 The scene where Austin in talking to Foxxy "through" the  Nathan Lane (qv) character was first done in the movie  _Caccia alla volpe (1966)_ (qv) (a.k.a. After the Fox) with  Peter Sellers (qv). In that movie, the Peter Sellers character  spoke to the Akim Tamiroff (qv) character "through" the beautiful  Maria Grazia Buccella (qv) character.