These Things Happen

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1963

J. Russel Finch (Milton Berle) being interrupted by his mother in law Mrs. Marcus (Ethel Merman), just after Smiler Grogan's accident:

Finch (to his wife):

Take it easy honey, these things happen...

Mrs. Marcus (his mother in law) interrupting:

Now what kind of an attitude is that: "These things happen"? They only happen because the whole country is just full of people, who, when these things happen, they just say "These things happen," and that's why they happen!

Finch: Lets try not to get upset.