Back to School (1986) - Are You Fat? Scene (1/12) | Movieclips

[@johngriffith1096]

One of the best comedic films of all time. Every scene in the movie has at least one quotable one liner. Rodney is a legend.

[@MeepMacArthur]

Still doesn't get enough respect

[@CharlesBukowski-m1o]

​@@MeepMacArthur Thanks for keeping the spirit of RODNEY alive! Signing off, 51-yr old

[@kevindavis5966]

A criminally underrated movie - one of my favorites from the 80's.

[@robertfishman3742]

Kevin Davis It was at least 100 times funnier than Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!

[@alvexok5523]

One of my favorite 1980s movies too, and my very favorite Rodney Dangerfield movie

[@mindriot91_96]

@@alvexok5523 Easy Money was great too!

[@alvexok5523]

@@mindriot91_96 Yes, Easy Money was great. And so was Caddyshack. This one is still Rodney's best. My favorite 80s movies are: The 3 Rodney movies just mentioned Ferris Bueller Back to the future The breakfast club All 3 80s Nat. Lampoon vac. movies Karate kid 1 and 2 Full metal jacket The shining Planes, trains, automobiles Ruthless people

[@mindriot91_96]

@@alvexok5523 Nice list. What about the Indiana Jones movies?

[@wolverinefangowings]

Such an underrated movie. Rodney was a genius and when you throw in Sam Kinison it just becomes legendary.

[@alvexok5523]

RIP Rodney RIP Sam

[@0megacron]

Meh, never really cared much for Sam Kinison. Some of his stuff is funny, but his schtick is pretty much just the yelling thing.

[@alvexok5523]

@@0megacron, that's true. But I always found his yelling funny in the "Back to school" classroom scene. This movie, and the 80s video "Wild thing" are the only places I ever saw Sam in

[@charlesmurphy3222]

Robert Downey Jr. William Zabka. Sally Kellerman. Burt Young. Great casting.

[@sha11235]

Underrated? It was a bit hit. Rodney's biggest box office hit.

[@gr8fulfox488]

"The new 'Hindenburg' line!" My father, a large man who introduced me to this move, still asks vendors at concerts if they have band T-Shirts in "Hindenburg" size! Rodney was a comedic genius!

[@jimcummings4342]

The New Hindenburg line.....what a great movie.

[@ninline2000]

The average person who sees it today has no idea what that even means.

[@jrmetmoi]

@@ninline2000 the huge zeppelin in the sky that caught on fire

[@t.b.g.504]

​@@ninline2000One should learn history... or BE history!

[@MrGetBad4u]

Do you look at a menu and say "ok!" lmao!

[@lt4324]

When you go the zoo, Do elephants throw you peanuts! LOL

[@MrGetBad4u]

@@lt4324 lmao

[@alvexok5523]

Haha, lol

[@JLvatron]

When you're deciding on the store name "Tall and ...", do the executives immediately say, "Fat!"

[@alvexok5523]

@@JLvatron, do people automatically call a carpenter whenever seeing you walk near a doorway because they know you're gonna break it trying to squeeze through it? Do restaurants always close early on nights you visit them because you've not left them enough food to serve the remainder of their normal hours? Are you always late for meetings because every cab or bus you ride gets a flat tire? Is it hard for you to find a store to buy clothes in because they only carry sizes small, medium, and large, but not "showboat"?

[@marypapak5759]

I have watched this movie so many times!! Raised my two daughters watching it, both now in their mud-late 30’s, they STILL love it!! One of the funniest movies ever!!❤️❤️❤️

[@JackieFrankieful]

i love that limo driver goes into meetings like a boss xD

[@sha11235]

He was Melon's assistant in many ways.

[@Ori0n1975]

Paulie!

[@kennybadger]

He is also his bodyguard, so there's that

[@66Bunn]

"the new Hindenberg line"...such an subtle underrated line.

[@williamfarlow2442]

"Our custom A-Frame" for the ladies. :))

[@goatbut29]

"I gotta get bigger actors"! Damn Rodney! Made me damn near spit out my tequila!

[@teamdrummond6915]

That's the kind of boss that I want to work for.

[@kingbeef66]

I know, he allows banquets at the meetings.

[@mrbleak9873]

Dangerfield dumbed himself down. “Never let the crowd know you’re smarter than them” -The Legend-

[@champipoy]

Classic manipulation 😛😎

[@R.Merkhet]

RIP Mr Dangerfield. Making them laugh on the other side.

[@erisi236]

Melon has a pretty diverse group of executives for 1986

[@danielbillingsley74]

Erisi Dlarit I just noticed that as well. Dangerfield’s character though was a bit of an Everyman character. Everybody could relate. The character would have surrounded himself with “ordinary, diverse people” to create a sense of normalcy. The other thing I noticed was Everyone was eating. Sort of a nod that he treated people well.

[@josephhickman1306]

The heaps of chicken and gravy and etc. at Melons Inc table gives new meaning to chewing the fat and tossing ideas around...😃😅😎

[@IamGenoBlack]

A forward thinker. And they didn't get any on the walls.

[@jrmetmoi]

@@josephhickman1306 that table has three cakes on it

[@erickennedy4480]

Rodney Dangerfield was one of best comics ever.

[@dalehall2067]

Out of 50 they put him at 36 personally I think he was number one and certainly in the top five I can’t figure who would be above him

[@Classicrocker6119]

Ophelia…Hold “some” of my calls! Rodney nailed it in this segment. That looked like quite the breakfast buffet going on in the boardroom!!

[@mindriot91_96]

All that food looked good!

[@jrmetmoi]

That’s the best board room meeting ever - it’s just a huge brunch with cakes

[@bartonpercival3216]

"Good morning everyone, hey take it easy, take it easy will ya, and try not to get any on the walls ok"

[@URProductions]

Yeah, but he got.... no respect!

[@Professorkenneth]

"when you make love do you give directions"😂 smh..he's crazy lol..he's funny. You're sadly missed mr. Dangerfield 🙏🏻

[@Bluecloudprod]

"Ophelia...hold SOME of my calls."

[@matthewbyrd398]

The “new Hindenburg line”! Classic Rodney!!

[@ChuckWood14]

Rodney was truly one of a kind.

[@rhrh2025]

Rodney supposedly had a serious problem with depression. His father wasn't much of a father to him. His comedy was kind of a release!

[@MichaelPait-w6r]

Rodney was truly one of a kind!! |/:).

[@carwrtr1]

That’s my kind of meeting; food served by chefs!

[@georgeclarke8137]

"The new Hindenburg line". LOL!!

[@bartonpercival3216]

"Take it easy take it easy will ya and try not to get anything on the walls" 😆😆😆

[@riftshredder5438]

80's humor lol it can't and never will be replicated

[@bulloguin]

Melon’s business meetings... THE BEST!

[@davidharrison7014]

All You Can Eat!!!

[@notachefmack]

"....and a NEW Hindenburg Line!"

[@douglaswilson2375]

They're not orphans, they're abandoned!🤣

[@kdohertygizbur]

It's how he laughs when he says it that makes it funnier

[@davidharrison7014]

THAT probably would NOT go over well today.

[@keithdoherty3178]

@@davidharrison7014 who cares, it's done and a very hilarious scene and movie

[@LLOOYYYDD]

i cant believe in a few years this film will be 40 years old.................. *crying*

[@Equint77]

The melon patch kids are not oprhans, theyre abandoned. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@vanikin4life]

This could be modern woke toys today. lol

[@caramia9756]

I want a melon patch kid.

[@wilverbal]

Abandoned... LMAO... So dark and so hilarious.

[@BobABooey.]

"Do you look at the menu and say ok?"

[@wordpressobsessed9067]

This scene would never make it today, would be labeled "fat shaming".

[@alvexok5523]

I agree. And the joke at the boardroom meeting of all the executives being fat and there being a buffet there. They'd consider that offensive and not funny today.

[@pinklady7184]

There is no "slender shaming" or "beauty shaming." 👻

[@alvexok5523]

I do find Rodney's joke funny "Do you look at a menu and say 'ok'?"

[@theblueoctopus4494]

That's why the 80s rocked

[@-CrampedStyle-]

Actually, it would be the opposite. People would consider it "fat empowering."

[@camellecloud3029]

Miss him love him world slightly duller, oh I mean dumber without him. RIP genius.

[@balzarfreezenov2461]

"Take it easy...take it easy will ya? And dont get any on the walls"

[@okgo620]

Jesus!!!! They really do eat like pigs don't they?

[@stephaniemartin-ward4578]

I still tell my family I need to go to the "Tall and Fat" store. They have no idea what I'm talking about, but it makes me laugh.

[@bartonpercival3216]

I remember growing up in San Francisco, there was a Rochester Big & Tall store. Lots of big plus size suits there. Wonder if that was a chain of stores across the USA?

[@Gunner192]

"and the new Hidenburg line" lmao

[@richardrau5752]

"Do the elephants throw YOU peanuts?"

[@Frosty98206]

LMFAO "When you Make Love, Do you have to Give Direction's".

[@bartonpercival3216]

"When you look at the menu and say ok"

[@ericbarash8496]

Thornton Melon wrote a very large check.😂

[@bartonpercival3216]

"I here by dedicate this building to......myself" 👌😆

[@jason60chev]

"Mellon! Get your suit on! We need ya!"

[@alexanderpytko5394]

If Thornton told Phillip Barbay, the economics professor, about his business, I bet Phillip might have said something like, "Making and selling clothes and toys where the only theme is extreme overweight? What a ridiculous thing to do with your life." Thornton would give Phillip a somewhat of a glare.

[@jamespfitz]

Hmmm, I think even Phillip would recognize an untapped market ripe for exploitation.

[@Ori0n1975]

Barbay lived in Fantasy Land though.

[@JanetStarChild]

Designing a doll that looks even fatter than the already rotund Cabbage Patch Kids is quite the feat. Personally, I never got the appeal of those grotesque dolls, even as a kid during the '80s. Garbage Pail Kids was an apt response.

[@williamfarlow2442]

I love how they whiplash from the everyman "try not to get any on the walls" to the "depreciation capital gain" financial whiz. He actually worked for his money, but he's also a business maestro.

[@mindriot91_96]

"And the new Hindenburg line" 🤣🤣🤣

[@bobcole612]

At the zoo, do the elephants throw YOU peanuts?

[@Bobaklives]

It's hard to envision Burt Young as anyone other than Paulie, maybe this was his side gig when he wasn't mooching off of Rocky.

[@joel8583]

Likely so!

[@gibbsm]

he's like exactly the same dude, just working for thornton for the moment. yes.

[@alvexok5523]

Like in Rocky, Burt Young did a good job reprising a tough guy no one wants to mess with, especially the bar scene ("I don't get physical, I just get upset. He gets physical")

[@sha11235]

Mad made a joke about this where his character says he got a chance to escape from being Rocky's sloppy stupid flunky by becoming his sloppy stupid flunky.

[@davidharrison7014]

@@alvexok5523 As he crunches the napkin holder.

[@adamwaddoups7811]

The new Hindenburg line 😂😂

[@IamGenoBlack]

Pound for pound that’s a pretty diverse board room for the time. Kudos Thorton.

[@hamburg1306]

“So take it from me Thornton Mellon, If you want to look thin, you hang out with fat people”.

[@davidmeichner8346]

It makes my list of the top 7 comedies, at least.

[@toopyou]

And the new “Hindenburg line”! Brilliant

[@kepler240]

There goes the neighborhood

[@josephhickman1306]

Walks into executive boardroom m its 10 am and e everyone is already seated and eating brunch.!😃🤔😅

[@jrmetmoi]

Best job ever 😆😆

[@jrmetmoi]

'Morning everyone' 'Mmrrermm thrrerernn'

[@danbrillman5129]

Ophelia hold some of my calls

[@TJS483]

@1:08 I’m can’t wait to say that when I walk into my next meeting 😂😂😂

[@shawnhapney8784]

The New 'Hindenberg Line'. Ha! Makes me think of times I've seen someone? ' My god that woman is as big as an airship!!' Well? In Thornton Melon's world they get to crash and burn in style!! Rodney was Soo switched On. Comedy Legend. I Never understood people who said that they didn't like him. Way it goes with the greats. Either loved or hated. That was a fun movie.

[@motorvaderlapstrake7238]

Couple hundred millennials just watched this and fainted.

[@romangeneral23]

You mean Gen Z watched this and fainted. Millennial here and I watched this movie hundreds of time and its the best!!!!

[@anb740]

“.....and the new Hindenburg line.” LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marcsanders2450]

When you go jogging, do you leave pot holes?

[@1HourMartinizing]

and the new Hindenburg line......hahahaha

[@JustSoLeopard]

*walks into meeting where everyone's stuffing their face* ..."don't get any on the walls!".....

[@michaeltruthson6262]

Do elephants throw you peanuts

[@canadianscratcher7834]

"When you make love do you have to give directions?" "When you go jogging do you leave potholes?"

[@jrmetmoi]

Do you look at a menu and say ‘OK’?

[@vizzini2510]

"The new Hindenberg line." Bwaaahahahaha!

[@death2pc]

"And don't get any on the walls........"

[@dnjj1845]

And don't get any on the walls. Lol

[@leadspot]

" at the zoo, do elephants throw YOU peanuts ? " LOL xD

[@champipoy]

Dolls representing abandonment... What a great marketing scheme 😛😎

[@joshuac9996]

Last year we took a bath on those chubby tubby tub toys. Lmao

[@Olinlb]

Pocahontas, how are ya?😂

[@LuisFernando-yd3mx]

This is the true story of how Carnegie-Mellon University started...

[@lt4324]

Our new Hindenberg Line, LMFAO

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Then the new Homer Simpson, Jay Sherman and Peter Griffin lines.

[@johndipetrillo4924]

Timeless! I miss his comedy. Today he’d probably be locked up though just for poking fun at obvious things

[@feliciajenkins5041]

Look at the menu and say ok 😂😂😂

[@rvrmdude]

Do you elephants throw you peanuts . Hahahaha

[@ONEDAYATIME321]

NO RESPET! I TELL YUH! NO RESPECT! 11 DISLIKE'S. PRE MADONNA'S WITH NO CLASS-

[@skosieruxo]

I still laugh after all these years

[@joemerriman26]

Ive seen this movie and never realized pauly from rocky was in this movoe

[@worldofdoom995]

These guys would be making money hand over fist today.

[@laytonevans2618]

They Probably used satellites to take that photo

[@museofire]

Danny Elfman music in the boardroom?

[@deBebbler]

Elfman's music is all over that movie. He's actually in the movie, performing Dead Man's Party at one of Melon's campus bashes.

[@roterfuchs8201]

Hindenburg line!

[@NotShowingOff]

This reminds me of that globo gym commercial. Insulting you into submission.

[@georgiasmith64]

Karl putzers big and tall (menswear stores)oshkosh WI in the 70s

[@forever_golfer1981]

"Hold it for one more year. Transfer title over to the California corporation. Show it as a capital gain" What did he mean by this?

[@MrGruffteddybear]

My guess is that if property values are going down, depreciation in value will help in cutting taxes owed. Holding on to the property for one more year will also lower his taxes as there is a difference in short term and long term capital gains. And transferring property between businesses is another way to alter taxes in the companies benefit.

[@BoldWittyName]

@@MrGruffteddybear if one of his companies is having a 'down' year financially that would be the time to take a capital gain profit. Additionally, an entity can only show 'paper losses' for a finite period of time. Afterwards there is tax incentive to sell. Transferring ownership to an unrelated company could reset the clock on claiming depreciation.

[@esteban1487]

Great movie

[@mikejones-py6tm]

CLASSIC DO LOOK AT A MENU AND SAY OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@jimhults4916]

You coward!! Why? Jadzia Dax is in this movie. Jadzia Dax is in this movie.😭😭😭😭 Jad-- Valerie!! Valerie!! Where are you?!

[@danielmedina2078]

I remember back in the 80's in LA you almost never saw a obese guy . . . Ladies once in a while but almost never a dude.

[@jrmetmoi]

In LA people were trying to make it in Hollywood that’s why

[@danielmedina2078]

@@jrmetmoi yeah all 11 million of us . . . Smh

[@jrmetmoi]

@@danielmedina2078 well a lot of people out there anyway 🤔😆

[@danielmedina2078]

@@jrmetmoi yeah it's amazing how television affected the culture ie Baywatch ECT!

[@tdsafff]

In all the larger sizes

[@Billbilly6969]

It’s a fictional product!!!! It doesn’t mattuuuh

[@jrmetmoi]

What’s that bowl of red stuff on the table? 🤔

[@toomanyaccounts]

punch? cranberry dressing?

[@jrmetmoi]

@@toomanyaccounts 😆😆

[@aprilfirefox9420]

Oh damn this Is my brain 24/7

[@byronmillanicia3384]

This is funny!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@leafyutube]

I checked google maps and couldn't find the melon building. Where is it located?

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Thornton says he's gotta get bigger actors. Heh, if they get any bigger, he'll be hiring the kind of overweight people that can't get out of bed. Lou says that Thornton could lose some weight but Thornton would rather just get fatter people for his commercials. It's like how Thornton later says, "Who has the time to read the book? I see the movie, you're in and out in 2 hours." I guess he'd say, "Who has time to workout and diet? I get bigger actors and I look thinner."

[@holitinne]

This commercial would be too ineffective. As the viewers would be laughing their asses off to listen to what they’re selling.

[@willcuster7711]

The movie 🎥 film 🎞️ Back 🔙 to School 🏫 (1986) happened on the month 🗓️ of August 🏫🚌. 💜

[@DeVstatrOmga]

*Looks at menu Where's Part 2?

[@alvexok5523]

1:20 - 1:26 - that guy with the cigar mentioning the "serious offer", he was Andrew McCarthy's (Johnathan Switcher's) boss at the mannequin factory in "Mannequin" who yells at and fires him for being too slow and creative

[@UptownNYC]

I loved Mannequin, seen it at least a dozen times.... you could offer me a million $$$ and I'd never recognize his boss!!😄

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Mannequin is a great movie. My girlfriend and I watch it every Valentine's Day. It's one of our favorites. The guy with the cigar died a few years after this from heart problems caused by his obesity.

[@sha11235]

Phil Rubenstein was a character actor who also appeared in Rodney's 1989 HBO special.

[@jrmetmoi]

@@alexanderpytko5394 I love Mannequin as well

[@davidharrison7014]

Kim Catrall was (and still is) hot!!!

[@JakeLo1991]

$14.99HD for Back To School? 🤢