#Say hi to my little friend movie
#Say hi to my little friend tv

ДЄbout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review вЂ“ under the charming heading of вЂњdo things that donвЂ™t interest youвЂќ: This one again proves there is verbal osmosis directly from pop culture to children.

#Say hi to my little friend tv

While I typically use it to mean itвЂ™s time to go, I just looked up the phrase and found it comes from the TV show вЂњGunsmoke.вЂќ I never watched вЂњGunsmoke' in my life.

While writing this story, I realized I have my own phrase that my sons now use upon exiting a location, вЂњItвЂ™s time to get out of Dodge.вЂќ I would prefer if we donвЂ™t quote the film вЂњ300вЂќ and reference King Leonidas saying that line to a Persian messenger while kicking him into the вЂњPit of Death.вЂќ I tried not to laugh too, while explaining that, while chess may have originated in Persia in 500 A.D. Her father smiled guiltily while trying not to burst with laughter. вЂњTHIS IS SPARTA!вЂќ an adorable little girl, 6, in a pink frilly dress crowed as she took her opponentвЂ™s queen.

#Say hi to my little friend movie

In church when Avery, now 15, was about five he met the priest and while shaking his hand soberly quoted вЂњThe Blues BrothersвЂќ character Elwood Blues saying, вЂњWeвЂ™re on a mission from God.вЂќДЄt the free chess program I run at a local community center, I have a front row seat for movie line madness as kids вЂ“ mostly under age 10 вЂ“ say the darndest things. I am not the only one who has fallen victim to a movie catch phrase attack by my kids. Now that we live in a house on land in Norfolk, Va., with TV and internet access, the catch phrases fly thick and fast. The problem is that the more adults laugh at what kids say, the more they say it. That was when I had to ask the boatyard workers to please stop spewing movie lines in front of my boys because my little вЂњScarfaceвЂќ was running around naked slaying the world with laughter. He strutted out of the tub on the boat deck, same boatyard in Florida, shouting, вЂњSay вЂhelloвЂ™ to my little friend!вЂќ

Then there was the time my eldest son Zoltan, now 20, was age three and discovered the joys of being a boy. HeвЂ™d heard it said by one of the workers in the boatyard where we lived aboard our trimaran, a 37-foot multihulled sailboat, in Goodland, Fl. My friend who was sharing breakfast nearly died laughing at the reference to вЂњApocalypse NowвЂќ and the idea that perhaps my toddler thought my cooking was toxic. Movie phrase misuse runs in the family, because over the past 20 years parenting four sons I have a vast collection of misspoken, misunderstood catch phrase memorabilia of which the вЂњTerminatorвЂќ is only a small sampling.Д¬ooking breakfast one morning, when my son Ian, now 18, was just about three-years-old, he toddled up to the griddle, inhaled deeply and announced, вЂњI love the smell of Napalm in the morning!вЂќ I had to look up the reference on YouTube to write this piece. I donвЂ™t even know how I know the line uttered by Gold Hat as he reacts to Dobbs prompting him to prove they are policemen. To this day I have never seen вЂњThe Treasure of Sierra MadreвЂќ from whence that line comes. I donвЂ™t have to show you any stinking badges!вЂќ It reminds me of how a cussing toddler in the news months ago illustrated the viral popularity, and sometimes problems, caused by kids parroting what they hear from adults.ДЄs a teen growing up in New Jersey вЂ“ where those who want to set foot on a beach must wear a badge proving they have paid a local fee for the privilege вЂ“ I recall telling the beach police, in the worst possible Mexican accent, вЂњBadges? We donвЂ™t have no badges. The shock value of hearing a young child utter something very adult creates an instant laugh. Schwarzenegger appeared on вЂњThe Tonight Show with Jimmy FallonвЂќ and вЂњWWE RawвЂќ on Monday, reminding us that the movie star and his verbal legacy will be back again and again for as long as it takes to promote his latest film. Schwarzenegger is out and about promoting his new film, вЂњSabotage,вЂќ the line is all over the media again and Quin has now donned sunglasses to add to the effect after seeing a clip of the film. CoolвЂќ way to say, вЂњSee you later for a play date.вЂќД«ecause Mr. Today my son Quin, 10, who has never seen вЂњThe TerminatorвЂќ growls the line, a la Terminator, to his best pals after a fun day because he thinks itвЂ™s a вЂњMr. Where it goes next is (partly) up to you.