Cheap Detective

Cheap Detective1978

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Most fans of everything-but-the-kitchen-sink comedies like The Naked Gun and Hot Shots probably think the genre started with Airplane!, but Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective came two years earlier. It's a camp parody of Humphrey Bogart's 1940s detect… more »



Jezebel Dezire:
Just, mmm, a few trinkets and bourbles.

Lou Peckinpaugh:
Trinkets and what?

Jezebel Dezire:
Bourbles. You know, like "bourbles and bangles."

Lou Peckinpaugh:
The word you're looking for, Mrs. Dezire, is "baubles." If you were an American you would know that. But the fact is, it's only Romanians that pronounce it "bourbles"! And that's why it's difficult for you, isn't it - Mrs. Vladimir Tserijemiwtz?

Jezebel Dezire:
Oooh, ungh!

Jezebel Dezire:
I told you we would not get away with it! I told you it was stupid idea! I told you I could not say "bourbles"! You are pretty fast on your tippy-toes, Mr. Peckinbush!

Ezra Dezire:
But not quite tippy-toe enough!

Ezra Dezire:
Yes, Mr. Peckinpaugh. Is very clever how you figured out that I am Vladimir Tsijeremi - Tsijiza - Ts-Tsetsamuncze - Tsetzunseti - It's been so long since I said it, I forgot how to pronounce it! How does it go?

Lou Peckinpaugh:
Tserijemiwtz.

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