The Automat (2021)

Mel Brooks: Self - Comedian

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• Self - Comedian : Of course, when you say "Automat" or "Horn & Hardart", very few people know what you're talking about. But, one of the greatest inventions in sane centers of paradise, where these places that had little glass windows, framed in brass, with knobs. And if you put two nickels into the slot next to the windows, the windows would open up, and you could take out a piece of lemon meringue pie for ten cents. And you could eat it. And that was called the Automat.

• Self - Comedian : That was a great thing about the Automat: you never had to tip.

• Self - Comedian : That was the great thing about the Automat. You didn't need a lot of money, you needed a lot of nickels; but, you didn't need a lot of money.

• Self - Comedian : I've been to Paris, I've been to Vienna, I've paid $35 for a cup of coffee, not half as good as that nickel Horn & Hardart coffee. And if I could save enough nickels, I could have two cups.

• Self - Comedian : And that was the end. And it was too bad, because, it was such a great experiment. It had some style and it was different. The marble. The brass. The floors. The pillars. The chatter. The coffee. It was the Automat.

• Self - Comedian : Carl liked baked beans. We both love baked beans. He loved creamed spinach, like I like creamed spinach. But, mostly, we really loved - the pies. The strawberry rhubarb. Great crust. Great tartness in the rhubarb. The strawberries were sweetened with sugar.

  Self - Comedian : If we didn't have that we'd settle for an apple pie, which was also very good.

  Self - Comedian : Lemon meringue not only looked big, but, you could smash your face into it.

  Self - Comedian : Chocolate pudding pie, which only came in the winter.

  Self - Comedian : Carl mentioned, probably, the chocolate pudding pie with the cream - he liked that.

  Self - Comedian : We waited patiently all year for it. That was the best pie.

  Self - Comedian : Really, there was nothing like their cocoanut custard pie. It was truly heaven. I mean, how could anybody think of putting together the cocoanut and the custard and the cream. Cocoanut custard pie - God made that.

• Self - Comedian : [singing]  This one was the top, There was nothing like the coffee at the Automat, Its aroma and its flavor were supreme, From a silver dolphin spout, the coffee came right out, Not to mention at the end a little spurt of cream!