Radar Officer (Michael Winslow): 'I've lost the sweeps, the bleeps, and the creeps!' [Explains via vocal sound effects] Dark Helmet [aside to Colonel Sandurz]: 'That's not all he's lost.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A character claims technical loss while another implies he is losing his mind.
- In plain terms
- One says he lost equipment, the other says he lost sanity.
- What can you take from it?
- Double meanings create comedy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does lost mean here?
Another view
Wordplay can obscure meaning.
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