Not in the broccoli?

March 8, 2008 10:28 AM

From whence the phrase "oohh, not in the broccoli" spoken in a stereotype ESL japanese speaker accent?

As a kid in the 80s we used this phrase when someone had a accident resulting in things flying all over. EG: bumping a full plate of the table or knocking a bag of groceries down the stairs.

I fairly sure it originated from a movie/tv, probably a kung fu type show where someone ends up landing on a stack of boxes of broccoli. Anyone know which show?

posted by Mitheral to grab bag (5 comments total)

i remember this too.....

it was a scene where some psuedo-toughs are trashing a store. it might have been the Last Dragon?
posted by gnutron at 10:35 AM on March 8, 2008

I'm pretty sure it's from one of the Police Academy movies, probably either 1 or 2.
posted by Jakey at 12:06 PM on March 8, 2008

Yep. Police Academy 2.
posted by Jakey at 12:16 PM on March 8, 2008

That is probably it.
posted by Mitheral at 4:16 PM on March 8, 2008

[Fixed Jakey's link, which has a key clip from the movie; check out 2:19 for the line.]
posted by cortex at 7:24 AM on March 9, 2008