Hanky Panky (1982)

Gilda Radner: Kate Hellman

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• [Michael and Kate are left in control of a small plane with a pilot who has had an apparent heart attack after a bout of burping and belching. A voice on the radio told them they're entering prohibited government airspace and, in grabbing the radio and handing it to Kate to talk, Michael broke the cabling to the transmitter] 

  Michael Jordon : I knew this would happen! I dreamt about this all my life!

  Kate Hellman : Get ahold of yourself.

  Michael Jordon : Since I was a little boy, I dreamt this was gonna happen to me!

  Kate Hellman : Just get ahold of...

  Michael Jordon : Wait a minute. Ask Mr. Puckett: do I bring it in nose first or tail first?

  Kate Hellman : Michael he's *dead*!

  Michael Jordon : *Don't* say he's dead! Ask him!

  Kate Hellman : I can't ask him; he's dead!

  Michael Jordon : Will you shut up and ask him?

  Kate Hellman : [shouting]  Mr. Puckett! Should he bring it in nose first or tail first?

  [no response] 

  Michael Jordon : [calmly]  What'd he say?

  Kate Hellman : [pounding Michael, screaming]  *Michael, he's dead!*

  Michael Jordon : [in angry denial]  He is not dead, God-!

  Kate Hellman : Yes he is! Do something!

  Michael Jordon : [fumbles around the controls]  Where are the wheels?

  Kate Hellman : I don't know. Where are the wheels?

  Michael Jordon : Where are the wheels?

  Kate Hellman : [sarcastically]  Oh, why don't you ask Mr. Puckett where the wheels are?

  Michael Jordon : Ha, ha, ha! And why can't I ask Mr. Puckett where the wheels are? Miss Smartass?

  Kate Hellman : Ah...

  Michael Jordon : Go on, say it!

  Kate Hellman : Oh, because he's dead.

  Michael Jordon : [re-angered]  Will you stop saying he's *dead*? He has *gas*!

• [Kate successfully repairs and starts the fuel truck, then crashes it out the hangar doors, making their escape] 

  Kate Hellman : Not bad, huh?

  Michael Jordon : What?

  Kate Hellman : [shouting]  Not bad, huh?

  Michael Jordon : [exclaiming]  You want compliments *now*?

• Kate Hellman : Do something!

  Michael Jordon : I am doing something! I'm crashing an airplane!

• [in trailer only] 

  [Patrolman walks up to Michael Jordon, wearing a dress, and Kate Hellman, Kate holding Michael's arm and standing behind him] 

  Patrolman : [to Michael]  Is that your car, lady?

  [awkward pause] 

  Kate Hellman : Oh, my aunt is, um, a... deaf mute.

  [Michael starts nodding] 

  Kate Hellman : Isn't that right, auntie?

  Patrolman : I thought you said you couldn't hear.

  [another awkward pause] 

  Kate Hellman : She- uh, she reads lips.