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Why is ‘How now brown cow?’ not in the movie, ‘My Fair Lady’ anymore?

I remember this phrase being in this movie when I watched it many years ago. I just watched it a while ago now and this dialogue isn’t there. I’ve been looking all over the internet and there is no mention of this phrase ever being used in the movie. Wasn’t it? Am I crazy?
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Lora Bins

Feb 20, 2025

I’m pretty sure it has never been there. I have seen Pymalion and My Fair Lady, read Pygmalion, and assistant-directed the musical My Fair Lady and the catchphrase has always been “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain”. If Higgins had gone back and forth between the two phrases, it wouldn’t have been as funny.... Show More
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Lora Bins

Feb 20, 2025

Maybe you’re thinking of that scene from that terrible tv show The Nanny. They had an episode called “My Fair Nanny”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHtnHV_oaKkI tried looking up the line in both “Pygmalion” and “My Fair Lady” but found nothing.... Show More
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