Munch, Defense Attorney and others in “Unfinished Business”

Munch

[testifying against a doctor] Miss Webber was told to disrobe, put her feet up in stirrups, and try to picture David Hasselhoff on "Baywatch."

Objection! Your Honor, this witness is not qualified to testify on the treatment for hysteria.

Munch

Actually, sir, I am. Up until 1952, hysteria was one of the most commonly diagnosed illnesses among women. The medical treatment was hysterical paroxysm.

Could the witness spell that?

Munch

O-R-G-A-S-M.

Objection! Would it surprise you to learn that, historically, the onus fell upon physicians to bring about relief of these ladies' symptoms?

Your Honor, please instruct counsel to withhold his questions until cross.

Munch

[to the judge] I don't mind, Your Honor. [to ADA] In fact, I believe the manual version of this treatment dates back to Hippocrates, and was attested to right up through the Middle Ages, up into the 1890s, when the vibrator was invented to speed things along.

Objection!