Young Frankenstein Page #6

FREDDY:

...or group of muscles, with some

loss of skin sensation on the area

supplied by that nerve. In spite

of our mechanical magnificence, if

there is not this continuous stream

of impulses... we would collapse

like... a bunch of broccoli.

A smattering of POLITE APPLAUSE. Freddy reaches down and

removes the metal clamp from Mr. Hilltop's head.

FREDDY:

(to Carlson)

Give him an extra dollar.

CARLSON:

Yes, sir.

Carlson picks up Mr. Hilltop and places him on the operating

table.

FREDDY:

In conclusion... it should be noted

that more than common injury to the

nerve roots is always serious,

because... once a nerve fibber is

severed... there is no way to

regenerate life back into it. Are

there any more questions before we

leave?

MEDICAL STUDENT:

Dr. Fronkonsteen!

FREDDY:

Yes?

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MEDICAL STUDENT:

Isn't it true that Darwin preserved

a piece of vermicelli in a glass

case until, by some extraordinary

means, it actually began to move

with voluntary motion?

FREDDY:

A piece of what?

MEDICAL STUDENT:

Vermicelli.

FREDDY:

Are you speaking of the worm, or

... the spaghetti.

FREDDY:

Why the worm, Sir.

FREDDY:

Ah! In science you must be very

precise -- it can spell the

difference between life and death.

(to Carlson)

I don't want that fellow in class

next semester.

CARLSON:

Yes, sir.

FREDDY:

He has a big mouth.

(to Medical Student)

Yes! It seems to me I did read

something about that incident as a

student. But you have to remember

that a worm -- with very few exceptions

-- is not a human being.

MEDICAL STUDENT:

But wasn't that the whole basis of

your grandfathers work, sir...? the

re-animation of component parts?

FREDDY:

My father was a sick man.

MEDICAL STUDENT:

But aren't you the least bit curious

about it, Doctor? Doesn't the secret

of life hold any intrigue for you?

FREDDY:

You are talking about the gibberish

ravings of a lunatic mind.

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MEDICAL STUDENT:

Yes, but, sir... if it could be

accomplished, wouldn't that

eliminate disease from the human

frame and render man invulnerable

to any but a violent death?

FREDDY:

How old are you, young man?

MEDICAL STUDENT:

Nineteen, sir.

FREDDY:

Nineteen! My dear young man...

once the human organism has ceased

to function, nature has deemed

that creature to be dead.

MEDICAL STUDENT:

But look at what's been done with

hearts and kidneys!

FREDDY:

Hearts and kidneys are Tinker Toys!

I'm talking about the Central

Nervous System.

MEDICAL STUDENT:

But, sir...

FREDDY:

I am a scientist...! not a

philosopher.

He holds up his scalpel.

FREDDY:

You have more chance of re-animating

this knife than you have of mending

a broken nervous system,

MEDICAL STUDENT:

But your grandfather's work, sir...

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