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The Nutt House
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The Nutt House was a short-lived 1989 American sitcom created by Mel Brooks and Alan Spencer (creator of Sledge Hammer!). Starring Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman from Brooks's Production Posse, it was a show about a fading New York City hotel named for the Nutt family that founded it. Korman played Reginald Tarkington, the hotel's stuffy manager, while Leachman played Ms. Frick, the head of housekeeping and Tarkington's Abhorrent Admirer. Other main characters included Brian McNamara as Charles Nutt III, grandson of owner Edwina Nutt, sent to help rejuvenate the hotel, Molly Hagan as Sally Lonnaneck, Edwina's secretary, Gregory Itzin as Dennis, the front desk clerk, and Mark Blankfield as Freddy, the nearly-blind elevator operator.The show was cancelled after ten episodesnote eleven if the double-length pilot is counted as two episodes were made and fivenote six if the double-length pilot is counted as two had been aired on NBC. However, the show ended up being fairly popular when it was aired on BBC2, and all ten episodes were aired there. | |
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My Friends... and Zoidberg | |
| The Nutt House / int_13646b1b | comment |
My Friends... and Zoidberg: "Ladies and gentlemen...and Miss Frick." "Ms." | |
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| The Nutt House / int_14180452 | type |
Instantly Proven Wrong | |
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Instantly Proven Wrong: Just after Reginald tells the immigration agent that the Nutt House only employs "red-blooded American workers", a Japanese painter comes in and talks to him in Japanese. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_146f4e0 | type |
Blind Without 'Em | |
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Blind Without 'Em: Freddy wears extremely thick glasses, but doesn't like to wear them, leading to a large number of Blind Mistakes. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_15b2cab3 | type |
Tempting Fate | |
| The Nutt House / int_15b2cab3 | comment |
Tempting Fate: "Well, I'd say we've had enough crises for one day, wouldn't you?" Cue Norman coming through the door to buy the hotel for Texplex. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_181c8a41 | type |
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace | |
| The Nutt House / int_181c8a41 | comment |
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Averted. "Skip to the good part! Cut to the chase." | |
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| The Nutt House / int_192853e5 | type |
Repetitive Audio Glitch | |
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Repetitive Audio Glitch: Reginald is pretending to conduct the orchestra, only for the record to start skipping. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_1ba8eb64 | type |
Visual Pun | |
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Visual Pun: Reginald, to Charles: "Women literally crawling at your feet." Meanwhile, a woman kneels down next to Charles to look for her lost contact lens. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_20860a0e | type |
Punch-Clock Villain | |
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Punch-Clock Villain: Agent Flynn starts as one of these, but after wet paint drips into his eye and he gets water dumped on him to wash it out, he decides It's Personal. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_224c9aef | type |
Laugh Track | |
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Laugh Track: Imposed by the network, and frequently jarring, to the point where it drowns out the actual joke. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_2bdb6280 | type |
The Big Rotten Apple | |
| The Nutt House / int_2bdb6280 | comment |
The Big Rotten Apple: Par for the course for the late '80s. The pilot's intro narration (by Robin Leach) jokes about the pollution and violence. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_31bd1ba1 | type |
Twin Threesome Fantasy | |
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Twin Threesome Fantasy: Dennis and the Swedish twins. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_3cb1d38d | type |
Bad Boss | |
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Bad Boss: Big Jake spits in Norman's ear, makes him ride a mechanical bull under threat of being fired if he falls off, and then tells him to take up smoking - six packs a day. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_3eb0f889 | type |
Pun-Based Title | |
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Pun-Based Title: On "nuthouse", implying that the hotel is an insane asylum. (Not entirely wrong.) | |
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| The Nutt House / int_3ee1eced | type |
Sexy Scandinavian | |
| The Nutt House / int_3ee1eced | comment |
Sexy Scandinavian: The Swedish twins that arrive with Charles. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_407d3e6d | type |
Morton's Fork | |
| The Nutt House / int_407d3e6d | comment |
Morton's Fork: Norman is asked if he's saying no to Big Jake. If he says no, then he is saying no; if he says yes, he's admitting he said no. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_46d3f869 | type |
Family Business | |
| The Nutt House / int_46d3f869 | comment |
Family Business: The Nutt House, owned by Edwina Nutt and her grandson Charles Nutt III. | |
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Exact Eavesdropping | |
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Exact Eavesdropping: Norman happens to hear Sally and Charles talking about both the exact amount of money the hotel is in debt, and Charles's weakness for champagne. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_480789a | type |
Stag Party | |
| The Nutt House / int_480789a | comment |
Stag Party: A rather staid one for Reginald, while Ms. Frick's is loud and wild. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_4b1afa0d | type |
Spiteful Spit | |
| The Nutt House / int_4b1afa0d | comment |
Spiteful Spit: Big Jake Herder spits sunflower seeds just past Norman Shrike, seeming to aim at him. When Big Jake quietly asks him about the Nutt House, Norman leans in to hear what he said, only for Jake to spit into his ear. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_4e91b042 | type |
Making Love in All the Wrong Places | |
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Making Love in All the Wrong Places: "Here's the room where over four hundred men and women have consummated their relationships." "The bridal suite." "No, the broom closet." | |
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| The Nutt House / int_4eddbc06 | type |
Animated Credits Opening | |
| The Nutt House / int_4eddbc06 | comment |
Animated Credits Opening: The opening credits for the pilot pan down the titular hotel, with animated versions of the cast members appearing in the windows. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_4f62bde6 | type |
Kavorka Man | |
| The Nutt House / int_4f62bde6 | comment |
Kavorka Man: Dennis reels in women like nobody's business, for no readily apparent reason. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_50cc01e1 | type |
Do Not Call Me "Paul" | |
| The Nutt House / int_50cc01e1 | comment |
Do Not Call Me "Paul": Inverted. Reginald Thorndyke hates being called "Reggie", except by close friends, and he doesn't have any close friends. | |
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Blind Mistake | |
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Blind Mistake: Freddy the elevator operator can never tell where to stop the elevator. | |
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Mistaken for Gay | |
| The Nutt House / int_561dab6b | comment |
Mistaken for Gay: Norman comes downstairs wearing a dress after Ms. Frick steals his clothes. Everyone assumes that Trans Equals Gay and is a bit uncomfortable about him coming out like this. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_57631098 | type |
Tear-Apart Tug-of-War | |
| The Nutt House / int_57631098 | comment |
Tear-Apart Tug-of-War: Two bellhops grab a guest's luggage and head in opposite directions, bursting it open and tearing it apart. | |
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Predatory Business | |
| The Nutt House / int_578712fd | comment |
Predatory Business: The Texplex hotel chain wants to buy the Nutt House, mostly because the owner told him 'no', and "Nobody ever says no to me!" | |
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I Kiss Your Hand | |
| The Nutt House / int_5f173ee4 | comment |
I Kiss Your Hand: How Charles greets Sally the first time he meets her. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_60426489 | type |
Citizenship Marriage | |
| The Nutt House / int_60426489 | comment |
Citizenship Marriage: Suggested to keep Ms. Frick in the US when she is suspected of being an illegal immigrant. Reginald wants nothing to do with it, but Freddy offers; Reginald is eventually convinced to go along. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_61375e57 | type |
BigDamnKiss | |
| The Nutt House / int_61375e57 | comment |
Sally and Charles have a Big Damn Kiss at the end of the pilot; as co-owner of the hotel, he's her boss. | |
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High-Class Gloves | |
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High-Class Gloves: Reginald is always seen wearing elegant grey gloves. (He has to take one off to snap his fingers.) Lampshaded: Big Jake's reaction on seeing him is to ask if he's a magician. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_6ae754f4 | type |
Hidden Wire | |
| The Nutt House / int_6ae754f4 | comment |
Hidden Wire: Norman gets Charles drunk and records him saying incriminating things. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_6fd1837b | type |
Argument of Contradictions | |
| The Nutt House / int_6fd1837b | comment |
Argument of Contradictions: A discussion about how nobody says 'no' to Big Jake. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_75196a1d | type |
Translation by Volume | |
| The Nutt House / int_75196a1d | comment |
Translation by Volume: When Charles comes in with Swedish twins, Reginald starts to speak loudly and slowly to them. Lampshaded: their response was "This guy thinks we're deaf." | |
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| The Nutt House / int_77d12b4 | type |
Always a Child to Parent | |
| The Nutt House / int_77d12b4 | comment |
Always a Child to Parent: Edwina Nutt treats Reginald like a child, making him jump rope and giving him a lollipop. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_7febc23b | type |
Establishing Character Moment | |
| The Nutt House / int_7febc23b | comment |
Establishing Character Moment: Reginald: A guest wants to speak to the manager. Dennis summons Reginald with the bell; he rushes out of his office and shoves Dennis aside. Ms. Frick: Two maids are chatting in the hallway. Ms. Frick arrives and is infuriated that they are talking instead of working. Reginald shows up, and she tries to seduce him. Charles: He walks into the hotel with attractive Swedish twins. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
| The Nutt House / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The pilot's opening narration by Robin Leach mentions that the hotel has been host to visiting kings, queens, and dental hygienists. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_86ee8070 | type |
World of Ham | |
| The Nutt House / int_86ee8070 | comment |
World of Ham: Perhaps the show was cancelled because the scenery budget was too high, what with it all being chewed up constantly. Korman and Leachman, in particular, spend most of the series in Ham-to-Ham Combat. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_88cee6e2 | type |
Abhorrent Admirer | |
| The Nutt House / int_88cee6e2 | comment |
Ms. Frick is certainly trying for this with the hotel manager, Reginald Tarkington, but unfortunately for her he considers her an Abhorrent Admirer. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_890d4ef2 | type |
Humiliation Conga | |
| The Nutt House / int_890d4ef2 | comment |
Humiliation Conga: Norman, at the end of the pilot, for his attempts to drive the Nutt House out of business. He's hit in the head with a champagne cork, at which point Ms. Frick tries to give him mouth-to-mouth. She is removed and he is picked up to be put on the stretcher, only to be thrown over the stretcher to land on the far side. Finally, he's put on the stretcher, and Reginald says to take him to the infirmary on the fifth floor. Freddy hears "fifth floor" and takes the elevator up, leaving the doors open. The stretcher stops and Norman doesn't, falling down the elevator shaft. He is next seen wearing a cervical collar while trying to smoke the six cartons of cigarettes that Big Jake demanded he smoke. After he gets Charles drunk, all his clothes are stolen while he's in the shower, sending him down to the lobby in a dress he stole. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_89283763 | type |
Insatiable Newlyweds | |
| The Nutt House / int_89283763 | comment |
Insatiable Newlyweds: A pair of newlyweds are having trouble with their hotel room door when Reginald stops to help them. As he's jiggling the door handle, their clothes are flying past him. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_920b5728 | type |
Sleeping with the Boss | |
| The Nutt House / int_920b5728 | comment |
Sleeping with the Boss: Sally and Charles have a Big Damn Kiss at the end of the pilot; as co-owner of the hotel, he's her boss. Ms. Frick is certainly trying for this with the hotel manager, Reginald Tarkington, but unfortunately for her he considers her an Abhorrent Admirer. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_961c6c22 | type |
Cutaway Gag | |
| The Nutt House / int_961c6c22 | comment |
Cutaway Gag: Doesn't actually cut away to them, but many of the jokes are random insertions that have nothing to do with anything else. Examples include: The astronaut (in full space suit) going into his room ("My flight got cancelled.") The Native American requesting a room. ("Do you have a reservation?" "I did. It was called 'Manhattan'.") The couple going into a photo booth marked "3000 for $1" ("What a bargain!"), followed by a long sequence of flashes going off. | |
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| The Nutt House / int_9718a22a | type |
You Remind Me of X | |
| The Nutt House / int_9718a22a | comment |
You Remind Me of X: Reginald, to Charles: "You remind me of myself when I was your age ... You're puny and weak." | |
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The Nutt House / int_9718a22a | |
| The Nutt House / int_9858c391 | type |
Chick Magnet | |
| The Nutt House / int_9858c391 | comment |
Chick Magnet: Charles arrives at the hotel with two attractive Swedish women that he just happened to share a taxi with, and his first reaction on meeting Sally is to kiss her hand. | |
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The Nutt House / int_9858c391 | |
| The Nutt House / int_9bb0dcc5 | type |
Saving the Orphanage | |
| The Nutt House / int_9bb0dcc5 | comment |
Saving the Orphanage: The pilot is all about saving the hotel from Texplex. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Nutt House / int_9bb0dcc5 | |
| The Nutt House / int_9ca12273 | type |
Handy Feet | |
| The Nutt House / int_9ca12273 | comment |
Handy Feet: The telephone operator is handling a plugboard with both her hands and feet. | |
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The Nutt House / int_9ca12273 | |
| The Nutt House / int_b1191cb2 | type |
I Ate WHAT?! | |
| The Nutt House / int_b1191cb2 | comment |
I Ate WHAT?!: "Why are you drinking out of that jar where I store my teeth?" Cue Spit Take. | |
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The Nutt House / int_b1191cb2 | |
| The Nutt House / int_b5e62b91 | type |
Home Porn Movie | |
| The Nutt House / int_b5e62b91 | comment |
Home Porn Movie: Dennis couldn't find a video store that was open for Reginald's Stag Party, so he made his own porn movie for it. | |
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The Nutt House / int_b5e62b91 | |
| The Nutt House / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
| The Nutt House / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Do not mess with Ms. Frick's maids. Agent Flynn from Immigration hassles one of the maids, and Ms. Frick charges in and judo-flips him. | |
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The Nutt House / int_bc74ef27 | |
| The Nutt House / int_c007c53 | type |
Cool and Unusual Punishment | |
| The Nutt House / int_c007c53 | comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: For contradicting Big Jake, Norman is forced to ride a mechanical bull. | |
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1.0 | |
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| The Nutt House / int_c0d32460 | type |
Sexy Secretary | |
| The Nutt House / int_c0d32460 | comment |
Sexy Secretary: Downplayed with Sally; she's attractive, and certainly Charles is immediately taken with her, but she's not generally viewed as a sexpot. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Nutt House / int_c0d32460 | |
| The Nutt House / int_c289826f | type |
Double Standard Rape: Female on Male | |
| The Nutt House / int_c289826f | comment |
Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: Ms. Frick and Reginald. | |
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The Nutt House / int_c289826f | |
| The Nutt House / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| The Nutt House / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Most episode titles are references to other works: A Frick Called Wanda 21 Men and a Baby Suites, Lies and Videotapes When Charles Met Sally A Night at the Reunion To Tell the Truth My Man Tarkington The Nuttcracker Suite | |
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The Nutt House / int_c75df49a | |
| The Nutt House / int_c83751cb | type |
Description Cut | |
| The Nutt House / int_c83751cb | comment |
Description Cut: "I wonder what Frick's doing right now." "Probably quietly reflecting on the noble sacrifice you made for her." (Cut to Frick and the other women dancing wildly.) | |
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The Nutt House / int_c83751cb | |
| The Nutt House / int_ccfc0535 | type |
Letting Her Hair Down | |
| The Nutt House / int_ccfc0535 | comment |
Letting Her Hair Down: Ms. Frick, reminding "Reggie" of what the two of them did together at the last New Years party. | |
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The Nutt House / int_ccfc0535 | |
| The Nutt House / int_ceb16fd9 | type |
Mistaken for Bad Vision | |
| The Nutt House / int_ceb16fd9 | comment |
Mistaken for Bad Vision: Freddy gets a new pair of glasses that will finally let him see well. Then he sees the Swedish twins walk past and assumes that the new glasses are giving him double vision, so he throws them away. | |
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The Nutt House / int_ceb16fd9 | |
| The Nutt House / int_d0b60f23 | type |
GoshDangItToHeck | |
| The Nutt House / int_d0b60f23 | comment |
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Big Jake Herder. "Makin' money's the only thing I give a flyin' Huckleberry Hound about anyway." | |
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The Nutt House / int_d0b60f23 | |
| The Nutt House / int_d394829d | type |
Frivolous Lawsuit | |
| The Nutt House / int_d394829d | comment |
Frivolous Lawsuit: "Suing Sadie", an older woman who goes partway up the staircase, only to take a flying leap back down it, apparently attempting to injure herself so that she can sue the hotel. Upon sight of her, an all-hands cry goes out to catch her. | |
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The Nutt House / int_d394829d | |
| The Nutt House / int_d72164e9 | type |
Must Have Nicotine | |
| The Nutt House / int_d72164e9 | comment |
Must Have Nicotine: Big Jake is quitting chewing tobacco and substituting sunflower seeds, but is having a nicotine fit. So he insists that Norman take up smoking for him. | |
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The Nutt House / int_d72164e9 | |
| The Nutt House / int_d7639dba | type |
Achilles' Heel | |
| The Nutt House / int_d7639dba | comment |
Achilles' Heel: Charles has a weakness for champagne. After using that weakness as part of his attack on the hotel, Norman calls Charles the hotel's Achilles Heel. | |
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The Nutt House / int_d7639dba | |
| The Nutt House / int_d9cf40fa | type |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
| The Nutt House / int_d9cf40fa | comment |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Subverted. Charles heads to the airport when Big Jake shows up, but not to escape; he's grabbing the Swedish masseuses arriving for their convention. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Nutt House / int_d9cf40fa | |
| The Nutt House / int_dcbe8a6e | type |
Chekhov's Gunman | |
| The Nutt House / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: The Swedish twins that Charles arrives at the hotel with. They're there a day early for a masseuse convention; Charles then uses that information to go round up the rest of the conventioneers and bring them to the Nutt House, giving them enough guests to neutralize Big Jake's threats. | |
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The Nutt House / int_dcbe8a6e | |
| The Nutt House / int_deea2fb5 | type |
Idle Rich | |
| The Nutt House / int_deea2fb5 | comment |
Idle Rich: Charles, who went to Miami to recover after an exhausting twenty minutes attending Harvard Business School. | |
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The Nutt House / int_deea2fb5 | |
| The Nutt House / int_e052ae34 | type |
Gagging on Your Words | |
| The Nutt House / int_e052ae34 | comment |
Gagging on Your Words: Reginald proposing to Ms. Frick for her Citizenship Marriage. | |
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The Nutt House / int_e052ae34 | |
| The Nutt House / int_e35b1a96 | type |
Everything Is Big in Texas | |
| The Nutt House / int_e35b1a96 | comment |
Everything is Big in Texas: The Texplex tower in Houston is a giant tower wearing an even larger cowboy hat. Big Jake Herder, CEO of Texplex, wears a cowboy hat and spurs all the time, and there are gouges in the meeting-room table from where he puts his feet up. | |
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The Nutt House / int_e35b1a96 | |
| The Nutt House / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
| The Nutt House / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: Ms. Frick has the same accent and general character as Frau Blucher from Young Frankenstein, also played by Cloris Leachman. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Nutt House / int_e5421161 | |
| The Nutt House / int_e563bf09 | type |
Insistent Terminology | |
| The Nutt House / int_e563bf09 | comment |
Insistent Terminology: Ms. Frick is Ms. Frick. Not Miss Frick. | |
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The Nutt House / int_e563bf09 | |
| The Nutt House / int_e6f2f710 | type |
But Liquor Is Quicker | |
| The Nutt House / int_e6f2f710 | comment |
But Liquor Is Quicker: Apparently Reginald got drunk at the last New Years party and was ravished by Ms. Frick. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Nutt House / int_e6f2f710 | |
| The Nutt House / int_e7ae07f5 | type |
Briefcase Full of Money | |
| The Nutt House / int_e7ae07f5 | comment |
Briefcase Full of Money: Half a million dollars, which Norman offers to Charles to pay off the Nutt House's debt as part of a sale to Texplex. Ms. Frick takes the cash while he's in the shower. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Nutt House / int_e7ae07f5 | |
| The Nutt House / int_eafe9e0e | type |
Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen | |
| The Nutt House / int_eafe9e0e | comment |
Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen: Norman takes a shower, and Ms. Frick takes the opportunity to throw all his clothes out the window. He steals some clothes from a laundry rack going past; turns out to be a dress. | |
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The Nutt House / int_eafe9e0e | |
| The Nutt House / int_ed3dc201 | type |
Addiction Displacement | |
| The Nutt House / int_ed3dc201 | comment |
Addiction Displacement: Big Jake is chewing sunflower seeds instead of tobacco. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Nutt House / int_ed3dc201 | |
| The Nutt House / int_eef90616 | type |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick | |
| The Nutt House / int_eef90616 | comment |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: The opening narration for the pilot mentions things tourists do in New York City: "Walk the streets, see the sights, and inhale carbon monoxide." | |
| The Nutt House / int_eef90616 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Nutt House / int_eef90616 | |
| The Nutt House / int_f6c3d469 | type |
Fanservice Extra | |
| The Nutt House / int_f6c3d469 | comment |
Fanservice Extra: When Norman calls Big Jake on the phone, two attractive young women at Big Jake's place are playing pool in miniskirts and low-cut tops. They have no lines, and appear to just be there for him to comment how he loves playing dirty pool. | |
| The Nutt House / int_f6c3d469 | featureApplicability |
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The Nutt House / int_f6c3d469 | |
| The Nutt House / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| The Nutt House / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: The woman trapped in the soundproof phone booth shows up repeatedly in the first half of the pilot. It's a sign of how Charles is going to help the hotel that one of his first actions is to free her; it's a sign of what that will do to him that her first action upon recovering is to punch him in the stomach. | |
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The Nutt House / int_f9f2c33 | |
| The Nutt House / int_fc45bac0 | type |
Wouldn't Hit a Girl | |
| The Nutt House / int_fc45bac0 | comment |
Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Played with. Big Jake doesn't hit Norman (who is wearing a dress), apparently because the thought of hitting somebody in a dress triggers this response in him. | |
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The Nutt House / int_fc45bac0 | |
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ItemName | |
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The Nutt House |
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