Smart Alecks (1942)

Leo Gorcey: Mugs McGinnis

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Quotes 

• Muggs McGinnis : Where'd you just come from?

  Hank Salka : From the closet.

  Muggs McGinnis : What were ya doin' in the closet?

  Glimpy : He's got secrets.

• Muggs McGinnis : [pleading to a surgeon why Danny's life's worth saving]  Well, anyhow, he knocked over a hot mug.

  Dr. Ormsby : He knocked over what?

  Glimpy : You know, turns a slippery gink over to the coppers.

  Dr. Ormsby : I don't quite follow.

  Glimpy : Don't you understand English?

  Dr. Ormsby : Well, not that kind.

• Capt. Bronson : Danny, you have not only displayed bravery in making possible the apprehension of Dutch Brocalli but a spirit of fine citizenship. Certainly you acted without knowledge or desire for monetary rewards. You are to be commended.

  Scruno : Hey, what's this "monetary" jive?

  Muggs McGinnis : I don't know. I think it's a place where they keep dead people.

• Muggs McGinnis : When do we eat breakfast? I just been woikin' up a carni-vorous appetite.

• Muggs McGinnis : If you would stop drippin' from de lip just mom-entarily, we would take a trip, but I can't think of trips when you keep interrupting my conservation!

• Muggs McGinnis : Hi ya, warden. We want to see our pal.

  Glimpy : Surprise party.

  Scruno : Yeah, we thought he'd be kind of lonesome.

  Warden : All right, what's his name?

  Stash : His name? He knows his name.

  Muggs McGinnis : His name is Hank.

  Warden : Hank? Hank who? Hank Jacobson? Hank Murphy? Hank Greenberg?

  Glimpy : I know Hank Greenberg!

  Warden : Oh, you do?

  Muggs McGinnis : How do we know? It might be Hank Kerchief. All we know is that he's the kid who didn't do it.

  Warden : Well, that's what they ALL say when they come up here.

• Glimpy : I gotta go home and take my violin lesson.

  Danny : Look, what do you wanna be, Joe Dimaggio or Jascha Heifetz?

  Glimpy : Heifetz? What team does he play with?

  Muggs McGinnis : Heifetz plays third base with the Philharmonic.

• [a pretty nurse kisses Stash] 

  Muggs McGinnis : Oh, no finesse. No technique. Nothin'. Come over here a minute. I'll give ya a few cryptic lessons in oskillation.

• Muggs McGinnis : An optimist looks at the good side. A pacifist looks at the bad side.

• Glimpy : Boy, wait'll I get my hands on that Brocalli. I'll tear him limb from limb.

  Muggs McGinnis : Save a few pieces for us, will you?

• Glimpy : Hey... hey, tell 'im about your dog.

  Muggs McGinnis : Yeah, you know that great dane I got?

  Hank Salka : You mean the big blue one?

  Muggs McGinnis : Yeah. He had forty-three pups.

  Hank Salka : Forty-three pups?

  Glimpy : Yeah, and dhey was all twins, too.

• [patrolman Reagan raps at the door] 

  Muggs McGinnis : Who's dere?

  Joe Reagan : You know who it is! Come on, open up!

  Muggs McGinnis : All right. Wait about three shakes of a nightstick and I'll call my butler. Hey, Glimpy!

  Glimpy : Yeah?

  Muggs McGinnis : Open the door.

  Glimpy : I'm gonna put my apron on.