"Thanks! I Needed That!"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/22/2010 12:31 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:

>Garson's information seems to confirm what I found in an Amazon.com
>review of the film, which says: "Myth: when slapped, Robert Stack
>never says 'Thanks. I needed that' (watch the movie for the actual line)."

Perhaps this myth is a "retronym," from "Airplane"!

Joel

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