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Hennie and Moe are in love with each other, but they’d drop dead before admitting it to the other one. Instead, they constantly needle at each other, each provoking the other instead of just saying how they feel. Here, Moe gets on Hennie’s case for marrying Sam Feinschreiber, a sweet pushover of a man, when it’s clear who she really should be married to.
Both these characters speak with New York accents.
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Moe: (advancing into the room) That your husband?
Moe: Maybe he’s a nurse you hired for the kid—it looks it—how he tends it. A guy comes howling to your old lady every time you look cross-eyed. Does he sleep with you?
Hennie: Don’t be so wise!
Moe: (indicating newspaper) Here’s a dame strangled her hubby with wire. Claimed she didn’t like him. Why don’t you
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