RIP Harold Ramis

One of my favorite Stripes scenes... him as the teacher.

"You know English?"

The guy nods.

"Son of bitch. Shit."

RIP. So many movies from my younger days.

 

RIP

 

"It's Czechoslovakia. It's like going into Wisconsin."

"Well, I got my the shit kicked out of me in Wisconsin once."

 

Son of beech, sheet!

 

"Life doesn't care about your vision. You just gotta roll with it."

RIP.

 

I still quote the student's line when I'm surprised by something.

 

I've been saying, "Son of beech, sheet!" ever since I saw Stripes for the first time. Saw it at my uncle's house on HBO on its first HBO run. First raunchy movie I ever saw.

RIP.

 

I think the last role I saw him in was as Seth Rogen's dad in Knocked Up -- the sage voice of wisdom telling Rogen which drugs were OK and which would do lasting damage. Understated humor.

But yeah, Russell Ziskey is one of my favorite characters of all time. "Come on, black guys help the white guys."

 

"If it comes from the ground, it's probably OK."

 

Awesomeness.

 

Me, too. +1 i.e. Ziskey.

 

"My father once told me, 'never hit anyone in anger ... unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.'"

Wildly underrated line, right up there with "Lou raised the price of coke. He's been losing at the track." (though not sure Ramis wrote that one)