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'Oh God, this makes me happy!'


I just watched this (great) film, and that line was the funniest part of the whole thing! It made me laugh out loud to myself. I'll be quoting that for a while now.

• 'We stoop so low to reach so high.'

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This character (Herb) is loosely based on either Neil Simon or Woody Allen who both wrote for the Sid Caesar show when they were young. Both were known to be incredibly shy.

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It was based on Mel Brooks, actually.

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I thought Benjy was based on Mel.

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