It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975 TV Movie)
Kenneth Mars: Max Mencken
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Quotes
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[Lois Lane, Dr. Sedgwick and Max Mencken are tied to chairs in a building with a powerful bomb]
Superman : I've got to get you out of here, Lois.
Max Mencken : Well, what about us, Musclebound?
Superman : Women and children before villains.
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Max Mencken : Why, if it wasn't for that big salami in blue drawers, I'd be #1 in this town!
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Max Mencken : You'll be sorry -- you and your klutz of steel! So long, you super sucker lover!
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Dr. Abner Sedgwick : Max, I think I have found something I've always wanted.
Max Mencken : What?
Dr. Abner Sedgwick : My very own henchmen!
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Max Mencken : From now on, there's no stopping Mrs. Mencken's big boy, Max. It's a smile! It's a glow! It's Supermax!
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Max Mencken : That jerk computer's wrong! Wrong!
Dr. Abner Sedgwick : The computer says it's never wrong.
[to the computer]
Max Mencken : You ever see 2001? You know what happens to smart alec computers?
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Max Mencken : You mean to say that Clark Kent is Superman? I always thought Kent flew a little, but not that way.
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Max Mencken : You said you'd worked out a plan to destroy Superman...
Dr. Abner Sedgwick : Max, Max, Max, good guys plan. Bad guys scheme!
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Max Mencken : Wow, who would have thought that kindly old Dr. Sedgwick was in reality a mad scientist?
Dr. Abner Sedgwick : That's strictly off the record, you understand.
Max Mencken : I won't print a thing.
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Max Mencken : Take a gander at this lead item for my column, Max Mencken's Metropolis.
Sydney Carlton : You stood me up last night, why should I?
Max Mencken : Because I'm gorgeous!
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Dr. Abner Sedgwick : The way to destroy Superman is to have Superman destroy himself!
Max Mencken : You mean to say that Superman would destroy himself?
Dr. Abner Sedgwick : I mean to say that Superman would destroy himself.
Max Mencken : Ah, I see. You mean that Superman would destroy himself!
Dr. Abner Sedgwick : I mean that Superman WOULD destroy himself.
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Max Mencken : Did you ever know I used to be a hoofer, sweetheart? A hoofer!
Lois Lane : A hoofer, you mean the rear end of a horse act?
Max Mencken : Hilarious. Dance!
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Max Mencken : Wanna get in on the ground floor, sweetheart, write a book? "My Years With Max Mencken." We could make a fortune!
Sydney Carlton : I'd like to write a book. You're a subject could really sink my teeth into.
Max Mencken : Why, a book like that would be the hottest thing between two covers ever!
Sydney Carlton : Which is more than I can say for the subject.
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Ray Clive : Well, Mr. Mencken, what do you make of this city hall explosion?
Max Mencken : Well, it exploded. That's for certain. In fact, I don't think there can be any doubt whatever about that. City hall has exploded.
Ray Clive : I guess you're right.
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Max Mencken : Oh, my fellow Americans, it is at a time like this when I wish I was sitting there in Washington in that oval office. If nominated, I would accept, when elected, I would serve in all humility!