# Movie quote: "I'm a concierge" in a NY accent **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 8, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436 "2022-01-08T17:41:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/1 "2022-01-08T17:41:06Z")
I saw the word “concierge” recently and it reminded me of a movie quote, but I forget what movie it was. It was definitely a comedy from the 80s at the very latest. A woman who is working at a hotel says something like “I’m not a receptionist (?), I’m a concierge!” and “concierge” sounds like “conci-oyge” because of her Brooklyn (?) accent. Is this ringing any bells for anyone? ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/2 "2022-01-08T17:42:23Z")
_Rosemary’s Baby._ ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/3 "2022-01-08T17:42:24Z")
The Producers. “I’m not a madam, I’m a concierge.” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/4 "2022-01-08T17:43:02Z")
That’s it, thanks! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aL6mTMShVyk/maxresdefault.jpg ""Concierge" clip from 1968 Mel Brooks' "The Producers"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL6mTMShVyk) ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/5 "2022-01-08T21:57:28Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > The Producers. “I’m not a madam, I’m a concierge.” I was just telling someone this morning that this is a must-see movie. I think the comic premise of The Producers is classic - find a show that’s certain to flop. Simple, and it opens wonderful possibilities. One of my favorites. Will never forget the wonderful interplay between Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel: Wilder: “Let’s assume, just for a moment, that you are a dishonest man.” Mostel: “Assume away…” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/6 "2022-01-09T04:05:33Z")
The name of the actress shown above (I had to look it up) is “Madelyn Cates” doing her best Kathleen Freeman. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/7 "2022-01-09T08:33:56Z")
The movie was made in 1967. Mostel and Wilder are going up to see “playwright” Franz Liebkind. When they arrive in a limousine, Mostel says “Thank you, Rudolfo” to the chauffeur, an allusion to the role-playing sex game between Bialystok and Estelle Winwood’s character in the opening sequence. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/8 "2022-01-09T08:40:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > … Mostel and Wilder are going up to see “playwright” Franz Liebkind. … “He keeps birds. Filthy, disgusting birds.” This pops into my head whenever I see [chirping birds] in a subtitle. Except that “birds” is rendered “boids.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-quote-im-a-concierge-in-a-ny-accent/957436/9 "2022-01-09T09:00:44Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > I think the comic premise of The Producers is classic - find a show that’s certain to flop. Simple, and it opens wonderful possibilities. Bialystok, after the show proves to be a hit: “I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong actors. Where did I go right?”