veda pierce - it's an act. It's all made up. The lines, his delivery, the setting, all the other people around. It's all fake. What is it about the idea of what goes on here that you like or dislike?
This scene is a metaphor for what this whole film represents: the disenchantment of a lost generation at the time. “I know what it comes with, but it’s not what i want” sums it up perfectly
@@chriswilliam6751 this scene is amazing, but the reality is that it's hyper unrealistic. In an American diner they would never not adhere to an order change. American restaurants are very fluid and flexible. Not like European countries. His order would've been served
Now that he had retired from acting like Sean Connery and Gene Hackman you really have to appreciate how explosive and dangerous of an actor Jack Nicholson always was. That anger was always right underneath, ready to explode at any time
@@matmcd not necessarily a jerk, but another some kind of rough/tough/lead/brusque/etc. His narrow range never goes beyond tough/rough/harsh/brusque/jerk/psycho type. Never a tragic character, never shows vulnerability/softness/ etc.
@@zzc8505 You are quite wrong. Check him out in About Schmidt, in which he plays a widowed Everyman coming to terms with aging, death and his own irrelevance. Nicholson has a wide range; he just chose not to display it in every role.
Keanu Reeves?!? Now HE is one of the most overrated actors ever! Totally unlistenable and unnatural voice. All except "Bill & Ted's", which I loved. Even in movies I DID like, it usually wasn't because of him. "Devil's Advocate" (which Pacino 100% made) and "Point Break" (Patrick Swayze & director Kathryn Bigelow were the forces in that one) are 2 of them. In the last couple of decades DeNiro HAS been typecast, but don't tell me that his acting in "Deer Hunter" & especially "Awakenings" were the same type roles. When people talk about him they usually reference his mob roles and ignore some of the other ones. Doesn't literally make these actors geniuses of course, just makes them good/great actors. You want genius in Hollywood? Check more with James Cameron, Stanley Kubrick and Francis Ford Coppolla. Directors have a whole lot more to deal with than actors.
@@wildmansamurai3663 Okay, next time it's an egg-white omelet, oatmeal and purified spring water. Yum! Just kidding. It's probably all GMO anyway. Please kill me now.
When he says "I know what it comes with, but its not what I want". CLASSIC! That line is classic jack nicholson and it starts the whole back and forth banter
Perfectly cut and presented, without intrusion, and with the essential inclusion of car dialog at the end to make this a perfect clip ("I would have just punched her out."). 🤣 Thank you!
Excellent film scene. I'm glad that there are people "out there" that recognize a fine film when they see it. I consider this film to be Jack's finest and most overlooked performances of his career. Keep up the fine work silenz357.
i read the obituary for the actress who played the waitress (Lorna Thayer). She was really pleased at how the scene developed a life of it's own and happy that it was the scene she was best known for (she was a supporting character in many movies previously). She channeled every bitch waitress she ever met into one character. So I guess Jack wasn't the only good actor in that scene.
Great clip from a great film. Some view this scene as an allegory for the Vietnam War--the older people are vehemently set on rules and tradition while the young ones rebel at their lack of control for their own choices.
What makes this scene so great is you can emphasize with both sides. You symapthize with Nicholson, who just wants a simple thing like toast (seriously, what diner doesn't offer plain wheat toast?), but you can also sympathize with the waitress, who is just trying to do her job. Anyone who's ever waited on anyone can relate to situations like this.
that's true. yet at a more symbolic level, the waitress represents uptight, by-the-book inflexibility, while jack's character here represents situational innovation. hence the conflict between jack's character and the waitress is a contest between change (substitution of menu items) & resistance to change (refusal to allow such substitution).
mst3KGf However, the waitress just lost 4 customers. She had 4 people ready to eat. She blew her tip. I would have bent the rules for my tip. I would have slipped him the toast.
His picture is also next to the definition of “vulgar, self-centered asshole.” I mean, of course, the character, not Nicholson personally. For all I know the actor may be a charming non-asshole offscreen.
If a waitress gives me that much BS, I just ordered half the things on the menu . While the chef is in the kitchen cooking it all up I just leave and go down the street eat someplace else .
The thing that's so great about this movie is that even though the Vietnam War is never mentioned, you get this very clear vision of what the 70s were like and the mercurial relationship between old-world conformatism and new-world diversity. This is the one scene that really shouts it. A great scene from a fantastic film.
Cuz this is my man, this is my restaurant, and you 2 are just gonna walk right out that door without your dry white toast.. without your 4 fried chickens.. and without the chicken salad!!!
Brings to mind a diner I used to frequent that showed a cartoon of an angry chef brandishing a cleaver on its menus. The caption read, "Our chefs are the kindest, sweetest people in the world, unless they hear the word SUBSTITUTIONS."
I love this movie and this scene rocks! This short 2-minute scene represents not only Jack at his peak but the late sixties in every way, shape or form. I quote "I want you to hold it between you knees all the time!"
Yeah, Wes is great! My favorite of his is ROYAL TENENBAUMS--one of my favorites of all time. Another I would add to the list of great contemporary filmmakers going against the corporate grain is David Fincher. And those are some great 70's movies you mentioned. The 70's are definitely the best decade for movies ever!!!
I’ve never had that experience personally when I’ve ordered food but I know people that have…..it’s absolutely absurd, it’s not unreasonable what Jack’s character was asking for! Lol
It’s a VERY normal order. In fact, the restaurant would be saving money by charging the same price for the omelette and substituting the potatoes for just a few slices of tomatoes. The fact that the waitress gave gave him a problem for such an easy order is absurd! Pissed me off! 😂
It is ironic that this was one of his most famous scenes. No substitutions! His grandmother substituted for his mother and his mother pretended to be his older sister. A reporter broke the news to him when he was being interviewed by Time Magazine in 1975. He was amazed that the two women took the secret to their graves. It was another 5 years after this film before his other sister(aunt) confirmed it. He called his other sister(aunt) up and his sister's husband answered the phone. He exclaimed to him that you aren't going to believe what the reporter told him and the husband paused and said let me put your sister(aunt) on the phone.
Bobby : I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes, tomatoes instead, a cup of coffee and wheat toast. Waitress : [points at his menu] No substitutions. Bobby : What do you mean? You don't have any tomatoes? Waitress : Only what's on the menu. You can have a number two, a plain omelette, it comes with cottage fries and rolls. Bobby : Yeah, I know what it comes with, but it's not what I want. Waitress : Well, I'll come back when you make up your mind Bobby : Wait a minute, I have made up my mind. I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes on the plate, a cup of coffee and a side order of wheat toast. Waitress : I'm sorry, we don't have any side orders of toast. I'll give you an English muffin or a coffee roll. Bobby : What do you mean you don't make side orders of toast? You make sandwiches, don't you? Waitress : Would you like to talk to the manager? Palm Apodaca : Hey, mac... Bobby : Shut up. [to the waitress] Bobby : You've got bread and a toaster of some kind? Waitress : I don't make the rules. Bobby : OK, I'll make it as easy for you as I can. I'd like an omelette, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce, and a cup of coffee. Waitress : A number two, a chicken salad sand. Hold the butter, the lettuce, and the mayonnaise, and a cup of coffee. Anything else? Bobby : Yeah, now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a cheque for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules. Waitress : You want me to hold the chicken, huh? Bobby : I want you to hold it between your knees. [Palm Apodaca sniggers] Waitress : [points at a sign behind her] You see that sign, sir? Yes, you'll all have to leave! I'm not taking any more of your smartness and sarcasm! Bobby : You see this sign? [he sweeps all the glasses off the table onto the floor]
"You see THIS sign?!?!" Damn, woman! Just give Jack his toast! I guess this is the reason why most restaurants offer substitutions nowadays, hahaha. :)
Is there anyone cooler than Jack Nicholson? No matter how old he gets he will always be the coolest guy in the room. Look in his eyes, man, its all in the eyes. That was how he scared everyone in The Shining, with those Nicholson stares.
yes, the chicken between your knees line is classic. and i loved it. i saw the movie in 1970, and when he said , and how he said "yeah but i didn't get it, did i" that was a real person speaking; not a clever line. to me that was the point. you can get angry and cause a scene, but in the end, what did he get? not what he wanted, and he admitted it. like a lesson to himself. and chill. it's just a movie
the best part of the movie is this scene, and the scene right before when they pick up Helena, from her on the road, The best 10 min or so of the whole movie- Karen Black was phenom
I used to go to a restaurant that had a cartoon of an angry chef holding a cleaver with the caption "Our chefs are the nicest people in the world unless they hear the word SUBSTITUTIONS!"
@E VO sorry no one should take abuse, especially a server. He had a problem with the rules, talk to the manager. I've never seen a server get rude this fast, but had she been pleasant the whole time and Jack did this spiel, she would be 100% be in the right. Tip doesnt mean abuse, its people like you (and the two that thumbed up) who make the service industry more difficult than it has to be.
@@johnspence8141 how about just following common sense and try to accommodate the CUSTOMER if it’s possible. He wasn’t asking for something incredibly difficult. The contention started with the server blowing off the customer without even trying to be accommodating. The frustration with this type of apathy on the part of the SERVICE industry is real and justified.
Just finished watching this movie. At first I though, "what am I doing watching this film?". Little by little, I was reminded of how I used to be, and in some ways, still am. A deeply profound movie for me in the end, in its own little way. Thanks!
It's a character study. Unlike 99% of movies playing right now at your local theatre, it doesn't aspire to providing you with 2 hours of wall to wall action and/or laughs. It aspires to doing what theatre (and by exension movies) has been doing for centuries: investigating what it is to be human. I like junk food but sometimes you want a five-course meal.
I love Jack's voice.It's so smooth.
veda pierce - it's an act. It's all made up. The lines, his delivery, the setting, all the other people around. It's all fake. What is it about the idea of what goes on here that you like or dislike?
It's his early voice.
@@weaseltown he sounds hotter than you youre dumb
Agreed, his silky smooth delivery never gets old.
I wish I had that voice, because I have a paralyzed vocal chord.
All arguing and no toast makes Jack a dull boy.
LMAO
Lmfao
LOLOLOLOLOL
All toast and no chicken salad makes Jack a dull boy.
That was probably the best YT comment I've read.
“You’ve got bread, and a toaster of some kind?” gets me every time.😅😅😅
On the one hand: waiters can't control the menu. On the other hand: he gave her a solid loophole that would have worked just fine.
Precisely.
But she gave him the "you have *GOT* to be kidding me!" mindset about it, which didn't help matters.
Waiters can’t control the menu but they CAN control the orders
Why couldn’t he just have removed the chicken salad from the toast?
@@keithwilson6060 well, I guess they were trying to make a point about conformatism or some crap
All work and no toast makes Jack a dull boy
Hi after 7 years
Wow
XD
This scene is a metaphor for what this whole film represents: the disenchantment of a lost generation at the time. “I know what it comes with, but it’s not what i want” sums it up perfectly
Hey, look at you...all dressed up. All grown up and doing the town.
Watch the suit, Karl.
@@karlhungus5554 No shoe shines
Yeah, but as opposed to what generation though?
@@chriswilliam6751 this scene is amazing, but the reality is that it's hyper unrealistic. In an American diner they would never not adhere to an order change. American restaurants are very fluid and flexible. Not like European countries. His order would've been served
At least he's willing to pay the chicken salad sandwich FULL PRICE. JUST GIVE HIM THE FREAKING TOAST!
For 2 decades now I have been waiting patiently for someone to say to me..."you want me to hold the chicken huh?"
That was nice of Jack to clear the table for the waitress, especially after she gave him such a hard time.
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He did such a good job of it too! 😂😂😂😂
Mr. Torrance is the caretaker, after all! 😆
That was nice of him to bus the table for her.
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Had I been drinking my coffee I would of spit it out reading your comment. LMAO!
ha! ha!
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Love the video description... 'Jack just wants his toast'
Timmy Morgan Here here!
On my phone it says 5 easy piece dinner set.
@@eligebrown8998 read the description
Lol. Wouldn't of noticed if you didn't comment.. very funny. Thumbs the fuck up
A brilliant piece of writing and brilliantly performed by Jack Nicholson.
One of the best films of all time, and one of many of Jack's best.
"Hold it between your knees." HAHAHA, classic.
"Hey Mack" "shut up" lmfao
TheVicious5150 The good ol days
His name is Mack in this movie? That's interesting considering his name is Mack is Cuckoo's Nest as well.
@Random Wolf Nah, only Jack Nicholson can get away with being Jack Nicholson.
Well, no, she was gonna start lipping off at the waitress and he intervened.
@@gabrflyan6364 exactly! Like "shut up, i got this"
“You want me to hold the chicken, huh?”
“I want you to hold it between your knees.”
Classic.
I don't get what this would mean other than it would be annoying to try to hold chicken with your knees.
@@josiekoch7589 Lol
@@josiekoch7589it means “stuff it”
Now that he had retired from acting like Sean Connery and Gene Hackman you really have to appreciate how explosive and dangerous of an actor Jack Nicholson always was. That anger was always right underneath, ready to explode at any time
Yep, just bubbling under...
he played himself all his "career," every time a jerk of some sort of other. Not much talent is needed to do that. A very limited range
@@zzc8505 I don't think he was that jerk in Chinatown
@@matmcd not necessarily a jerk, but another some kind of rough/tough/lead/brusque/etc. His narrow range never goes beyond tough/rough/harsh/brusque/jerk/psycho type. Never a tragic character, never shows vulnerability/softness/ etc.
@@zzc8505 You are quite wrong. Check him out in About Schmidt, in which he plays a widowed Everyman coming to terms with aging, death and his own irrelevance. Nicholson has a wide range; he just chose not to display it in every role.
By today's standards that waitress is the nicest person I've ever met in the food industry.
What an amazing actor, he’s a fucking genius!
It's sad how our society glorifies people as "geniuses" because they play dress up and say a few lines.
Keanu Reeves?!? Now HE is one of the most overrated actors ever! Totally unlistenable and unnatural voice. All except "Bill & Ted's", which I loved. Even in movies I DID like, it usually wasn't because of him. "Devil's Advocate" (which Pacino 100% made) and "Point Break" (Patrick Swayze & director Kathryn Bigelow were the forces in that one) are 2 of them.
In the last couple of decades DeNiro HAS been typecast, but don't tell me that his acting in "Deer Hunter" & especially "Awakenings" were the same type roles. When people talk about him they usually reference his mob roles and ignore some of the other ones.
Doesn't literally make these actors geniuses of course, just makes them good/great actors.
You want genius in Hollywood? Check more with James Cameron, Stanley Kubrick and Francis Ford Coppolla. Directors have a whole lot more to deal with than actors.
The waitress was perfectly cast no one could have been more sour! Lol👍
a damaged person, obviously - twitchy
That’s my moms aunt lol
The great Lorna Thayer from The Beast with a Million Eyes.
Agreed. She is so great. She speaks only while gritting her teeth. I hate her. Which means she is great actress
@@ariplatt8192 Sometimes when I’m spreading butter on toast or something, I’ll say it just like she does. You want me to hold the butterrrr ... 🍋
Falling Down before there was Falling Down.
Only better.
No gun required 👍
Standing Up?
"You can't handle my order"
( rather: " you can't HANDLE my order !" [ overturns table, etc.]
Lolololol 🤣
Okay good. Now someone rewrite the entire monologue from A Few Good Men but make it about toast
You can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs.
"I'm awfully glad you asked me that, Lloyd, because I just happen to have two chicken sands and a cup of coffee right here in my wallet."
Lol! Class!
Seems I’m a little light....
LOL
I'm sorry to differ with you, sir, but there's no chicken sands - there's never been chicken sands...
@@scallywag1716 How's my credit in this joint anyhow?
This was filmed in a Denny's that is still there today, and looks much the same. Someone else posted a recent view of it.
is it in oregon by the 5 highway?
@@renegonzalez6306 Yep, just south of Eugene
3652 Glenwood Dr. Eugene, OR 97403
That same old bag waitress is still there too lol
Do they serve toast?
Plain omelet, tomatoes, wheat toast. It's actually a very healthy breakfast.
Except the toast.
@@wildmansamurai3663 what's wrong with wheat bread?
@@dalekelly7639 Spikes blood sugar and insulin.
@@wildmansamurai3663 Okay, next time it's an egg-white omelet, oatmeal and purified spring water. Yum! Just kidding. It's probably all GMO anyway. Please kill me now.
@@dalekelly7639 Yeah, I just stick with real eggs and grass fed meat.. Low vegetable carbs.
JACK IS THE ULTIMATE TOASTMASTER !!!!!
The Texas Toastmaster...
When he says "I know what it comes with, but its not what I want". CLASSIC! That line is classic jack nicholson and it starts the whole back and forth banter
That's when you know he's about to get angry.
I love how Jack deconstructs the chicken sandwich to get what he wants
This scene could have 'played straight' and gone into oblivion. The script is not exception, Nicholson makes it legendary thru sheer talent. Genius.
A waitress with a steel heart who refuses to order from a madman with an axe.
A unstoppable force meets a immovable object
*_"I want you to hold it between your knees."_*
Haha! Brilliant.
@@Ginx-pe4si ....then, what happened?
God struck them down with lightning which is why we never heard from him again.
@@AccidentalPreppper but it's such a fascinating tale? ......and..of course...totally believable....cough.
kneeeeeeees
Jack was just pissed that the Lakers lost to the Celtics that year.
1970 (that's the year this movie came out) the Lakers lost to the Knicks in the finals
Perfectly cut and presented, without intrusion, and with the essential inclusion of car dialog at the end to make this a perfect clip ("I would have just punched her out."). 🤣 Thank you!
One of my favourite Nicholson movies and this is him at his best...
After he left he said “is this as good as it gets?” Fact
FORGET IT JACK IT'S THE WEST COAST.
I have finally caught one of my all time movie scenes! Now I will just watch this for a few hours...
"When do you think, MAYBE, I'll be getting my toast?"
"As soon as possible???"
"As soon as poss-a-belllllll!"
Jack!
Edible defectives in formation
You've waited your whole fuking life for toast what difference is a few minutes going to do you now
This scene is such a mood. When I’m annoyed at the level, I reference this scene and people know EXACTLY what I’m talking about.
The girl wearing the brown sweater is Toni Basil. She would have a #1 smash hit 12 years later ("Mickey").
basil also appears in the "daddy's song" sequence of the monkees' film "head" (1969), which was co-written & co-produced by nicholson.
@@wallofvideo As well as "Easy Rider."
yes she looks sweet
The hot-headed, raven-haired woman is Yoko Ono. She formed the influential Yoko Ono Band and married a well-known guitarist and singer.
Good call..
Jack Nicholson is my nomination for the best actor ever!
astranine absolutely right!
Your nomination has officially been revoked. Try again. Tom Cruise is the only name acceptable.
CJ Jordan no way
C Jordan funny way to spell Marlon Brando
@@crispinhandly6159 Are you out of your damn mind?
Jack Nicholson, one of my favorite actors
He look very handsome, legendary actress Karen black looks very sexy and pretty
Excellent film scene. I'm glad that there are people "out there" that recognize a fine film when they see it. I consider this film to be Jack's finest and most overlooked performances of his career. Keep up the fine work silenz357.
i read the obituary for the actress who played the waitress (Lorna Thayer). She was really pleased at how the scene developed a life of it's own and happy that it was the scene she was best known for (she was a supporting character in many movies previously). She channeled every bitch waitress she ever met into one character. So I guess Jack wasn't the only good actor in that scene.
She was rude anyway.
Not at first, though; the rudeness was based on frustration that Jack was making her job feel like a living hell.
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iwouldve flipped the table lol!
GoodMachines No, she was rude within the first 20 seconds “Well I’ll come back when you make up your mind”
She had other people - her regular customers - to wait on. Also, she might have been slightly uncomfortable with the young smart-alicky girls .
I keep watching this scene a couple of times a year. Just love it.
"I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well"
--Kurt Cobain
Great clip from a great film. Some view this scene as an allegory for the Vietnam War--the older people are vehemently set on rules and tradition while the young ones rebel at their lack of control for their own choices.
What makes this scene so great is you can emphasize with both sides. You symapthize with Nicholson, who just wants a simple thing like toast (seriously, what diner doesn't offer plain wheat toast?), but you can also sympathize with the waitress, who is just trying to do her job. Anyone who's ever waited on anyone can relate to situations like this.
that's true. yet at a more symbolic level, the waitress represents uptight, by-the-book inflexibility, while jack's character here represents situational innovation. hence the conflict between jack's character and the waitress is a contest between change (substitution of menu items) & resistance to change (refusal to allow such substitution).
wallofvideo Or maybe the guy just wanted some fkn toast
mst3KGf However, the waitress just lost 4 customers. She had 4 people ready to eat. She blew her tip. I would have bent the rules for my tip. I would have slipped him the toast.
mst3KGf it's called pride. no one wants to bend
Exactly; there is no 'bad guy' here.
"I want ya to hold it between yer knees" BWUUUUUAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Can't recall too much about the film, never forgot the diner scene great dialogue Nicholson went on to become a great actor.
Watch it
"I want you to hold it between your knees!"
If you look up awesome in the dictionary they have Jack's picture in there.
His picture is also next to the definition of “vulgar, self-centered asshole.” I mean, of course, the character, not Nicholson personally. For all I know the actor may be a charming non-asshole offscreen.
what a fantastic scene
If a waitress gives me that much BS, I just ordered half the things on the menu . While the chef is in the kitchen cooking it all up I just leave and go down the street eat someplace else .
The best guy ever. Thank you for all the years you have ever entertained us. ❤️
The thing that's so great about this movie is that even though the Vietnam War is never mentioned, you get this very clear vision of what the 70s were like and the mercurial relationship between old-world conformatism and new-world diversity. This is the one scene that really shouts it.
A great scene from a fantastic film.
You nailed it, amiga
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If you use Yelp, then you're just an idiot. Those corrupt cocksuckers delete reviews. Google is the only place that doesn't delete reviews.
Hilarious comment !!
@@CooManTunes My Google reviews have come up missing too, though.
Im surprised he didnt ask for 4 fried chickens.. and some dry toast with a coke. Lol
At least he didn't blaspheme in there, didn't blaspheme in there!
Cuz this is my man, this is my restaurant, and you 2 are just gonna walk right out that door without your dry white toast.. without your 4 fried chickens.. and without the chicken salad!!!
Imagine trying to hold 4 chickens between your knees? 😳😏
One of the greatest Jack Nicholson scenes!
a young jack at his best.
Let's not overlook the woman who played the waitress. Damn good acting. Probably a very nice person in real life.
Lorna Thayer. I don't know the character's name, but I think of her as "Miss N.O. Substitutions".
yes!
It's so well played that I can't even imagine her being nice! 😄
She reminds me of Eileen Heckart a bit.
I was on her side. hassling service people I can never abide by, and she does follow the bosses rules, she didn't make them up.
Brings to mind a diner I used to frequent that showed a cartoon of an angry chef brandishing a cleaver on its menus. The caption read, "Our chefs are the kindest, sweetest people in the world, unless they hear the word SUBSTITUTIONS."
Jack needs some anger management!
She needs some attitude management
Then it will be as good as it gets!
Simple. All he needs to do is get in contact with Buddy Rydell.
Goosfraba
before he ends up in a nuthouse
This scene and the one where he is drinking for D. H. Lawrence in Easy RIder really made him a star.
This scene was so emblematic of the era.
I love this movie and this scene rocks! This short 2-minute scene represents not only Jack at his peak but the late sixties in every way, shape or form. I quote "I want you to hold it between you knees all the time!"
Yeah, Wes is great! My favorite of his is ROYAL TENENBAUMS--one of my favorites of all time. Another I would add to the list of great contemporary filmmakers going against the corporate grain is David Fincher. And those are some great 70's movies you mentioned. The 70's are definitely the best decade for movies ever!!!
I’ve never had that experience personally when I’ve ordered food but I know people that have…..it’s absolutely absurd, it’s not unreasonable what Jack’s character was asking for! Lol
It’s a VERY normal order. In fact, the restaurant would be saving money by charging the same price for the omelette and substituting the potatoes for just a few slices of tomatoes. The fact that the waitress gave gave him a problem for such an easy order is absurd! Pissed me off! 😂
"WARNING" And guys don't ever pull this scene off at home on your mother you won't get the chance to storm out but you will black out.
Afro samurai thanks afro samurai! you saved the day
I brought you into this world and I can stuff a chicken into you in this world too....
How True my friend, How True.
Ha ha ha, good one!
Depends on your momma.
geez us its funny running into this, as teen kids we went over this & over this & over this for a freaking year being jn from this scene
This is always fascinating…54 years back in time!!
It is ironic that this was one of his most famous scenes. No substitutions! His grandmother substituted for his mother and his mother pretended to be his older sister. A reporter broke the news to him when he was being interviewed by Time Magazine in 1975. He was amazed that the two women took the secret to their graves. It was another 5 years after this film before his other sister(aunt) confirmed it.
He called his other sister(aunt) up and his sister's husband answered the phone. He exclaimed to him that you aren't going to believe what the reporter told him and the husband paused and said let me put your sister(aunt) on the phone.
"Do you have a toaster of some kind?"
"I don't make the rules."
Classic scene from a classic movie, wish they made more like that.
Bobby : I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes, tomatoes instead, a cup of coffee and wheat toast.
Waitress : [points at his menu] No substitutions.
Bobby : What do you mean? You don't have any tomatoes?
Waitress : Only what's on the menu. You can have a number two, a plain omelette, it comes with cottage fries and rolls.
Bobby : Yeah, I know what it comes with, but it's not what I want.
Waitress : Well, I'll come back when you make up your mind
Bobby : Wait a minute, I have made up my mind. I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes on the plate, a cup of coffee and a side order of wheat toast.
Waitress : I'm sorry, we don't have any side orders of toast. I'll give you an English muffin or a coffee roll.
Bobby : What do you mean you don't make side orders of toast? You make sandwiches, don't you?
Waitress : Would you like to talk to the manager?
Palm Apodaca : Hey, mac...
Bobby : Shut up.
[to the waitress]
Bobby : You've got bread and a toaster of some kind?
Waitress : I don't make the rules.
Bobby : OK, I'll make it as easy for you as I can. I'd like an omelette, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce, and a cup of coffee.
Waitress : A number two, a chicken salad sand. Hold the butter, the lettuce, and the mayonnaise, and a cup of coffee. Anything else?
Bobby : Yeah, now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a cheque for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
Waitress : You want me to hold the chicken, huh?
Bobby : I want you to hold it between your knees.
[Palm Apodaca sniggers]
Waitress : [points at a sign behind her] You see that sign, sir? Yes, you'll all have to leave! I'm not taking any more of your smartness and sarcasm!
Bobby : You see this sign?
[he sweeps all the glasses off the table onto the floor]
"We order things you don't talk about at parties."
"You see THIS sign?!?!"
Damn, woman! Just give Jack his toast!
I guess this is the reason why most restaurants offer substitutions nowadays, hahaha. :)
Is there anyone cooler than Jack Nicholson? No matter how old he gets he will always be the coolest guy in the room. Look in his eyes, man, its all in the eyes. That was how he scared everyone in The Shining, with those Nicholson stares.
They sure don't make movies like this anymore. Love it.
That is just an amazing scene of conflict. A simple thing as ordering toast, and it becomes a classic scene of opposing forces.
one of Ingmar Bergman's favorite movies and scenes too.
An everyday situation that happens all over the world ,acted out brilliantly!
I love how he says "shut up" here so calmly; it made me giggle and I don't know why, lol. He's beautiful in this movie too!
Yes, he knows exactly what hes going to do and say and doesn't need to be interrupted.
yes, the chicken between your knees line is classic. and i loved it.
i saw the movie in 1970, and when he said , and how he said "yeah but i didn't get it, did i" that was a real person speaking; not a clever line.
to me that was the point. you can get angry and cause a scene, but in the end, what did he get?
not what he wanted, and he admitted it.
like a lesson to himself.
and chill. it's just a movie
god i hope i get to have this moment - just once in my life.
I was thinking the same thing ....these moments in life are gold.
Remember though, Nicholson's character just knocked the lemonades down, he didn't hit the waitress...
Lol you will. Plenty
You have to make that kind of moment. It doesn’t just happen to you. Seize it!
"My life's goal is to act like a belligerent asshole to a minimum wage worker." Cool!
Jack has so many good scenes in films.
''so many rules. so little humanity.
50 years on and nothing has changed.
"Hold it between your knees"-priceless!!!
Jack's charisma is great.
When he puts on the shades is when he goes full Jack Nicholson 😂
“You can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs.”
If you or I knocked everything off the table like that, around here, they would put you in jail.
They call, disorderly conduct.
@@solarsoltice9075 disorderly conduct cause she couldn't take disorder of toast
@@Raooka got em
the best part of the movie is this scene, and the scene right before when they pick up Helena, from her on the road, The best 10 min or so of the whole movie- Karen Black was phenom
Classic Nicholson...
This scene and the one from "Carnal Knowledge" where he goes off on Ann-Margret were what made me a fan.
The waitress is not the villain. She is just doing her job.
Man that is classic stuff! Jack at his best, I love his composure...until he clears the table off of course. Great stuff!!!
FanTASTIC that you could figure that all out and lie that down on her so you could come up with a way to get your toast FanTASTIC!
But I didn't get it, did I?
No, but it was very clever
Jack is a National Treasure!🖖
I used to go to a restaurant that had a cartoon of an angry chef holding a cleaver with the caption "Our chefs are the nicest people in the world unless they hear the word SUBSTITUTIONS!"
Me thinks Jack is about to eat a whole lot of saliva. People, never do this to a server, it won't go well for you in the end.
Funk em I am going to try it the next time I'm out in the community
you think he'll return? lol
@E VO sorry no one should take abuse, especially a server. He had a problem with the rules, talk to the manager. I've never seen a server get rude this fast, but had she been pleasant the whole time and Jack did this spiel, she would be 100% be in the right. Tip doesnt mean abuse, its people like you (and the two that thumbed up) who make the service industry more difficult than it has to be.
Well said!
@@johnspence8141 how about just following common sense and try to accommodate the CUSTOMER if it’s possible. He wasn’t asking for something incredibly difficult. The contention started with the server blowing off the customer without even trying to be accommodating. The frustration with this type of apathy on the part of the SERVICE industry is real and justified.
Jack Nicholson is pure perfection!
Just finished watching this movie. At first I though, "what am I doing watching this film?". Little by little, I was reminded of how I used to be, and in some ways, still am. A deeply profound movie for me in the end, in its own little way. Thanks!
It's a character study. Unlike 99% of movies playing right now at your local theatre, it doesn't aspire to providing you with 2 hours of wall to wall action and/or laughs. It aspires to doing what theatre (and by exension movies) has been doing for centuries: investigating what it is to be human. I like junk food but sometimes you want a five-course meal.