High Anxiety

High Anxiety (1977)

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Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: Professor Little Old Man.
Dr. Vicktor Lillolman: "Lillolman." "Lillolman."

Victoria Brisbane: How did you, ummmm... get my room number? I am not going to listen to any more of this, I mean, I've had just about enough! What are you wearing? Jeans? You're wearing jeans? I bet they're tight.

Dr. Vicktor Lillolman: Working? Hmm, working. Working is a big word. I'm a consultant. It's a fancy title for a part-time job.

Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: Do you really think this is nessa...?
Dr. Vicktor Lillolman: Of course it's nessa.

Bellboy: Here! here! here! here'S your paper! here'S your paper! here'S your paper! happy NOW? happy? happy NOW?

Victoria Brisbane: I'm sorry, please forgive me. I'm just so close to my menstrual cycle that I could scream.

Victoria Brisbane: Another one? Listen, Richard, you have got to get a grip on yourself.

Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: You want to x-ray the celery? What do you think we're smuggling dope in the celery? The celery's not for dope. It's for dip.

Continuity mistake: Madeline Kahn and Mel Brooks are in a hotel room in San Francisco. She is smoking a cigarette which grows shorter as the scene progresses. After cutting away and then back to her, the cigarette is long again. (00:49:55)

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Trivia: When Dr. Thorndyke is checking into the hotel in San Francisco, he is informed a "Mr. MacGuffin" has changed his room number. "MacGuffin" is a movie-making term popularized by Alfred Hitchcock referring to a plot device that drives the story, but what the object actually is or does is irrelevant.

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Question: What is the name of the song that blasts in Dr. Wentworth's car and causes his ears to rupture? Or was it something created for the movie?

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Answer: It was a song written by Mel Brooks for the film. It's called "If You Love Me Baby, Tell Me Loud."

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