Clerk: Yeah, right... beat it, kid.
No one took Ben seriouly any more…
He looks like a pez dispenser.
Buttons doesn’t always drink beer; but when he does, he prefers Tres Equis.
Never heard of the movie..after checking it out…the Joke make sence.
I wasn’t even there. That was another tall, dark, handsome man man you saw with tears in his baby blue eyes leaving the theater. Not me, I walked out of Old Yeller laughing.
My goodness. KaminoNeko is right, but it goes back much farther.
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story from the early 1920’s.
The film version came many many many many years later… and has a very different plot, though Benjamin ages backward in both.
I just had to give Fitzgerald his due!
In fact you can read or download his anthology “Tales of the Jazz Age”, including this story, on Project Gutenberg, for free.
I’ve read the story, but cannot get through the movie.
AKA “The Lollipop Kid”
A bit young there kid.
He still needs 3 more 6-packs to make a “curious case” for Benjamin Button…
While your on there, hit some O Henry and P.G.Wodehouse
margueritem almost 13 years ago
No one took Ben seriouly any more…
leakysqueaky712 almost 13 years ago
He looks like a pez dispenser.
Sluggomatic almost 13 years ago
Buttons doesn’t always drink beer; but when he does, he prefers Tres Equis.
Hillbillyman almost 13 years ago
Never heard of the movie..after checking it out…the Joke make sence.
lewisbower almost 13 years ago
I wasn’t even there. That was another tall, dark, handsome man man you saw with tears in his baby blue eyes leaving the theater. Not me, I walked out of Old Yeller laughing.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
My goodness. KaminoNeko is right, but it goes back much farther.
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story from the early 1920’s.
The film version came many many many many years later… and has a very different plot, though Benjamin ages backward in both.
I just had to give Fitzgerald his due!
In fact you can read or download his anthology “Tales of the Jazz Age”, including this story, on Project Gutenberg, for free.
celeconecca almost 13 years ago
I’ve read the story, but cannot get through the movie.
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML almost 13 years ago
AKA “The Lollipop Kid”
DavidAo almost 13 years ago
A bit young there kid.
J Quest almost 13 years ago
He still needs 3 more 6-packs to make a “curious case” for Benjamin Button…
justrightturnips almost 13 years ago
While your on there, hit some O Henry and P.G.Wodehouse