In a message dated 1/6/09 6:49:57 PM, moorich@aol.com writes:
> This reminds me of the old vaudeville bit that Abbott & Costello had a
> go at several times in both movies and television. The mention of a
> place would turn a character (often played by Sid Fields) into a
> maniac. There was a long shaggy dog story leading into it but then
> the mere mention of the key word or words would prompt an explosion.
>
in the Steve Martin film noir parody DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID, the mention
of the term "cleaning woman" did the trick
John Lau
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