The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV Series)
Chowderhead (1969)
Edward Mulhare: Capt. Daniel Gregg
Quotes
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[Martha brings home canned clam chowder from the store with Daniel's face on the label]
Martha Grant : I tell you, when I saw laughing boy on that label, I couldn't pass it up. I think I'll open a can of it for dinner tonight.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : I'll level that blasted store.
Carolyn Muir : You can't do that.
Martha Grant : [only able to hear Carolyn] Why not?
Capt. Daniel Gregg : I'll flatten it to the ground!
Carolyn Muir : That's destroying private property.
Martha Grant : Opening a can of clam chowder is destroying private property?
Carolyn Muir : No, I'm sorry, Martha. Go ahead and destroy... eh, open it.
Martha Grant : [to herself as she exits] Writers. Writers!
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Capt. Daniel Gregg : Claymore, lad, we Greggs have never backed off from a fight, have we?
Claymore Gregg : Yes, we have.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : No, we haven't. The Gregg name is at stake. The Gregg integrity. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Claymore Gregg : Aye, sir!
Capt. Daniel Gregg : Show them what the Greggs are made of. Fight with your last drop of blood!
Claymore Gregg : My last drop of blood.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : With your last breath!
Claymore Gregg : With my last breath.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : With your last penny!
Claymore Gregg : With my last... breath.
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Capt. Daniel Gregg : There's not an ounce of vanity in me.
Carolyn Muir : There isn't room with all that integrity, virility and character.
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Capt. Daniel Gregg : I am considering recognizing you as my great nephew - strictly on a trial basis.
Claymore Gregg : Oh, thank you, Uncle Danny.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : [aghast] Uncle Danny?
Claymore Gregg : Uncle Gregg... uh, Captain Danny... uh Captain Uncle.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : Mrs. Muir, surely there must be another way.