Daily Dialogue — May 1, 2015

Allison: I’m in the midst of doing my thesis.
Alvy Singer: On what?
Allison: Political commitment in twentieth century literature.
Alvy Singer: You-you-you’re like New York, Jewish… y’know… left-wing, liberal, intellectual, Central Park West, Brandeis University, the-the-the socialist summer camps and the-the father with the Ben Shahn drawings, right, and the really… y’know… strike-oriented kind of-of… stop me before I make a complete imbecile of myself.
Allison: No, that was wonderful. I love being reduced to a cultural stereotype.

— Annie Hall (1977), written by Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Stammer.

Trivia: Though uncredited, the animated scene with Alvy and Annie-as-Wicked-Queen was drawn by Stu Hample, who was then drawing the comic strip “Inside Woody Allen” which was based on Woody’s stand-up comic period.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Perhaps the most famous stammerer of all, Woody Allen. Here is every stammer from every Woody Allen movie: 44 minutes worth!