Inspector Gadget (TV Series)

Gadget at the Circus (1983)

Don Adams: Gadget

Quotes 

• Penny : Uncle Gadget, are you alright?

  Inspector Gadget : Of course, I'm alright. A good detective is always on his nose - uh, I mean toes.

• Inspector Gadget : It's all a M.A.D. plot to toss me in a zucchini salad!

• [Gadget and Penny are standing next to a cage, before Gadget's second performance: an animal act featuring a lion called Brutus] 

  Inspector Gadget : It's like I always say, Penny: If you can't lick 'em, join 'em. Then lick 'em.

  [Brutus then licks Gadget's face] 

• Inspector Gadget : [standing on a trapeze platform]  Wowsers! Didn't look this high from down there. At least they have a safety net. Better safe than sorry, that's what I always say.

• Inspector Gadget : [to an elephant]  Do you know you're blocking a public thoroughfare? I insist you remove yourself immediately. If you don't, I'll see you in traffic court.

  [the elephant drinks water out of the bucket] 

  Inspector Gadget : Okay! You had your warning!

  [cuffs the elephant's trunk] 

  Inspector Gadget : I'm running you in!

• Inspector Gadget : Well, what do you think of my disguise, Penny? The ring master gave me the job. Told you, eh?

  Penny : You sure did, but your shoes are on the wrong feet.

  Inspector Gadget : That's all part of it, Penny. Let those M.A.D agents think I'm a foolish clown, and before long, they'll be laughing on the other side of their faces.

  [laughs] 

  Penny : Good idea, Uncle Gadget. They'll never suspect a clown that's just hanging around.

• Inspector Gadget : I'd like to apply for another circus job. I'll take anything.

  Ring Master : What a coincendence. I was coming to see you about filling in for one of our trapeze artists.

  Inspector Gadget : What's wrong with him?

  Ring Master : Oh, just a little cold.

  Inspector Gadget : Wow, must get pretty draughty up there on those swings.

• Inspector Gadget : [sees Chief Quimby hiding in a popcorn machine]  Chief Quimby! When did you run away to join the circus?

• Inspector Gadget : [standing on a raised platform, about to perform an extremely high dive into a bucket of water]  Why, the chances of surviving a fall from this height must be one in a zillion! That is, if it wasn't for my trusty Gadget 'brella!

• [first lines] 

  Penny : Wow, Uncle Gadget! Why didn't you tell me we were going to the circus?

  Inspector Gadget : I thought I'd surprise you, Penny. I have a little top secret business to take care of here, but it shouldn't take all day.

• Inspector Gadget : By the way, what happened to the clown I'm replacing?

  Ring Master : Er, um, uh, he... he caught a cold. I really appreciate you're filling in for him. You say you've had circus experience.

  Inspector Gadget : I've seen enough of them to know what I'm doing.

• [Gadget, Brain, and two of The Flying Zucchinis, the trapeze artists, are falling after the M.A.D Clown has cut the ropes] 

  Inspector Gadget : Wowsers! Something tells me this was a trap trapeze!

• Inspector Gadget : [after seeing Dr.Claw's M.A.D. Jet pass by]  Mmm. I'm gonna call the airport. That plane has a real dirty engine.

• Inspector Gadget : But, Chief. What would M.A.D agents want to steal from a circus?

  Chief Quimby : No, no. They disguise themselves as circus performers and do Dr. Claw's dirty work anywhere the circus stops.