Name this Walter Matthau Title Please

[mikeirwin]

Help!!!. My memory is going!!??

I am trying to find an old Walter Matthau title in which he loudly exclaims several times during the movie the word POMP-EEE-I. Not much to go on is it, but that is the best that i can remember about it except that I enjoyed it as a younger man and that I want the DVD if it is out.

[sub780lime]

dont know how much this will help, but maybe youll recognize it, if not go to imdb.com and you may be able to tell by checking the discriptions of Walter Matthau movies

Hanging Up (2000) .... Lou Mozell


Marriage Fool, The (1998) (TV) .... Frank Walsh
... aka Love After Death (1998) (TV) (UK: cable TV title)
Odd Couple II, The (1998) .... Oscar Madison
... aka Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II (1998)
Out to Sea (1997) .... Charlie Gordon
I'm Not Rappaport (1996) .... Nat Moyer
Grumpier Old Men (1995) .... Max Goldman
... aka Grumpy Old Men 2 (1995)
Grass Harp, The (1995) .... Judge Charlie Cool
I.Q. (1994) .... Albert Einstein
Incident in a Small Town (1994) (TV) .... Harmon Cobb
Grumpy Old Men (1993) .... Max Goldman
Dennis the Menace (1993) .... Mr. George Wilson
... aka Dennis (1993) (UK)
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992) (TV) .... Harmon Cobb
JFK (1991) .... Sen. Long
... aka JFK (1991) (France)
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love (1991) (TV) .... Clifford Pepperman
Incident, The (1990) (TV) .... Harmon Cobb


Piccolo diavolo, Il (1988) .... Maurice
... aka Little Devil, The (1988)
Couch Trip, The (1988) .... Donald Becker
Pirates (1986) .... Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
Movers and Shakers (1985) .... Joe Mulholland
Survivors, The (1983) .... Sonny Paluso
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) .... Herbert Tucker
I Love Liberty (1982) (TV)
Buddy Buddy (1981) .... Trabucco
First Monday in October (1981) .... Justice Dan Snow
Hopscotch (1980) .... Miles Kendig
Little Miss Marker (1980) .... Sorrowful Jones


Stingiest Man in Town, The (1978) (TV) (voice) .... Ebenezer Scrooge
California Suite (1978) .... Marvin Michaels
... aka Neil Simon's California Suite (1978)
House Calls (1978) .... Dr. Charley Nichols
Casey's Shadow (1978) .... Lloyd Bourdelle
Actor (1978) (TV) .... Boris Thomashevsky
... aka Actor, the Paul Muni Story (1978) (TV) (USA)
George Burns Special, The (1976) (TV)
Bad News Bears, The (1976) .... Coach Morris Buttermaker
Sunshine Boys, The (1975) .... Willy Clark
Front Page, The (1974) .... Walter Burns/Otto Fishbine
Earthquake (1974) (as Walter Matuschanskayasky) .... Drunk
Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974) .... Lt. Zachary 'Z' Garber
... aka Pelham 1-2-3 (1974) (Europe: video box title English title)
... aka Tomar de Pelham uno dos tres, El (1974) (USA: dubbed version Spanish title)
Laughing Policeman, The (1973) .... Lt. Jake Martin SFPD
... aka Investigation of Murder, An (1973) (UK)
Charley Varrick (1973) .... Charley Varrick
... aka Kill Charley Varrick (1973) (Europe: English title)
Awake and Sing! (1972) (TV) .... Moe Axelrod
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972) .... Pete Seltzer
Kotch (1971) .... Joseph P. Kotcher
New Leaf, A (1971) .... Henry Graham
Plaza Suite (1971) .... Sam Nash/Jesse Kiplinger/Roy Hubley


Cactus Flower (1969) .... Dr. Julian Winston
Hello, Dolly! (1969) .... Horace Vandergelder
Candy (1968) .... General R. A. Smight
... aka Candy e il suo pazzo mondo (1968) (Italy)
Secret Life of an American Wife, The (1968) .... The Movie Star
Odd Couple, The (1968) .... Oscar Madison
Guide for the Married Man, A (1967) .... Paul Manning
Fortune Cookie, The (1966) .... Willie Gingrich
... aka Meet Whiplash Willie (1966) (UK)
Mirage (1965) .... Ted Caselle
Goodbye Charlie (1964) .... Sir Leopold Sartori
Fail-Safe (1964) .... Professor Groeteschele
Ensign Pulver (1964) .... Doc
Charade (1963) .... Hamilton Bartholomew
Island of Love (1963) .... Tony Dallas
... aka Not On Your Life (1963/II) (USA: first title)
Who's Got the Action? (1962) .... Tony Gagouts
Lonely Are the Brave (1962) .... Sheriff Morey Johnson
"Tallahassee 7000" (1961) TV Series .... Lex Rogers (1961)
Gangster Story (1960) .... Jack Martin
Strangers When We Meet (1960) .... Felix Anders
Juno and the Paycock (1960) (TV)


Onionhead (1958) .... 'Red' Wildoe
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958) .... Judge Kyle
Voice in the Mirror (1958) .... Dr. Leon Karnes
King Creole (1958) .... Maxie Fields
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957) (voice) .... Narrator
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957) .... Al Dahlke
Face in the Crowd, A (1957) .... Mel Miller
Bigger Than Life (1956) .... Wally Gibbs
Indian Fighter, The (1955) .... Wes Todd
Kentuckian, The (1955) .... Stan Bodine
Atomic Attack (1950)

[PolloDiablo]

Haha , I think its gonna take him quite a while to look up the descriptions on all those films.

[mikenyc]

Originally Posted by mikeirwin

Help!!!. My memory is going!!??

I am trying to find an old Walter Matthau title in which he loudly exclaims several times during the movie the word POMP-EEE-I. Not much to go on is it, but that is the best that i can remember about it except that I enjoyed it as a younger man and that I want the DVD if it is out.

Give us some idea of the visuals that are going on...what time period is the film and the scene, are set in...was this a costume movie....co-stars you remember...how long ago you saw this film....etc. ? We need more to go on !

It sounds like "I'm Not Rappaport", to me.

[tycho282]

I don't think this is Walter Matthau. I think this is Paul Ford as The Mayor in "Music Man". The setting is a fair and he is giving a speech, or keeps trying to give a speech but is constantly interupted. It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but this is seeming right to me.

--Chris

[mlauenstein]

Well, he plays a crazy guy in

Couch Trip, The (1988) with Dan Aykroyd.

So, if his actions in the context of the film you remember could be considered 'crazy' then perhaps this is it.

My favourite bit in the movie is when he comes out with all of the Jelly Donuts and they each have a stir-straw stuck into them and he says, "If anyone wants donuts without jelly, they're ready."

Misha