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* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone booth and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?". Thorndyke eventually kills the would-be assassin by [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbing him on a protruding shard of glass.]] Victoria [[CrossesTheLineTwice think's his dying gasps are supposed to be an orgasm and says "you are an animal!"]]

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* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone booth and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?". Thorndyke eventually kills the would-be assassin by [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbing him on a protruding shard of glass.]] Victoria [[CrossesTheLineTwice think's thinks his dying gasps are supposed to be an orgasm and says "you are an animal!"]]
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* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone booth and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?"

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* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone booth and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?"jeans?". Thorndyke eventually kills the would-be assassin by [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbing him on a protruding shard of glass.]] Victoria [[CrossesTheLineTwice think's his dying gasps are supposed to be an orgasm and says "you are an animal!"]]
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* This troper's favorite Creator/MelBrooks moment ever is in "High Anxiety", when Brooks' character makes a Startling Discovery, complete with dramatic string music... and then a bus drives by with an orchestra in it playing dramatic string music.

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* This troper's favorite Creator/MelBrooks moment ever is in "High Anxiety", when Brooks' character makes a Startling Discovery, complete with dramatic string music... and then a bus drives by with an orchestra in it playing dramatic string music.

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* I gottit! I gottit! I GOTTIT! ...I don't got it.

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* I gottit! I gottit! I GOTTIT! ...I don't got it.it! I got it! I GOT IT! ...I ain't got it.
* "BULLSHIT!"
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* Victoria driving a car that matches her ''plaid'' outfit. (It's an exaggeration of the way Hitchcock would coordinate all her leading ladies' wardrobe.)

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* Victoria driving a car that matches her ''plaid'' outfit. (It's an exaggeration of the way Hitchcock would coordinate all her his leading ladies' wardrobe.)
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** "HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HAPPY NOW!? HAPPY!?... HAPPY NOW!?" said in the highest-pitched and manic voice you can imagine.

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** "HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HAPPY NOW!? HAPPY!?... HAPPY NOW!?" said in the highest-pitched and manic voice you can imagine.imagine (to mimick the screeching violins from ''Psycho'').
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* While Montague and Diesel scheme over coffee, the cameraman tries to film a low-angle shot of them from underneath their glass table. As the two schemers pass each other such items as the coffee pot and the sugar bowl, he constantly tries to find a clear area to continue shooting. Finally, Diesel plops a pan of strudel onto the table, creating a cut to black.

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* While Montague and Diesel scheme over coffee, the cameraman tries to film a low-angle shot of them from underneath their glass table. As the two schemers pass each other such items as the coffee pot and the sugar bowl, he constantly tries to find a clear area to continue shooting. Finally, Diesel plops a pan of strudel onto the table, creating a cut to black.black.
* Victoria driving a car that matches her ''plaid'' outfit. (It's an exaggeration of the way Hitchcock would coordinate all her leading ladies' wardrobe.)
* Regardless of how you feel about ''Film/TheBirds''-inspired pigeon poop scene, the punchline (Richard walking into a dry cleaners while everyone else walks out in disgust) is pretty funny.
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** The "cop".
-->Hey, you're not a cop!
-->They wouldn't take me!
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* While Montague and Diesel scheme over tea, the cameraman tries to film a low-angle shot of them from underneath their glass table. As the two schemers pass each other such items as the teapot and the sugar bowl, he constantly tries to find a clear area to continue shooting. Finally, Diesel plops a pan of strudel onto the table, creating a cut to black.

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* While Montague and Diesel scheme over tea, coffee, the cameraman tries to film a low-angle shot of them from underneath their glass table. As the two schemers pass each other such items as the teapot coffee pot and the sugar bowl, he constantly tries to find a clear area to continue shooting. Finally, Diesel plops a pan of strudel onto the table, creating a cut to black.
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* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone book and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?"

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* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone book booth and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?"
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** Even better? That's famous-comedy-director-to-be Barry Levinson.

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** Even better? That's famous-comedy-director-to-be Barry Levinson.Creator/BarryLevinson.
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** "HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HERE'S YOUR PAPER! HAPPY NOW!? HAPPY!?... HAPPY NOW!?" said in the highest-pitched and manic voice you can imagine.
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* "Hey, everybody, guess who has high anxiety?"

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* "Hey, everybody, guess who has high anxiety?"anxiety?"
* While Montague and Diesel scheme over tea, the cameraman tries to film a low-angle shot of them from underneath their glass table. As the two schemers pass each other such items as the teapot and the sugar bowl, he constantly tries to find a clear area to continue shooting. Finally, Diesel plops a pan of strudel onto the table, creating a cut to black.
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* The opening scene in the airport. Dramatic music is playing throughout and when Mel Brooks' character gets outside the music stops. "What a dramatic airport."

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* The opening scene in the airport. Dramatic music is playing throughout and when Mel Brooks' character gets outside the music stops. "What a dramatic airport.""
* "Hey, everybody, guess who has high anxiety?"
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* I gottit! I gottit! I GOTTIT! ...I don't got it.

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* I gottit! I gottit! I GOTTIT! ...I don't got it.it.
* The opening scene in the airport. Dramatic music is playing throughout and when Mel Brooks' character gets outside the music stops. "What a dramatic airport."
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** "He can develop...peepee envy."
** "A woman's...balloons."
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* This troper's favorite MelBrooks moment ever is in "High Anxiety", when Brooks' character makes a Startling Discovery, complete with dramatic string music... and then a bus drives by with an orchestra in it playing dramatic string music.

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* This troper's favorite MelBrooks Creator/MelBrooks moment ever is in "High Anxiety", when Brooks' character makes a Startling Discovery, complete with dramatic string music... and then a bus drives by with an orchestra in it playing dramatic string music.
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* The {{Psycho}} shower scene parody. From the moment Thorndike enters the shower you know it's coming, but probably won't predict the perfectly set up method that the parody takes. "That kid gets no tip!"

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* The {{Psycho}} Film/{{Psycho}} shower scene parody. From the moment Thorndike enters the shower you know it's coming, but probably won't predict the perfectly set up method that the parody takes. "That kid gets no tip!"
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* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone book and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?"

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* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone book and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?"jeans?"
* I gottit! I gottit! I GOTTIT! ...I don't got it.
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* When they first visit "Arthur Brisbane", who thinks he's a cocker spaniel....

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* When they first visit "Arthur Brisbane", who thinks he's a cocker spaniel....spaniel....
* Thorndike getting strangled in a phone book and Victoria is on the other end of the line thinking he's a kinky caller and she's getting turned on "Jeans? You're wearing jeans?"
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* Thorndyke having to answer a question about toilet training... while a doctor's young daughters are in the audience. "Are you referring to... number one, or cocky doody?"

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* Thorndyke having to answer a question about toilet training... while a doctor's young daughters are in the audience. "Are you referring to... number one, or cocky doody?"doody?"
* When they first visit "Arthur Brisbane", who thinks he's a cocker spaniel....
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** Even better? That's famous-comedy-director-to-be Barry Levinson.
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* "Hey, Norton! Missing something? Hahahaha!!!"

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* "Hey, Norton! Missing something? Hahahaha!!!"Hahahaha!!!"
* Thorndyke having to answer a question about toilet training... while a doctor's young daughters are in the audience. "Are you referring to... number one, or cocky doody?"

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