"Do You See This Yellow Pill You Know What Its for Its to Remind Me to Take This Blue Pill "

What's Up, Doc? is a 1972 film about four identical plaid overnight bags and the people who own them.

Story by Peter Bogdanovich. Screenplay by Buck Henry and David Newman & Robert Benton. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

A screwball comedy. Remember them? taglines

Judy Maxwell [edit]

• ...not as much as I am in the metamorphic or sedimentary rock categories. I mean I can take your igneous rocks or leave them. I relate primarily to micas, quartz, feldspar. You can keep your pyroxenes, magnetites and coarse-grained plutonics as far as I'm concerned...
• Eunice!? This is a person named Eunice?
• I love those old Ventegums.
• It so happens, Mr. Simon, that Howard has had discussions with Leonard Bernstein about the possibility of conducting an avalanche ... in E flat.
• Hi, Room Service, this is Room 1717. I would like a double-thick roast beef sandwich medium rare on rye bread with mustard on the top, mayonnaise on the bottom, and a coffee hot fudge sundae with a large bottle of diet anything. You got that? Yeah, Room 1717. Oh, and Room Service, would you put it in the hall outside the door. I mean, don't bring it in or knock on the door because I'm just putting my little one to sleep. Thank you.
• What do you think I am, a piece of ripe fruit you can squeeze the juice out of and cast aside?
• Why Ms. Burns, what are you doing in Mr. Banister's bedroom? Don't you know the meaning of propriety?

Dr. Howard Bannister [edit]

• ...you are not Burnsy. Burnsy is Burnsy, I mean Eunice is Burnsy, I mean she isn't Burnsy. Nobody is Burnsy.
• It's the television set, Eunice. There's a movie on—a war movie. They're getting dressed for the big battle.
• Well, there's not much to see actually, we're inside a Chinese dragon.
• The point is, the point is... oh god, I've forgotten my point.

Eunice Burns [edit]

• Why, those are Howard's. What on Earth are you doing with Howard Bannister's rocks?
• Don't kick those rocks, you Philistine!
• Don't you know the meaning of propriety?

Hugh Simon [edit]

• There is an old Croatian saying, Bollixter, which goes...
• I find that story as difficult to swallow as I do this potage au gelée.
• I myself have a little announcement to make, that may be of some interest. My natural curiosity was aroused, an so I did a little research on Mr. Bankister and Miss Burns, and I think--
• The slight mistake, Mesdames and Messieurs, is in the so-called identity of these alleged colleagues. I don't know who he is, but she is definitely not herself.
• For God's sake, don't shoot me, I'm part Italian.

Frederick Larrabee [edit]

• This is inexcusable. You can't come in here uninvited.
• Who is that dangerously unbalanced woman?
• Don't you dare strike that brave unbalanced woman!

Fritz [edit]

• Snakes, as you know, live in mortal fear of tile.
• You will tell her you are smitten with her, that you had followed her all evening, and you will make passionate love to her.
• There is no Hans. There is only me, Fritz.

Other [edit]

• Taxi Driver: I know how you feel, mister. I hate it when my igneous rocks are even touched!
• Judge Maxwell: You've made me smash my Life Savers.
• Tell them to bring straight jacket! In assorted sizes!
• Do you see this yellow pill? You know what it's for? It's to remind me to take this blue pill!
• I will get to the bottom of this if it takes me the rest of my life, which may end at any minute!

Dialogue [edit]

Eunice: Howard! Howard Bannister! Howard, when I ask for you to wait for me somewhere I expect you to stay there until I come back.

Howard: Yes, Eunice.

Eunice: Now, it is difficult enough for me to have to see to all these arrangements myself...

Howard: Yes, Eunice.

Eunice: It is exactly 6:15. If we reach the hotel in half an hour, we'll have just enough time to get ready for the banquet.

Howard: Yes, Eunice.

Eunice: [to the airport attendant] Put these things in a taxi.

Airport Attendant Yes, Eunice.

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Judy: Aw c'mon, Steve, you don't want to marry Eunice.

Howard: I'm not Steve. I'm Howard.

Judy: Well neither of you wants to marry Eunice.

Howard: Why do you say that?

Judy: Because you don't want to marry someone who's gonna get all wrinkled, lined, and flabby.

Howard: Everybody gets wrinkled, lined, and flabby!

Judy: By next week?

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Fritz: Young miss, may I help you please?

Judy: Yes, I was wondering if my friends are still here. They're visiting from the um... New Hebrides and I believe they're in Room 1717.

Fritz: I'm sorry, but that room is vacant.

Judy: I don't understand. They told me they would be in Room 1717 at the Hotel Crystal.

Fritz: This is the Bristol, madam, not the Crystal.

Judy: Then one of us must be in the wrong hotel.

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Fritz: Ah, Mrs. Van Hoskins. It's so nice to have you back with us.

Mrs. Van Hoskins: Thank you, Hans.

Fritz: Fritz.

Mrs. Van Hoskins: What happened to Hans?

Fritz: There is no Hans, Mrs. Van Hoskins, there is only me, Fritz.

Mrs. Van Hoskins: Oh, what a shame!

Fritz: [ringing his bell] Boy!

Mrs. Van Hoskins: Now Franz, I'm going to take this with me. There are some things I need tonight, and tomorrow I want you to put it in the hotel safe for me.

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Howard: [to the bellhop] Don't touch that. Those are my pre-Paleozoic Tambulu rocks.

Fritz: Don't touch his rocks.

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Eunice: Where have you been?

Howard: I had a little trouble in the drug store.

Judy: Steve, you didn't tell me you were married.

Howard: We're not married.

Judy: Congratulations.

Eunice: But we will be soon.

Judy: Condolences.

Eunice: [to Howard] Who is this person?

Howard: I haven't the vaguest idea. She was behind a rock in the drug store.

Judy: Oh come on Steve, you can tell her about us.

Eunice: Why is she calling you that name?

Howard: Don't pay any attention to her, Eunice. [turning to Judy] Look, Miss Maxwell--

Eunice: You know her name.

Howard: Eunice, I swear this is a bizarre joke.

Judy: Sure, it's easy for you, everywhere you go, another heart broken--women, women, women. You call it joking. Eunice and I, we call it lust.

Eunice: Don't you know the meaning of propriety?

Judy: Propriety? Noun. Conformity to established standards of behavior or manners, suitability, rightness, or justice. See "etiquette."

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Judy: ...it's probably the excitement of meeting you for the first time. I must say, I can feel it myself.

Mr. Larrabee: Oh can you?

Judy: Can I?! My heart is going a mile a minute. Why, you can just feel it pounding. Can't you feel it?

Mr. Larrabee: Yes, I think I can. I... Yes, it's absolutely... it's certainly in there pounding... it's amazing. [to the others at the table] You should feel it gentlemen. [gentlemen rise]

Mr. Larrabee: Sit DOWN, gentlemen!

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Mr. Larrabee: I must point out that "foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

Judy: Emerson!

Mr. Larrabee: I beg your pardon my dear?

Judy: Ralph Waldo Emerson, born 1803, died 1882.

Mr. Larrabee: You like Emerson?

Judy: I adore him!

Mr. Larrabee: I adore anyone who adores Emerson.

Judy: And I adore anyone who adores anyone who adores Emerson. Your turn.

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Howard: Good morning.

Mr Kaltenborn: No, I don't think so. I'm Mr Kaltenborn, the manager of what's left of the hotel.

Howard: I'm sorry about all this whole mess here. Usually this doesn't happen.

Mr Kaltenborn: Dr Bannister, I have a message for you from the staff of the hotel.

Howard: What is it?

Mr Kaltenborn: Goodbye.

Howard: That's the entire message?

Mr Kaltenborn: We would appreciate it if you would check out.

Howard: When?

Mr Kaltenborn: Yesterday.

Howard: That soon?

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Delivery boy: I want my bike back!

Judge Maxwell: I'll give you your bike back. I'll give you a broken back!

---

Mr. Larrabee: They broke into my home.

Judge Maxwell: That's breaking and entering.

Mr. Larrabee: And they brought her with them forcibly.

Judge Maxwell: That's kidnapping.

Eunice: They tried to molest me.

Judge Maxwell: That's... unbelievable.

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Howard: First, there was this trouble between me and Hugh.

Judge Maxwell: You and me?

Howard: No, not you, Hugh.

Hugh: I am Hugh.

Judge Maxwell: You are me?

Hugh: No, I am Hugh.

Judge Maxwell: Stop saying that. Make him stop saying that.

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Hugh: Don't touch me, I'm a doctor.

Judge Maxwell: Of what?

Hugh: Music.

Judge Maxwell: Can you fix a hi-fi?

Hugh: No, sir.

Judge Maxwell: Then shut up!

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Frederick Larrabee: C'est la vie.

Hugh Simon: C'est la guerre.

Judy Maxwell: C'est la dreck.

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Judy Maxwell: [Talking so Howard can hear]: No, no. I'm a transfer student. No, not the University -- the Conservatory of Music. It's in Ames. You never heard of it? Well, it's a small conservatory, but there are those who love it. There's a professor there whom I hope to be studying with. A brilliant man by the name of Howard Bannister. No, Bannister. As in: sliding down the. You never heard of him? Yeah, that's right! The nut with the rocks! What's up, Doc?

Howard: Did you know that I love you?

Judy Maxwell: Yes.

Howard: You did? Do?

Judy Maxwell: Listen, kiddo. You can't fight a tidal wave.

[They kiss]

Howard: About those things. I mean, the way I acted back there. I'm sorry.

Judy Maxwell: Let me tell you something. Love means never having to say you're sorry.

Howard: That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[They kiss again]

Taglines [edit]

• A screwball comedy. Remember them?

Cast [edit]

• Barbra Streisand — Judy Maxwell
• Ryan O'Neal — Dr. Howard Bannister
• Madeline Kahn — Eunice Burns
• Kenneth Mars — Hugh Simon
• Austin Pendleton — Frederick Larrabee

See also [edit]

• What's Up, Doc, a 1950 animated short film starting Bugs Bunny.
• What's Up Doc?, a UK Saturday morning children's show in the early 1990s.

External links [edit]

• What's Up, Doc? (1972) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• What's Up, Doc? (1972) at Rotten Tomatoes

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