Adam-12 (TV Series)

The Ferret (1971)

Russ Conway: Curtis Atherton

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• Curtis Atherton : [addressing the Ferret who Malloy and Reed have apprehended, and with his shoes covered in the Los Angeles River sludge dumped in the lobby by the Ferret]  What a mess! It'll take hours to get that smell out of there.

  The Ferret (Ralph Salisbury) : We'll probably never get the smell out of the river.

  Curtis Atherton : This ecology kick is great fun for you dropouts, isn't it. You can run around with your little signs condemning things you don't understand. Well, let me tell you something: business is competitive, the products we make help the economy of this country, and you've cost me a fortune.

  The Ferret (Ralph Salisbury) : You know that almost no marine life grows in Los Angele Harbor? The river you're polluting doesn't have any fish in it anymore. Well, that stuff all over your shoes is forty percent toxic acid, ten percent is oxides of one kind or another, and one hundred percent deadly. On a pollution scale of ten, your company is a twelve. Atherton Manufacturing is an ecological disaster area.

  Curtis Atherton : [in a demanding tone as he gets up after cleaning his shoes with a napkin which he discards on the ground]  What do you know about pollution and ecology?

  The Ferret (Ralph Salisbury) : I have a doctorate in the field.