Sudden Impact take place weeks or maybe months apart." Roger Ebert was more positive; while noting that the film was "implausible" with "a cardboard villain", he also praised it as "a Dirty Harry movie with only the good parts left in" and "a great audience picture". "Sudden Impact" is best remembered for Harry's catchphrase, "Go ahead, make my day". United States President Ronald Reagan used the "make my day" line in a March 1985 speech threatening to veto legislation raising taxes. When campaigning for office as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1986, Eastwood used bumper stickers entitled "Go Ahead — Make Me
A Day with Wilbur Robinson appears much earlier. In film Wilbur's relationship to Lewis is revealed to go beyond that of being his best friend. Since the film jumps ahead about thirty years from the science fair scene and on, Lewis turns out to be Wilbur's father. In the film, the elementary school Lewis attends is named as a tribute to the author, William Joyce. It is switched around to Joyce Williams Elementary School. A Day with Wilbur Robinson A Day with Wilbur Robinson is a 1990 children's picture book (slightly expanded for a 2006 reissue) written and illustrated by William Joyce. A film adaptation