A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002)
Maury Chaykin: Nero Wolfe
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Quotes
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[Wolfe pretends to have lost his mind]
Nero Wolfe : Aren't you a physician? Don't you know a nervous breakdown when you see one?
Dr. Vollmer : Yes. Yes, I do.
Nero Wolfe : Well, then, what's the matter with it?
Dr. Vollmer : It doesn't seem, um, typical.
Nero Wolfe : That's a faulty observation! That's a defect in your training! Specifically, it's a persecution complex, you idiot!
Dr. Vollmer : And who's been doing the persecuting?
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[Feigning a nervous breakdown]
Nero Wolfe : You're not going to cut me! They're coming in hordes! I see them on chariots with spiked wheels, waving insolent banners of inflation! Oh! Archie! They're pelting me with worthless coins!
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[Wolfe fakes a nervous breakdown for Dr. Vollmer]
Nero Wolfe : Do you want to pay two dollars a pound for butter? Fifty cents for shoestrings? A dollar for a bottle of beer? Hmph. Well? Confound it, answer me!
Archie : I don't know if it's the willies or what, but as you can see -
Nero Wolfe : Just because I ask you to lend me five dollars until the beginning of the next war, does not mean that I'm a frugal person.
Dr. Vollmer : Who wrote this script for him?
Archie : It's been like this ever since I brought him home.
Dr. Vollmer : He's been out of the house?
Nero Wolfe : Archie tells me that you're masquerading as a doctor. Bah! They'll take your clothes off too! Oh, yes, they'll examine every inch of your skin, and they'll find the mark. The one that entitles you to a discount.
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[repeated line]
Nero Wolfe : Pfui!
