The TV show, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, didn't have a laugh track but was still funny as hell.
The older I get, the better I was.
She was also in one of my all time movies, Bananas, as the girl that Woody Allen goes to San Marcos to impress (which then leads to him nearly being murdered by Vargas' men, which in turn leads to him joining up with the rebels, which in turn...well, I don't know want to spoil the movie for ya). Actually, she was married to Woody, and appeared in sevearl of his early pictures.
Bananas - the testimony from Miss America was a classic
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Howard Cosell's colour commentary on the assassination of El Presidente was also classic.
My favorite bit during the trial sequence the fat black woman who identifies herself as J. Edgar Hoover. That, and Woody, despite being bound and gagged, getting the one witness breakdown on the stand on and admit she killed somebody.
But probably the best is when the leader of the rebels sends Woody into town to get food for their camp, so he goes into a cafe and puts in the mother of all to go orders. "Emilio wanted his on a roll". "Also, cole slaw, for a thousand men!".
Vargas' men wanting to put off their attempt to kill Woody because their regular tailor was on vacation is great, too.
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