Daily Dialogue — January 9, 2010

Inspector Kemp: Vee had better confeerm de fect dat Yunk Frankenshtein iss indeed VALLOWING EEN EES GANDFADDA’S VOOTSHTAPS.
Villagers: What?
Inspector Kemp: Following in his grandfather’s footsteps, footsteps, footsteps.
Villagers: Ohhh. Footsteps.

 — Inspector Kemp (Kenneth Mars), Young Frankenstein (1974), screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is mangled English suggested by Daveed. Young Frankenstein suggested by Bill Weinberger.

Trivia: Gene Wilder conceived the “Puttin’ on the Ritz” scene, while Mel Brooks was resistant to it, feeling it detracted from the fidelity to Universal horror films in the rest of the film. It was only when he saw it with a howling audience that Brooks was confident about the sequence.

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