Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1941 stage comedy centering on two dotty old ladies who have been poisoning men they see as lonely as a form of kindness, with other family eccentrics adding to the chaos. It was adapted for film in 1944, starring Cary Grant with Peter Lorre and others.
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- The "Veterinarian's Hospital" patient in The Muppet Show episode 212 is a shoe. Doctor Bob diagnoses it with arsenic poisoning, since it has old lace. Nurse Piggy responds with the play's title, while Nurse Janice says that's an old show.