Andrew, Marty Glouberman and others in “The Shame Wizard”

Hey, mom? Have you ever done something that you, you know, regretted?

What did you do, you little pervert?

Don't tell me, Andrew. Whatever you did, don't ever tell me.

No, I'm just asking if you've ever felt ashamed.

I'm ashamed of everything. It's my great shame.

Don't ask your mother about shame. That's why I pay synagogue dues. So that you can talk to Rabbi Poblart if you have a problem.

But you don't pay synagogue dues.

You're damn right I don't. And I'm not gonna pay a dime! Not until Poblart gives up one of his three parking spots! We wandered the desert for forty years so that this man can park at a diagonal? Pheh!