Do you like Apples?

Will crosses the street and approaches the plate glass window and stands across from Clark, separated only by the glass. HePOUNDS THE GLASS to get Clark's attention.

WILL (cont'd): Hey!
Clark turns toward Will.
WILL (cont'd): DO YOU LIKE APPLES?
Clark doesn't get it.

WILL (cont'd): DO YOU LIKE APPLES?!
CLARK: Yeah?
Will SLAMS SKYLAR'S PHONE NUMBER against the glass.

WILL: WELL I GOT HER NUMBER! HOW DO YA LIKE THEM APPLES?!!
Will's boys erupt into laughter. Angle on Clark, deflated.

Ok, the above is the extract from the script of the movie "Good Will Hunting". People who have seen this movie can relate to it. The above act takes place when Matt Damon (Will), embarrasses Clark (Mr. Harvard) and gets Minni Driver's (Skylar's) number.

The first time I saw this movie, was in my College hostel room, on my comp. As soon as this act got over, I (hesitated) but asked ma friend to take it back as I could not get the joke. To my surprise no one in the room could get it, and all willingly accepted to go back and watch the whole thing again.

There is always this feeling and a childish thrill to watch something the second time (especially a humourous act) when you know that you hadn't got the joke in the first place, not to mention the confidence to nail it the second time you see it and go... "ahhhhh ... that's what I thought"..

But horrors of horrors... I was stunned not to completely get it even when I saw it the second time. Did not have the balls to declare it in the room, that something was wrong with my sense of humour. But to my relief, one of my friends got up, paused the damn thing... and asked openly to all, to explain him the joke. For a moment, all of us looked at each other (still no one ready to accept that they hadn't got it) and tried to explain it to the (humble) friend of mine of what it could mean. This was easy, as one could make out the context of the whole act.

But then till yesterday, I was never confident of discussing this joke in a social gathering, with the fear of being the only one who hadn't got it. It turns out that there is whole god damn thread/conversation on the net, which discusses this joke and the possible meaning of it. Felt good to know that I am not the only person who was not aware of this American slang possibly used in the early 90s.

Well, Parin (one of the victims in the room) came up with the exact (if not exact) meaning (of THEM APPLES), and quite honestly told me that some American chick had informed him of it. And as I had mentioned it before, the moment one explains you a joke (which apparently sucks out the humour from it) there is this feeling inside and you always go ... "ahhh... i thought so..". Well, that's what happened with me :-).

WILL: WELL I GOT HER NUMBER! HOW DO YA LIKE THEM APPLES?!!
or
WILL: WELL I GOT HER NUMBER! SCREW YOU / HOWZ THAT !!

Quite honestly, it was pretty easy to make this out from the context, but then there is always that itch to know the history behind a humourous phrase or where could one use such a phrase.

*Relief*
PS: One of my fav movies, would post about it sometime. Here is the SCRIPT