Film at 11

To wit,
"The popcorn you are eating has been pissed in. More at eleven."

"Moscow in flames, missiles headed for New York. More at eleven."

"I'm not wearing any pants. Film at eleven."

...Classic line from the cult classic, Kentucky Fried Movie. Good for throwing in after any bizarre utterance.

filk = F = filter

film at 11

[MIT: in parody of TV newscasters] 1. Used in conversation to announce ordinary events, with a sarcastic implication that these events are earth-shattering. "ITS crashes; film at 11." "Bug found in scheduler; film at 11." 2. Also widely used outside MIT to indicate that additional information will be available at some future time, without the implication of anything particularly ordinary about the referenced event. For example, "The mail file server died this morning; we found garbage all over the root directory. Film at 11." would indicate that a major failure had occurred but that the people working on it have no additional information about it as yet; use of the phrase in this way suggests gently that the problem is liable to be fixed more quickly if the people doing the fixing can spend time doing the fixing rather than responding to questions, the answers to which will appear on the normal "11:00 news", if people will just be patient.

The variant "MPEGs at 11" has recently been cited (MPEG is a digital-video format.)

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

The origin of this expression comes from 6 pm news casts when a ‘70s newscaster would report on a story but urge viewers to tune in for the 11 pm newscast for footage of the event. There was no footage because this was before portable video cameras (aka ENG). If a newscast wanted to show moving images, they had to send out a film crew with a 35 mm film camera, film, and then take it back to the studio, develop the film, and edit the film together was razor blades and editing tape.

To expand upon the illustrious Jargon File’s definition, the expression just generally means “hang on for a bit for some astounding news.” It can be used sarcastically or to actually convey the notion that one should be patient for some real news.