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Posted By: davidcycleback

Barry, perhaps you're thinking of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer did a lifetime of cigar smoking in one weekend and looked like the Marlboro man. After seeing his own reflection in Jerry's toaster, Kramer said "Look away, Jerry. I'm hideous."

I've watched a lot of old B horror movies, including those starring Bela Lugosi. Invariably the movie starts with the local townsfolk thinking Lugosi is the lovable, harmless old local professor or doctor. Come on, how can they not know he's evil? It's Bela Lugosi. Don't the other characters of Leave it to Beaver town USA notice he's the one one dressed in black and speaking cryptically in thick Transylvanian accent (Did you know Lugosi really was from Transylvania?)


Everyone in town loves the kindly and humble doctor

One of the more curious Lugosi B movie plots was when he played a scientist for a perfume company (As expected, the townsfolk all love the kindly local scientist and loyal employee). After feeling he was wronged out of company stock pay, he concocts a cologne that attracts the giant killer bats he is secretly breding. In the end, someone splashes cologne on him and he is killed by one of his own bats.

In classic Lugosi evil scientist moment in the middle of the movie, after having one of his bosses try out the new cologne, the boss says "Well, see you later Doc."
With expression similar to the above pic and with his unmistakable speaking manner, Lugosi's says simply, "Goodbye."
Bela says "Goodbye" to a few other bosses in the movie.