The long-searched-for line appears in Blondie:
“What does it do?”
“Nothing! That’s the beauty of it!”
So is Dean Young a Doper?
That’s hilarious! And besides, it fits many of the men in my family exactly.
Can anyone provide a link to the thread where we discussed at great length whether someone had said in a movie or TV show or whatever the following?:
“But what does it do?”
“It doesn’t do anything. That’s the beauty of it.”
All the words that I’ve tried searching on are too short or too common. I can’t find the thread.
I have a vague recollection of the reply being said in a plummy English accent, in some black and white movie… but that is as clear as it gets. So, probably no help whatsoever!
Earl Snake-Hips Tucker posted a clip last March which could well be the origin of the expression. It’s from the TV show Burke’s Law.