Posts Tagged ‘theaters’

• Not From Where They’re Standing

  Date: 2009.01.22 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Box Office Employee to Two Ushers: Wow, it’s like my own little peep show except I’m on the wrong side of the box.

  Minneapolis, Downtown Theatre
  Overheard by helopookie.

• Science

  Date: 2009.01.14 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Usher #1: So, what is it that makes urine sterile?
  Usher #2: I dunno, it’s kinda warm.

  Minneapolis, Downtown Theatre
  Overheard by Rabbit.

• Don’t Wait So Long To Ask Next Time

  Date: 2008.12.03 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Man with backpack in line for Wicked: It’s not a musical, is it?

  Minneapolis, Orpheum lobby
  Overheard by the girl behind you humming the music.

• Can’t Compete

  Date: 2008.11.20 | Category: all | Response: 0

  A high school girl after a screening of “Let the Right One In”: Well, it’s no Twilight.

  Minneapolis, Lagoon Theater
  Overheard by it’s no Twilight, because it’s good.

• Another Stereotype To Confuse Me

  Date: 2008.10.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Big black guy sitting in the row behind me right after the preview for The Soloist: I didn’t know black guys could play the cello!

  Minneapolis, Block E Movie theater
  Overheard by give it a try sometime.

• Mediocrity Gets Me So Excited

  Date: 2008.10.05 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Man in group of showgoers: So where are we going?
  Woman in group: Olive Garden?
  Man: Okay.
  Woman: Weeee! Oh, I love Olive Garden!

  Minneapolis, Theater Lobby
  Overheard by Coco.

• Did You Even Ask?

  Date: 2008.09.21 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Guy: Hey, I’m gonna go grab something from concessions. Want anything?
  Girl: Yeah, um, do they have any candy that’s, like, fruity?
  Guy: No, they don’t sell any gay candy here.

  AMC Theater at Rosedale Mall
  Overheard by guess i’m leaving then.

• It’s A Replica

  Date: 2008.09.13 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Obnoxious girl, 3/4 through “Burn After Reading” during scene with Washington Monument in background: Is this movie, like, set in Washington DC?

  Minneapolis, Block E
  Overheard by Are you, like, most smartest?

• We’re Coming Over

  Date: 2008.09.13 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Hip 20-something to friend: …the girl behind me doesn’t draw the shades, and it’s quite the show.

  Minneapolis, Lagoon Theatre
  Overheard by aeh.

• At Least He Knows It’s Round

  Date: 2008.09.10 | Category: all | Response: 0

  5 yr old Boy (during shot of the MOON): Oooh, look!  It’s the Earth!
  Older Sister: Nooo. That’s the moon.
  5 yr old Boy: Oh.  (under breath) That makes sense.

  Minneapolis, Riverview Theatre-Hancock
  Overheard by a child who weren’t left behind.

• It’s About Time!

  Date: 2008.08.24 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Moviegoer in the silence before Tropic Thunder starts: Texas public school teachers can now have guns.

  Block E
  Overheard by aeh.

• This Doesn’t Happen Unless You Want It To

  Date: 2008.08.14 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Girlfriend, to boyfriend, after emerging from the bathroom: HAHAHA! I peed on my hands!!

  Plymouth, Willow Creek Theater
  Overheard by that’s disgusting. really.

• She’s Obviously Never Watched Secretary

  Date: 2008.08.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Loud woman in audience, during the scene in Dark Knight when the Joker taunts Maggie Gyllenhaal at a party and tells her she’s beautiful: No she’s not! She is SO ugly! She shouldn’t even BE in this movie!!

  Regal Brooklyn Center 20
  Overheard by Person who thinks she is pretty.

• Hopefully As Much As They Needed

  Date: 2008.08.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Nice Minnesota mother after seeing a Fringe dance show: Oh, that sure was good, wasn’t it? (pause) How many pairs of underwear do you think they had, anyway?

  Jeune Lune
  Overheard by JfA.

• The Safe Assumption Is Yes

  Date: 2008.08.04 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Man: I just had a dream where I was stoned, and when I woke up, I couldn’t tell if I was stoned or not.

  Theatre de la Jeune Lune
  Overheard by JfA.

• How To Make White People Uncomfortable

  Date: 2008.07.23 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Young black male, clutching the front of his pants: Yo nigga, where the nigga bathroom at?  I gotta pee!

  Block E Theater lobby after The Dark Knight
  Overheard by Um…I think society did away with those a few decades ago.

• It’s Not That Kind Of Movie

  Date: 2008.07.22 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Skinny white chick during a “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” preview before Batman: We don’t care about the Sisterhood!  We’re here for the… the PENISHOOD!

  Eden Prairie AMC
  Overheard by just here for Batman, thanks…

• Loser!

  Date: 2008.07.21 | Category: all | Response: 0

  14 year old: Dude, have you seen the new Batman movie?
  Friend: Yeah, on Friday.
  14 year old: You loser! (pauses) Was it awesome?
  Friend: Yes.

  Lakeville Theatre

• Already?

  Date: 2008.07.19 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Dude in his mid-20′s walking out of restaurant towards theatre, sees an ambulance: Whoa! Somebody already had a heart attack?
  Dude’s buddy: Yeah, it was from Mamma Mia.

  Southdale Edina, just before midnight showing of The Dark Knight
  Overheard by sorry that movie causes heart attacks.

• Just You, Little Buddy

  Date: 2008.07.18 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Teen talking to friend at urinal: How many people do you think have wacked off into this urinal?

  Arbor Lakes AMC
  Overheard by Seriously?!