Hanky Panky (1982)
Gilda Radner: Kate Hellman
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Quotes
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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*!
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[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*?
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Kate Hellman : Do something!
Michael Jordon : I am doing something! I'm crashing an airplane!
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[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.