Movie Quote of the Day (‘High Anxiety,’ With a Nasty Nurse If There Ever Was One)

Nurse Charlotte Diesel [played by Cloris Leachman]: “Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.”— High Anxiety (1977), screenplay by Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, and Barry Levinson, directed by Mel Brooks

Movie Quote of the Day (‘High Anxiety,’ With 2 Staffers at the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous)

[Dr. Montague has just gotten through a vigorous session of “discipline” meted out by the evil Nurse Diesel, leaving him unable to sit without wincing.]

Nurse Diesel [played by Cloris Leachman]: “Come to my room right after dinner.”

Dr. Charles Montague [played by Harvey Korman]: “No, not tonight. I'm too tired. I think I'll turn in early.”

Diesel: “I'll let you wear my underwear.”

Montague [changing his mind instantly]: “I'll be there!”— High Anxiety (1977), screenplay by Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, and Barry Levinson, directed by Mel Brooks

Last night, I saw this Alfred Hitchcock parody to end all Hitchcock parodies. (Ten of The Master’s classics are referred to here, with two combined together in one sidesplitting scene: the crop-duster from NORTH BY NORTHWEST and the massive avian attack of THE BIRDS.) 

There are times—actually, more than a few—when a comedy really comes in handy. This did the trick for me this week!