"Thanks! I Needed That!"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Anybody know the source of this allusion?  Allegedly it appeared in an old
movie, the context being that fear is turning one character into a jelly
blob. The hero slaps him once or twice and he's back to normal.

I remember a TV commercial for God knows what (Aquavelva?) that used the
phrase and the slap some forty years ago, but I'll swear I knew the allusion
before that.

Google Books was of no help.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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