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Recently widowed Doctor Michael Hfuhruhurr, the world's greatest neurosurgeon, injures Dolores Benedict in a car accident. He operates on her and saves her life using a technique of his own invention: cranial screw-top brain entry. As Benedict recovers, Hfuhruhurr falls in love with her and they are soon married. However, Benedict is only interested in Hfuhruhurr's money and Hfuhruhurr still yearns for his previous wife. They travel to Vienna to attend a medical conference where Hfuhruhurr finally divorces Dolores, meets a mysterious Doctor Alfred Necessiter and becomes entangled in a series of murders committed by The Elevator Killer. Written by
Bruce Janson <bruce@cs.su.oz.au>
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DANGER: HEALTH WARNING: Watching This Movie May Cause Severe Brain Damage
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As a homage, "Hfuhruhurr", the last name of
Steve Martin's Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr character, was used for the name of a villain, "Hfuhruhurr the Word-Bringer", abbreviated as "the Word-Bringer", in "The Adventures of Superman" comic book series.
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Quotes
[
first lines]
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr:
[
in surgery]
Check the art line. You're hyperventilating the patient.
Anaestheseologist:
No doctor.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr:
Ready the bone wax. Metzenbaum scissors.
Surgery Nurse:
Metzenbaum scissors.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr:
[
meowing]
Get that cat out of here.
Anaestheseologist:
Yes sir.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr:
Ready to close. Remove the Wietlander Retractor.
Surgery Nurse:
Pre-closure doctor.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr:
Remove the rating clip, for God's sake!
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Crazy Credits
At the end is shown: Merv Griffin did not turn himself in and is at large. If you have any information as to his whereabouts, call your local theatre manager
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Connections
Referenced in
Man on the Moon (1999)
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If you like funny, any kind of funny, watch this movie. I don't think you need to like Steve Martin's humor to enjoy this. Silly, goofy, crazy, sight gags...whatever...I laughed my butt off. To me, Steve Martin is always hilarious but Kathleen Turner, too, is very funny, not to mention sexy. I do think most people will find this movie to be very, very funny.