We can find this crap if we want it. There are entire websites and forums FULL of it.
The only thing more obnoxious than the memes is the obnoxious response when you tell the pest: "That's a fake quote" or "That's a PHOTOSHOP JOB."
Or to quote from the Weird Al Yankovic song:
"Your quotes from George Carlin aren't really George Carlin.
Mr. Rogers never fought the Viet Cong...
And Bill Gates is never gonna give me something for nothing.
And I highly doubt some dead girl's gonna kill me if I don't pass your letter along...
Wacky, badly Photoshopped billboards were never that amusing to me...
I have high hopes, someone'll point you towards Snopes
And debunk that crazy junk you're spewing constantly...
STOP FORWARDING THAT CRAP TO ME..."
P.S. there are so many bad novelty songs on YOUTUBE attributed to Weird Al that he could write an entire song about it. There are also some good novelty songs that DON'T get a "that's by Bob Rivers" or "that was on the Bob & Tom CD" because some moron writes: "It's WEIRD AL!!"
The Groucho quote? Does anyone in their right mind imagine Groucho saying that?
The author of that one is Sir Ernest John Pickstone Benn, 2nd Baronet, CBE (25 June 1875 – 17 January 1954).
The Netflix job isn't even worth more comment, except to say it's ALSO obnoxious when idiots post obviously fake "bloopers" they found on YouTube. Right, right, somebody with a camera just HAPPENED to be there when...
Stupid people don't understand what's wrong with lying and fakery.
An EX-Facebook friend got grumpy with me (for the last time) when I pointed out that, yes, "your quotes from George Carlin aren't really George Carlin."
Under my comment he wrote: "So? They're funny. What's the big deal?"
I replied, "Carlin had a website page specifically de-bunking quotes and routines that were NOT his. He took pride in what he created. He didn't want "credit" for stuff he didn't write."
The reply: "That's his problem. Besides, he's dead."
This is the kind of guy who probably thinks typos are no big deal, and why not say "ain't," and if she takes a douche after it's ok if the wife sleeps around. But park on HIS line in the parking garage and he's gonna grab the baseball bat out of the trunk and go to war.
It seems like these days it's hard to insult anyone's intelligence. Everybody's too dumbed down.
I guess the tabloids and gossip writers started this trend of substituting "entertainment" for acts.
On page 241 of James Bacon's book "Hollywood Is a Four Letter Town," the syndicated "journalist" confided, "When Bela Lugosi died, I met Peter Lorre for a few drinks before going to the funeral. At the funeral we met Boris Karloff. At the conclusion of the services, the mourners were invited to view the body of Count Dracula.
"Boris, Peter and I were together in the line. As I watched Boris and Peter looking down on Bela's remains— and what a picture that would have made— I heard Peter say "Come now, Bela, quit putting us on."
Various fanboys have re-told this story, sometimes with Karloff the quipper, saying, "You're putting us on, aren't you, Bela?"
The phrase "you're putting us on" wasn't exactly hip and popular back in 1956 when Lugosi died.
How could anyone trust anything James Bacon wrote when the truth is that he, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff were NOT at Lugosi's funeral?
The only horror guy who bothered to show up was Tor Johnson.
James Bacon was pretty convincing, wasn't he? Do you call that entertainment or do you feel like you've been had?
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