Two Celebrities Mentioned we DID miss.

I just watch The Raincoats and heard a reference that we missed the first time through.

Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson - co-inventors of the repeating pistol.

Jerry mentions "Mr. Smith" and Mr. Wesson"

I will update my pages.

When does he mention them?

/Stefan

The Man of Purpose wrote:

When Morty informs Kramer of his raincoats in Florida ("you know I have boxes of those just sitting in my garage?"). To which Kramer responds, "Get 'em up here! Give me 25% and I'll handle everything." Then Jerry says, "This is like the meeting of Smith & Wesson."

p.s. I will not tolerate infestation.

-B.

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Brian Dickson wrote:

But, what does Jerry actually mean by this reference?

laura

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:50:17 -1000, Laura Kimoto wrote:

Smith and Wesson went into business together, manufacturing guns. Kramer and Morty are going into business together as well, selling Morty's raincoats. The rest of the analogy is hard to explain without showing my bleeding-heart, granola crunching, liberal side; let's just say it's only funny if you think the world isn't necessarily a better place because of the availability of handguns.

Sophie

(For the record, I am seriously biased against guns because I am afraid of them; I understand there is a constitutional right to bear arms and that guns don't kill people, people kill people, most gun owners use them for sport and are very responsible individuals, yada yada yada. I am still afraid of guns.)

You yada-yada'd guns?

:)

Wouter Visser wrote in message ...

And then 'I' took it out....

homerr.. bachelor#3

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:15:49 -0700, "homerr..2K" wrote:

Jerry: It? Elaine: It. Jerry: Out? Elaine: Out.

That's one of my favorite scenes, the timing is amazing.

Sophie

Not sure I agree with you there Sophie. It's not _only_ funny if you don't like guns. I think Jerry was going for the level of familiarity those two names generate. He could as easily have said something like "Barnum and Bailey" or "Nixon and Kissinger," IMHO. He;s going for the idea of an infamous meeting of the minds, not necessarily and anti-gun idea.

-adam

Sophie wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:18:53 -0600, Adam wrote:

Makes sense adam, thanks. Guess I showed everyone I'm a commie for no reason.

Sophie

Sophie wrote:

No, I think you were right Sophie. Jerry meant to communicate the idea that these two people would great something "explosive".

what he basically means is, "this isnt gonna be good for anybody"