The Little Shop of Horrors the audience "laughed so hard I could barely hear the dialogue. I didn't quite register it right. It was as if I had forgotten it was a comedy since the shoot. I got all embarrassed because I'd never really had such a positive response before." The film's popularity slowly grew with local television broadcasts throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Interest in the film was rekindled when a stage musical called "Little Shop of Horrors" was produced in 1982. It was based on the original film and was itself adapted to cinema as "Little Shop of Horrors", in 1986. A short-lived
The Little Shop of Horrors from a toothache and so he visits Dr. Farb. Farb and Seymour fight after the doctor tries to get even for his flowers having been ruined. Grabbing a sharp tool, Seymour accidentally stabs and kills Farb. Although horrified, Seymour feeds Farb's body to Audrey Jr. The unexplained disappearances of the two men attract the attention of Sergeant Joe Fink and his assistant Officer Frank Stoolie, who are take-offs of "Dragnet" characters Joe Friday and Frank Smith. Audrey Jr., which has grown several feet tall, is beginning to bud, as is the relationship between Seymour and Audrey. A representative of the