"Eating Raoul" (1982)

*left me chuckling, for god's sake

Definitely one of my favorites.

"Listen, buddy, there's nothing cheap about my store! You mean INEXPENSIVE, don't you?"

The most amusing scene for me is when Raul tries to off Paul by driving at him as he gets in his car, but ends up taking off the car door instead.

The guy who gets the enema at the beginning is a hot daddy.

It was so odd seeing him in this as he usually played cops in all those 70s crime dramas.

Hot body.

Robert Beltran was also hot in this movie

After the movie came out I recognized Paul Bartel as he used to come into the restaurant where I worked. He was an unpleasant jerk every time.

Great movie, hilarious in yes, a dark and subtle way. And Woronov was fantastic, funny and sexy, she's never gotten a part half as good again.

Funny, I'd forgotten all about that movie. Thanks for reminding me, OP.

Moose, honey, they're into DOGGIES!

TITTY LUBE!

"Yeah, well swing on THIS!"

"I will never tell you where they are, you filthy Nazi pig."

"You're not gonna help my ego by tellin' me you've got some weird pussy disease?"

"If you'd done what he wanted, he would have died anyway!"

"Lick my boots you worm!"

"Mary, if we call it the Country Kitchen, can the specialty still be the Bland Enchilada?"

"It's amazing what you can do with a cheap piece of meat"

"Hello Police? I'd like to report a murder...uhhh I mean an accidental death!"

"Don't worry, she's just kidding—actually, enemas are my specialty!"

"Try not to tear anything this time"

CLONK! (dull thudding sound)

P: These swingers sure have a lot of cash!

M: Well it's ours now!

Watched this a few months ago for the first time in probably 30 years, after seeing it many times in the 80s. Still so very funny to me. Love the fabulous 50s furniture collection. Love how Paul and Mary are so decidedly square. I never saw Beltran in anything else.

Vios con Dios!

My roommate in college had it on VHS and we watched it over and over. Also had "Lust in the Dust" which we watched dozens of times. Paul Bartel RIP!

We don't mind a little hugging and kissing every now and then—but [italic]that???[/italic]

"He was a man....now he's just a bag of trash!"

Here's his IMDB page, r20....

Beltran became a follower of Lyndon Larouche, which is the stupidest political cult ever.

"James is from the Valley, I bet he'd like Chablis" I never understood this line. Chablis these days can be a very nice wine. The way Paul says this implies Chablis is a low rent wine.

Disposing of the first victim:

MARY: I was thinking I could go to the bank and apply for a loan.

TRASH COMPACTOR: Clunk-clunk. Whir.

MARY: What do you think?

PAUL: Well, I guess it took him.

MARY: No, I mean about the bank. And the loan.

I am snort laughing at the quotes. I think Paul & Mary's Bland snobbishness being sort of made up and baseless is part of the joke.

Tonight I shall stab mah seed into your GENTLE ALIA!

This film isn't nearly as funny as its reputation would suggest.

It's the kind of film they don't make anymore. It settles on dry humor when modern comedies are either too bland (pun intended) or try too hard to shock. Wish Bartel made more movies.

If you like Christopher Guest's movies but want something even less PC, you should enjoy it. Scenes from a Class Struggle is not as funny, but I appreciated it more when I saw it again years later.

"You done with that? Good I'll go bury it"

"Paul, nobody is trying to kill you. [italic]We're[/italic] the ones killing people."

The Blands' first victim: How ya doin', pal? Am I early or what? The early bird gets the pussy, am I right?

Paul: PUSSY?