Out of batter's box

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Just to set the record straight on the "who to give credit to" for the "stinking badges" quote.

Attributing "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges", to the move The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart), is like attributing "Play it again, Sam" to Casablanca.

The actual line from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

The line "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges." comes from the moive Blazing Saddles (directed by Mel Brooks), in obvious homage to/parody of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Correct you are. Of course, the first appearance of any variant of the line was in the novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.(Published in 1927) According to Wikipedia, the quote reads:

""All right," Curtin shouted back. "If you are the police, where are your badges? Let's see them."

"Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don't need badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching' tu madre! Come out from that sh!t-hole of yours. I have to speak to you."

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Correct you are. Of course, the first appearance of any variant of the line was in the novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.(Published in 1927) According to Wikipedia, the quote reads:

""All right," Curtin shouted back. "If you are the police, where are your badges? Let's see them."

"Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don't need badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching' tu madre! Come out from that sh!t-hole of yours. I have to speak to you."

OK, now you got me doing more internet searching...

An interesting fact (source: Wikipedia) is that the book was actually a German novel, written in German, and had the title Der Schatz der Sierra Madre (presumably The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in English...)

As side-tracks to threads go, this one is a bit different...

[Andy]

The important question is:

Was anyone drinking beer in the novel and/or movie?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Andy

The important question is:

Was anyone drinking beer in the novel and/or movie?

Well, it was a GERMAN novel, after all!

[celebur]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Well, it was a GERMAN novel, after all!

But set in Mexico, so I expect tequila!

Originally Posted by celebur

But set in Mexico, so I expect tequila!

With the worm in the bottle. Tastes a hellva lot better that way. Whoo.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Dakota

OK, now you got me doing more internet searching...

An interesting fact (source: Wikipedia) is that the book was actually a German novel, written in German, and had the title Der Schatz der Sierra Madre (presumably The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in English...)

As side-tracks to threads go, this one is a bit different...

Now you got me started. A quote from Wikipedia: "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1927 novel by the mysterious German-English bilingual author B. Traven, in which two penurious Americans of the 1920s join with an old-timer, in Mexico, to prospect for gold. "

So, my investigation led me even farther. B. Traven is an interesting character(s), as is demonstrated in this article.

[Dakota]

Very interesting. The question that intrigues me most in the wiki article is this one:

"Why was the identity of B. Traven concealed so carefully?"

[Skahtboi]

And now, for a thorough and complete sidetracking of this thread, how about this for fun?

http://pl251.pairlitesite.com/badges/

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