Mengele: [song ends] Shut up! What do you think this is, 'The Sound Of Music'? Get in there! Come on, enough with the singing! Come on, come on, move it! No wonder your parents didn't want youse.

    Sister Mary-Mengele: [a car drives by and leaves a duffle bag on the doorstep; Mary-Mengele opens it, and one of the baby Stooges pokes her, knocking her over the stone railing] Aagh! Ohh!

  • Peezer: Here you go, Murph, look what I brought you.

    Murph: Oh boy, cheese!

    [Murph starts eating the cheese]

    Murph: Where did you snag this from?

    Peezer: Mousetraps up in the attic.

    [Murph spits out the cheese and coughs into a Kleenex]

    Murph: Ohh! Ohh, ohh.

    Peezer: Oh, come on, Murph. You got to keep up your cheese molecules so you can get your strength back.

    Murph: Enough with the melodrama.

    Peezer: I'm sorry, Murph. It's just, ever since my brother, Weezer, got shipped to that foster home, you're all I got.

    Murph: Oh Peez, come on. Don't start feeling sorry for yourself again. You think you're the only kid in the world who ever watched his parents drown, then got sent to an orphanage, then a couple weeks later, had his only brother dragged away kicking and screaming? Dude, it happens.

    Peezer: Yeah, I know I'm being a wuss again.

    Murph: Look Peez, I'm not going anywhere. You and me, we're family now, we're BFFs forever, just like Moe, Larry, and Curly.

  • Murph: Hey!

    [Murph runs up to the Stooges with her fellow orphans]

    Murph: Moe, Larry, Curly!

    Moe: Hey, guys!

    MoeCurlyLarry: How are you guys? Hey, what's going on? Oh boy, did we miss you guys!

    Murph: Welcome home, guys!

    Larry: You look great, Murph!

    Peezer: That's 'cause she's not sick any more!

    Murph: Turns out I just had some form of metal poisoning.

    Larry: Nobody listens to me; I told you there's too much iron in the water.

  • Teddy: [Teddy walks in with Ling] Hey everybody!

    Moe: Oh, hey Teddy!

    Larry: Hi, Teddy!

    Mother Superior: Gather round, everyone! I have an announcement to make. Teddy and his fianceé, Ling, have just discovered that our Lord and Savior has left her barren, so they have decided to adopt!

    MoeCurlyLarry: [the Stooges tear off their suits, with shorts, white shirts, and bowties underneath; they snap their fingers in rhythm] Hoi! Hoi! Hoi, hoi, hoi, hoi!

    Moe: Spread out, pick me! I promise I'll go this time without any fuss!

    Mother Superior: Oh, I'm sorry, boys, but they've already decided who they're adopting.

    Teddy: [approaches Murph and Peezer] So how about it, Murph? Will you be a part of our family?

    Murph: Are you serious, dude? Me? And you're not even getting paid?

    [Murph looks over at a sad Peezer]

    Murph: Oh... I'm sorry, mister, your offer is very nice and all, but... I think you better pick someone else.

    Peezer: It's okay, Murph... you should go. This is your big break.

    Murph: [Murph hugs Peezer] Not a chance, kid, not without you.

    Teddy: Well, I guess we'll just have to take all three of you.

    Murph: What three? I was just talking about me and Peez.

    Teddy: Well, yeah, of course, but there's also the kid that we just sprang from the foster home across town.

    Weezer: [Sister Rosemary and Weezer appear] Peezer!

    Peezer: Weezer!

    [the Stooges and orphans laugh joyfully, followed by the orphans screaming "Yay!"]

    Mother Superior: Pack your bags, you three, it's time to go home. Three cheers for the boys. Hip-hip, hooray!

    [the orphans join in the cheer]

    Sister Mary-Mengele: [mutters to herself] Oh, please.

    Mother Superior: [with the orphans] Hip-hip, hooray! Hip-hip, hooray!

    Moe: Gee, it sure feels good to not louse things up for once!

    Curly: Oh, you said it, mm-hmm.

    [Curly leans on the diving board with Sister Mary-Mengele standing underneath it; it hits her on the head and knocks her into the pool]

    Curly: Ooh-hoo, oh, oh, oh!

    MoeCurlyLarry: Nyah-aah-aah!

    Sister Mary-Mengele: [gasping] I'm going to mash your heads, like potatoes!

    MoeCurlyLarry: Nyah-aah-aah, nyah-aah-aah!

    [the Stooges run away, jumping on three trampolines near the hedge, each landing on a horse and riding away]

    Curly: Woo-woo, woo-woo-woo-woo!

  • Chuck Cedar: We're looking for somebody. Longfellow Deeds.

    Murph: Wow! Is that's Deeds's first name?

    Cecil Anderson: Well, if the Deeds you're referring to is Longfellow Deeds, then yes, that is Deeds's first name.

    Murph: Well, I don't know Deeds's first name, maybe it's Greg.

    Cecil Anderson: Maybe it's Longfellow.

    Murph: Maybe. But I don't know. I know another guy named Greg. You want me to call him up?

    Chuck Cedar: No! Thank you. Please. Just tell us where Deeds lives.

  • Murph: Look at Deedsy haning out with McEnroe! That's awesome!

    Crazy Eyes: I love the Beach Boys.

  • Murph: Hey look, Deeds is hanging out with John McEnroe.

    Crazy Eyes: I love The Beach Boys.

  • Jan: Deeds isn't in right now, he's making deliveries 'cause our regular delivery guy called in sick. But you don't look very sick, Murph.

    Murph: Oh, I forgot I was fakin' sick today.

    [starts walking away]

    Murph: You guys played me like a fiddle. Touche!

  • Mr. Thorn: [Junior enters his new classroom and the students begin laughing at him, while his new teacher Mr. Thorn walks over and rolls his eyes tiresomely] Oh, no. Not another one. How many kids are they going to make me teach?

    [Junior hands Mr. Thorn his envelope]

    Mr. Thorn: Well, get in here and find a seat. Go ahead. Come on, come on, come on! Hustle, small fry. I'm not gonna have you holding up my class all year. now, let's move it!

    [Junior sits down at his desk]

    Mr. Thorn: Now, let's start with a nice easy review to see how much you underachievers remember from last year. Polly, what's 17 times 8?

    Polly: 136.

    [Bows rather smart and sits back down]

    Mr. Thorn: Good. Richard, what's 72 divided by -9?

    Richard: -8, sir.

    [sits back down]

    Mr. Thorn: Fine. Murph!

    [cut to Murph picking his nose]

    Mr. Thorn: Murph! What's 3 plus 2?

    Murph: Mmmmm... 4.

    [Everyone laughs]

    Mr. Thorn: [sighs] Murph, you've been in the 6th grade since I started teaching here, I really want to get you out this year. Now, please, please work with me. What's 3 plus 2?

    Murph: 9?

    [Everyone laughs again as Mr. thorn closes his eyes in despair]

    Mr. Thorn: I can see this is going to be a long year.

    Junior: [angrily] 5, all right? The answer is 5!

    Mr. Thorn: You!

    [walks over to Junior's desk]

    Mr. Thorn: What're you saying?

    Junior: Uh, I said 5.

    Mr. Thorn: Dandy, I'm glad someone's paying attention here.

  • Murph: You don't know who you're talking to. I'm a senior student at this school.

    Junior: No shit, you've been here since 1970.

  • Murph: One thing leads to the next thing. Right now this is the thing.

  • Murph: This isn't about what you want.

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