What About Bob?

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What About Bob?

Directed by	Frank Oz
Produced by	Laura Ziskin
Written by	Alvin Sargent and Laura Ziskin (Story) Tom Schulman (Screenplay)
Starring	Bill Murray Richard Dreyfuss
Music by	Miles Goodman
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Editing by	Anne V. Coates
Distributed by	Touchstone
Release date(s)	May 17, 1991
Running time	99 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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For the Entourage episode, see What About Bob? (Entourage).

What About Bob? is a 1991 comedy movie directed by Frank Oz which stars Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a multiphobic obsessive compulsive psychiatric patient who follows his successful and egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin, played by Dreyfuss, on vacation. When the unstable Bob befriends the other members of the Marvin clan, it slowly drives Leo insane. Other characters include Fay Marvin, played by Julie Hagerty, Anna Marvin, played by Kathryn Erbe, Sigmund "Siggy" Marvin, played by Charlie Korsmo and Mr. and Mrs. Guttman, played by Tom Aldredge and Susan Willis.

Bill Murray improvised so many lines during the movie that accurate scripts couldn't be written until after shooting the scenes.

This film is number 43 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".

[edit] Quotes

Bob: "But when we were in your office you said I could call you Leo."
Leo: "That was in my office. In my home, I'd like you to call me Dr. Marvin."
Bob: "I'm headin' down south yeah that's my word I'm on the Greyhound 'bout 2 move these birds!"
Bob: (about Tourette's Syndrome) "If I fake it, then I don't have it."
Bob: "Dr. Marvin, I'm sailing! I'm a sailor, I sail! Ahoy!!"
Bob: "There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who like Neil Diamond and those who don't. My ex-wife loved him."
Bob: "I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful. I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful."
Bob: "New Hampshire??"
Bob: "Gimme gimme gimme, I need, I need, I need..."
Bob: " Mmmmm, Mrs. Marvin this corn is fantastic, is it hand shucked??"
Bob to Gill the fish: "Good morning Gill......I SAID GOOD MORNING GILL!!"
Sigmund: Today when my dad dropped me my whole life flashed before my eyes
Bob: Good thing you're only twelve."
Leo: "Anna? Where are you Anna??"
Faye: "Leo, honey, just because you're going on national television in the morning doesn't give you a right to be so snippy."
Bob: "That was that Bob that kept calling. Unfortunately, he committed suicide fifteen minutes ago. Should never have happened, he was a sweet guy, a really sweet guy..."
Leo: "DON'T TOUCH MY SISTER!!!!!!"
Leo: "Bob...those bags I put around your neck, where are they?" (referring to several live bombs that he had tied around Bob's neck)
Bob: "In... the house."
Leo: "It's called 'Death Therapy', Bob"
Leo: "What is it with you and this death fixation?"
Sigmund: "Maybe I'm in mourning for my lost childhood?"
Leo: "Baby steps, Bob"
Bob: "Baby steps, get on the elevator...."
Bob: (Turning to the man next to him on the Greyhound) "Hi, my name's Bob. Would you knock me out? Just hit me in the face."
Bob: (After guessing that Leo's sister's name was Bambi) "Lily... I was close."
Bob: "You can call me boob."
Bob: "False alarm"
Bob: "If something explodes or I lose consciousness or something, will somebody tell Dr. Marvin that I was waiting for him when he calls?"