Smart Alecks (1942)
Huntz Hall: Glimpy
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Quotes
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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.
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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.
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Glimpy : [hitting on a nurse] Do you know how long they're gonna be in the operatin' room?
Nurse : Well, I'm sure I don't know.
Glimpy : Well, how long YOU gonna be tied up?
Nurse : Oh, that depends. Why?
Glimpy : Well, I thought, uh, maybe you'd like to operate on me, huh?
Nurse : I would be delighted. Which would you prefer to have cut out, your duodenum or your sacroiliac?
Glimpy : Well, I've already had my tires and sugar cut out, and I thought maybe you'd like to cut my heart out.
Nurse : I think your heart still belongs to your mama.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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[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.