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    Posted: July 23 2022 at 12:38
This is Spinal tap is a brilliant film with many funny moments. What's your favourite?

Edited by AlanB - July 23 2022 at 12:39
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Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...

Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?

Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.

Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?

Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?

Marty DiBergi: I don't know.

Nigel Tufnel : Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?

Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.

Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.

Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?

Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
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That up to 11 is the funnist sceneLOL, however the best gag is Tufnel using the violin as a violin bow to imitate Jimmy Page.


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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

That up to 11 is the funnist sceneLOL, however the best gag is Tufnel using the violin as a violin bow to imitate Jimmy Page.





Agree! I love that.
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There were many funny scenes, including the ones listed above, but my favourite scene was Stonehenge.
 
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Went with the whole Stonehenge bit. Liked the whole "Smell the Glove" --> Black Album things. From Bobbi asking why didn't find a naked, greased woman on all fours with a glove shoved in her face sexist ...  to “It’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none — none more black.”
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I like the strategically placed cold sores that appear intermittently on each band member's lips. 
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Nigel's explanation of his "classical" piano bit.
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Classic Reiner !

As much as the Stonehenge bit is a little funny, I have to go with Derek Smalls getting trapped in the cocoon.

And here's why...
I saw ELPowell at Massey Hall in Toronto back in the '86. They had the stage surrounded by a black curtain so you couldn't see the instruments. The lights dimmed, the the opening drone of The Score can be heard then boom the songs starts and the light come on...but damn...the curtain is still up. Now I can hear the band playing but we ain't seein' nothin'.
Finally after about 30-45 seconds the curtain drops and the band is in plain view.
My first observation...Greg looking over at Keith with a slightly bowed head just giving it a little shake.
Such a perfect Spinal Tap moment.
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Such a great movie!! Spinal Tap Part II, out in 2024! Hard to pick a favorite scene. Here is my choice, for today, with Billy Crystal and Dana Carvey.
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The post-Stonehenge band meeting where their manager resigns after refusing to co-manage the band with the lead singer's girlfriend who "dresses like an Australian's nightmare."
After he walks out Derek Smalls asks if they're going to play Stonehenge that night, to which the lead singer replies with exasperation: "Nah we're not gonna fakkin' do Stone 'enge!"
Always makes me laugh, and impressive mastery of dumb English swearing.



Edited by Cactus Choir - July 24 2022 at 02:53
"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"

"He's up the pub"
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At the age of 16, me and my mate found 'Lick My Love Pump' beyond hilarious, so I've voted for it..

but for some reason, I always found Spinal Tap II in the band stand with the tambourines and no audience, toe-curlingly funny.
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Their discussions about their future options ("jazz" and "we shan't work together again"), or 
their derogatory discussion about their disdain for Jeanine and her influence over David--while she's present!

"Hello, Cleveland!"

Derek's pipe.

Nigel's Jeff Beck look.

Billy Crystal's "Mime is money."

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It will be interesting to see what they do in the upcoming sequel. Will it have the any of the now-classic bits like Stonehenge or Turn it up to Eleven?


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