Northern Exposure (TV Series)
Spring Break (1991)
Rob Morrow: Dr. Joel Fleischman
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Quotes
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Dr. Joel Fleischman : Yeah I'm upset. Ya wanna know why, Ed? I'll tell you. As a physician, I realize that sexual release is not crucial to survival, say like water or oxygen. But when a healthy 28-year-old male is deprived of that release, he has an awful hard time enjoying his survival.
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Ruth-Anne Miller : Here's your lingerie magazine. I was just leafing through it.
Dr. Joel Fleischman : Thanks.
Ruth-Anne Miller : Oh, wait a minute. Uh, you're using that for onanistic purposes, huh?
Dr. Joel Fleischman : What? What kind of purposes?
Ruth-Anne Miller : Auto-erotic.
Dr. Joel Fleischman : Me? No Not at all. Absolutely not! I was just going to order my mom a robe.
[flustered]
Ruth-Anne Miller : I think you need something a little more exciting.
Dr. Joel Fleischman : Exciting?
Ruth-Anne Miller : Here's a Playboy. Eli Nute died a month before his subscription expired.
Dr. Joel Fleischman : Oh no. Really?
[trying not to look interested in the Playboy]
Ruth-Anne Miller : Women of Norway.
[reading the caption]
Dr. Joel Fleischman : Yeah well, I mean a lot of exceptional writers contribute to Playboy. There's Philip Roth, uh, Norman Mailer, the late Roald Dahl. An interview with Shintaro Ishihara?
Ruth-Anne Miller : Don't worry Dr. Fleishmann, its that time of year. Everybody's libido has run amok.
Dr. Joel Fleischman : They rate the top ten single malt scotches! Now I, uh, wanna read this!
Ruth-Anne Miller : I think I've got something for you a little racier in the back room.
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[first lines]
Dr. Joel Fleischman : [as he and Maggie stroll through a jungle in a dream] Ow! Why did I listen to you? Why did I let you drag us out here?
Maggie O'Connell : It's beautiful. It's a jungle.
Dr. Joel Fleischman : There are tarantulas here. Tropical diseases. Did you ever hear of elephantitis? Your leg swells up like a- a telephone pole. We didn't get shots.
Maggie O'Connell : We don't need shots, Fleischman. It's paradise.
Dr. Joel Fleischman : Better cover your head. I'll bet you these banana trees are full of primates.
Maggie O'Connell : Fleischman, would you relax?
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[last lines]
Dr. Joel Fleischman : What the hell.
[he joins the other men in the "Running of the Bulls," no longer a stranger]