it's so buffalo-bill-esque. if only we could get tom to say: "oh wait...was she a great big fat person?"
Paul F Tompkins uttered those words at one point, I believe during the movie quote show. My all-time favorite movie quote ever. Perfect opening fodder!
one of my favorite moments in best show history!
was it during the movie quote show or was it a week or two later? for some reason, i think it was an afterthought because it didn't make the official list, and i think that tom would have added it. maybe i'm remembering wrong.
It made the official list during the movie quotes show:
"PFT's contribution is one of his all-time favorite movie quotes from the thriller/chiller (it lacks any legit spills) The
Silence of the Lambs (1991). Tom asks him if it's the oft-cited Chianti and fava beans line. PFT is disappointed in Tom at how disappointed in him Tom must be to even think that he would suggest that quote. He offers an overlooked quote that he feels is the perfect marriage of writing (Teddy Tally), direction (Johnathan Demme), and performance (Ted Levine). Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is questioning Jame Gumb (Levine) about a missing girl who turned up dead. Gumb is stonewalling her, so she gives up and starts to leave. As Gumb is about to close his door, he politely says, "Oh, wait. Was she a great, big, fat girl?" PFT thinks the eccentric adjective trio yields one of the most amazing quotes in film history. Mike denies it, but Tom overrides him. ACCEPTED. PFT doesn't understand why Mike has to be such a
TSotL sourpuss. Tom admits that Mike has not denied any quotes tonight. He left the studio 20 minutes ago."