High Anxiety (1977)

Howard Morris: Professor Lilloman

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• Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke : Professor Little Old Man.

  Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : "Lillolman". "Lillolman".

• Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke : Do you really think this is nessa...?

  Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : Of course it's nessa!

• Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : Working? Hmm, working. Working is a big word. I'm a consultant. It's a fancy title for a part-time job. I come in two hours a day. I don't bother them. They don't bother me.

• Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke : [after having had a panic attack in Professor Lillolman's office]  Thank you, thank you Professor. I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me.

  Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : I know what came over you: High Anxiety. You've still got it!

  Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke : It's probably the excitement and tension of taking over this new post. I'm... sure it will pass.

  Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : [Leans in close to Thorndyke's face]  Bullshit! These things do not let go. High Anxiety can be a very dangerous enemy! If left unchecked, it could cost you your LIFE!

• Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : [Talking to Dr. Thorndyke while Thorndyke is having a panic attack on the stairs]  Richard! Richard, listen to me... I have researched your case. I know what is giving you the High Anxiety. I have found the answer. Go back in your mind. Go back. Go back! You are a little baby. Your mother and father are fighting. They are always fighting! They are fighting about YOU!

  Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke : [after a childhood flashback reveals the truth to him]  I understand now. I understand now! It's not heights I'm afraid of... it's PARENTS!

  Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : Ja. Ja! Now climb, you son of a bitch! CLIMB!

• Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : [quizzing Dr. Thorndyke]  A patient comes into your office suffering from Belldon's Hysteria, and he has a seizure right in your office, what do you give him?

  Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke : 2 cc's of aqueous Thorazine coupled with Somadiozine!

• Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke : [while climbing the stairs to the tower Dr. Thorndyke is hanging on by a thumbnail after stepping on a bad step. He has a flashback to when he was a baby and his parents are arguing. He returns to the present]  I understand now. I understand now. It's not heights I'm afraid of, it's parents!

  Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : Yeah. Yeah. Now climb you son-of-a-bitch! Climb!

  [after hearing that Dr. Thorndyke pulls himself back up on the stairs and safety] 

• Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke : But, Professor, is it really nece...

  Dr. Vicktor Lillolman : It is "nece"! I know what is "nece"! Don't tell me what is "nece". I tell *you* what is "nece".