Tommy Boy Quotes
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Source: Tommy Boy
Speaker: Tommy
Fat guy in a little coat... fat guy in a little coat...
Context
This line is spoken by Tommy, played by Chris Farley, in the film Tommy Boy, directed by Peter Segal (1995).
Richard and Tommy are having a very special moment complete with sad music.
To lighten the mood a bit—the piano music is getting a little too depressing for a comedy—Tommy puts on Richard's coat and sings "fat guy in a little coat," which amuses Richard (Farley's real-life BFF, David Spade)… at least until the little coat rips in two.
Oops.
Where you've heard it
Yeah, this one doesn't get said IRL too much.
- David Spade and Chris Farley's reanimated corpse used this scene to shill for DirecTV.
- There is actually a page on Genius annotating the lyrics to "Fat Guy in a Little Coat."
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
It's impossible for a fat guy in a little coat to be anything other than hilarious.