A quote for any occasion
Ricky Bobby : If you ain’t first, you’re last. You know, you know what I’m talking about? Ricky Bobby : That there is trademarked, not to be used without written permission of Ricky Bobby , Inc.
“ If you ‘ re not first , you ‘ re last ” means that there’s no difference between Kelly and Slocum last weekend. If Jerry Kelly subscribes to this philosophy, shouldn’t he say, “Hey – I didn’t finish first , so I ‘m last .
Hey, whenever I’m spending time in Shanghai, Beijing, or Taipei, I like to put my feet up, get a cool glass of iced tea, and enjoy a bag of prune candy. Dragon foot, bamboo pole, little mouse, tiny boy, prune candy! Hi, I’m Ricky Bobby .
Ricky Bobby : i dont know what to do with my hands Ricky Bobby : I dont know what to do with my hands . Texas Ranger: I’m all jacked up on mountain dew!
Ricky Bobby said it best in Talladega Nights . “If you’re not first, you’re last!” But do you know who said , “ Second place is just first loser!”?
Gary Cole as Reese Bobby, Ricky’s father.
“It’s a butterfly.” “ What does it DO ?” “ Doesn’t do anything , that’s the beauty of it . You nail ’em to your house, your mailbox, makes it distinctive.”
REILLY WANTED TO RECREATE A SCENE FROM DAYS OF THUNDER . “The one scene from Days of Thunder that I wanted to recreate in Talladega Nights was when Robert Duvall ([as] Harry Hogge) is alone with the car and talking to it at night like it’s a person,” Reilly said.
The car that Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) drives over the course of the movie is a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu .
After earnings $7 million for Anchorman in 2004, Will’s salary bumped to $20 million minimum. A sample of his movies for which he was paid $20 million include Kicking & Screaming, Bewitched, Talladega Nights , Semi-Pro and Land of the Lost.
Talladega Nights will forever be remembered for Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr’s iconic catchphrase, “Shake’n’Bake”. The phrase helped to solidify the friendship and bond between these two dim-witted racers.
Shake & Bake is the nickname of Cal Naughton Jr. and Ricky Bobby . Cal is the Shake , while Ricky is the Bake . Saying ” Shake & Bake ” fires Cal up, because “it rhymes, they’re both verbsit’s awesome!”. Girard believes that the nickname is “nonsense”.