An exclusive golf club, Rodney Dangerfield and a destructive dancing gopher… what could go wrong? These are the best Caddyshack quotes from the 1980 film.
Caddyshack went on to be a mega box office hit in 1980 and skyrocket the careers for Saturday Night Live alumni Bill Murray and Chevy Chase as well as director Harold Ramis. Sadly Ramis died on February 24, 2014, from an infection. But he left his mark on comedy and directed some of the most popular comedies of all time including Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993) and Analyze This (1999). Ramis spent most of his career behind the camera directing films but he also did some acting. He’s probably best known by audiences as Egon from Ghostbusters (1984).
Hooks
- Al Czervik: The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it.
The Worst-Looking Hat – Caddyshack Hat Quote
- Al Czervik: Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh?
- Looks at Judge Elihu Smails, who’s wearing the same hat.
- Al Czervik: Oh, it looks good on you though.
You Take Drugs?
- Ty Webb: You take drugs, Danny?
- Danny Noonan: Every day.
- Ty Webb: Good. Then what’s your problem?
- Danny Noonan: I don’t know.
Did Somebody Step On A Duck?
- Breaks wind at dinner.
- Al Czervik: Whoa, did somebody step on a duck?
Loofah My Stretch Marks
- Mrs. Smails: Elihu, will you come loofah my stretch marks?
You Must’ve Been Something Before Electricity
- Al Czervik: Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must’ve been something before electricity.
Low-Grade Dog Food
- Al Czervik: Hey, doll. Could you scare up another round for our table over here? And tell the cook this is low-grade dog food. I’ve had better food at the ballgame, you know? This steak still has marks from where the jockey was hitting it.
He Thinks I’m His Wife
- Al Czervik: He called me a baboon, he thinks I’m his wife.
Working In A Lumberyard
- Danny Noonan: I haven’t even told my father about the scholarship I didn’t get. I’m gonna end up working in a lumberyard for the rest of my life.
- Ty Webb: What’s wrong with lumber? I own two lumberyards.
- Danny Noonan: I notice you don’t spend too much time there.
- Ty Webb: I’m not quite sure where they are.
Attractive Women
- Ty Webb: You’re rather attractive, for a beautiful girl with a great body.
Keeping Score In Golf
- Judge Smails: Ty, what did you shoot today?
- Ty Webb: Oh, Judge, I don’t keep score.
- Judge Smails: Then how do you measure yourself with other golfers?
- Ty Webb: By height.
Keep Beating Yourself
- Dr. Beeper: I thought you’d be the man to beat this year.
- Ty Webb: I guess you’ll just have to keep beating yourself.
Be The Ball Quote
- Ty Webb: I’m going to give you a little advice. There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.
Will You Mow My Lawn?
- Judge Smails: Danny, I’m having a party this weekend.
- Pauses.
- Judge Smails: How would you like to come over and mow my lawn?
Three Rights Make A Left
- Ty Webb: Remember Danny – Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights make a left.
My Dinghy’s Bigger
- Al Czervik: Hey, Smails! My dinghy’s bigger than your whole boat!
Total Consciousness: Bill Murray Caddyshack Quotes
- Carl Spackler: So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas.
- Angie D’Annunzio: A looper?
- Carl Spackler: A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one – big hitter, the Lama – long, into a ten-thousand-foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga… gunga, gunga-lagunga.
- Carl Spackler: So we finish the eighteenth and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, “Hey, Dalai Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.” And he says, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.
SEE ALSO: Has The Dalai Lama Ever Seen The Movie Caddyshack?
The Flying WASP
- Mrs. Smails: Bless this ship and all who sail on her. I christen thee The Flying WASP.
Tie Me Up
- Lacey Underall: I bet you’ve got a lot of nice, ties.
- Ty Webb: How do you mean?
- Lacey Underall: Would you like to tie me up with some of your ties, Ty?
Smoking Hybrid Grass
- Carl Spackler: This is a hybrid. This is a cross, ah, of Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff.
Danish Flutes
- Ty Webb: Don’t be obsessed with your desires Danny. The Zen philosopher, Basho, once wrote, ‘A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a Danish.’ He was a funny guy.
Not Being The Ball
- Ty Webb: Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball. You’re not being the ball, Danny.
- Danny Noonan: It’s hard when you’re talking like that.
Credit Trouble
- Ty Webb: This your place, Carl?
- Carl Spackler: Yeah, whattaya think?
- Ty Webb: It’s really… awful.
- Carl Spackler: Well, I got a lot of stuff on order. You know… credit trouble.
Hunting Season
- Ty Webb: Let me just clean this up here.
- (Picks up bow and arrow.)
- Ty Webb: Getting ready for the season.
- Lacey Underall: Duck?
- Ty Webb: No… dolphin.
Your Uncle Molests Collies
- Lacey Underall: My uncle says you’ve got a screw loose.
- Ty Webb: Your uncle molests collies.
I Have A Beard – Caddyshack Quotes Bill Murray
- Carl Spackler: I have no idea what I’m doing with my life. But I have a beard, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
Same Thing, But With Gophers
- Sandy: (With heavy Scottish brogue) Carl, I want you to kill all the gophers on the course.
Carl: Correct me if I’m wrong, Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they’ll lock me up and throw away the key.
Sandy: Not golfers, you great git! Gophers- the little brown, furry rodents!
Carl: We can do that. We don’t even have to have a reason.
Sandy: Aye! Well, do it, man!
Carl: All right. Let’s do the same thing, but with gophers. (Sandy storms off). It’s not my fault nobody can understand what you’re saying.
Freeze Gopher!
- Carl Spackler: Pay no attention to that bush, moving around over there by that tree, it’s just a bush. Nothing to look twice at. Nothing to be alarmed about. This looks like it could be gravy. I smell varmint poontang, and the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang. Freeze gopher!
Club Champion
- Judge Smails: You know, you should play with Dr. Beeper and myself. I mean, he’s been club champion for three years running and I’m no slouch myself.
- Ty Webb: Don’t sell yourself, short Judge, you’re a tremendous slouch.
Ditch Diggers
- Danny Noonan: I planned to go to law school after I graduated, but it looks like my folks won’t have enough money to put me through college.
- Judge Smails: Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too.
- Lacey Underall: (To Danny) Nice try.
The Best Caddyshack Quotes In One Awesome Video
We’ve compiled a written compilation of what we think are the best Caddyshack quotes in this article. But you can just watch this companion YouTube clip to see all of the “heavy stuff” in one sequence. Enjoy!
What Did You Think Of Our List Of Caddyshack Quotes?
Since Caddyshack’s release, several films, including Happy Gilmore, have used a golf course as a backdrop for a comedy. But the clever script, non-stop jokes, brilliant one-liners, and famous quotes in Caddyshack will always be tough to measure up against. Are we missing any of your favorite Caddyshack quotes? Please tell us in the comments below.
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