The Monkees (TV Series)

I Was a Teenage Monster (1967)

John Hoyt: Mendoza

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Quotes 

• Mike : [Talking on the phone]  Eh that's right officer, it's the big scary looking house on the very top of the hill. What? Oh, just a second I'll have to check.

  Mike : [walks over to Dr. Mendoza who is being tied up]  Hey Doctor, what's the name of this street?

  Dr. Mendoza : Rosebud Lane.

  Mike : Rosebud - I thought that was the name of a sled?

• Mike : Ehm, Doctor Mendoza, I sort of assume that you want us to teach your friend Rock and Roll?

  Dr. Mendoza : That's right. Rock und Roll really appeals to the little monster.

  Davy : Oh, it's a child. Is he your son?

  Dr. Mendoza : Yes, I guess you could say he is my own flesh and blood. Hah!

• Mike : Eh, you can't really expect us to teach a monster to sing?

  Dr. Mendoza : Well, he's not really a monster, he's a machine.

  Mike : Well, we can't tutor a computer.

• Mike : Hey doctor, you know, if we die, you could go to the chair for this.

  Dr. Mendoza : Hoho, there is very little danger of you dying. Gottfried von Schnitzler says this type of experiment need not be fatal.

  Mike : Who in the world is Gottfried von Schnitzler?

  Dr. Mendoza : Oh, you know Gottfried, he's a little boy who lives down the hill.

• Dr. Mendoza : Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the evilest one of all?

  The Magic Mirror : Dr. Carl Shweibel of Dusseldorf, Germany.

  Dr. Mendoza : But I thought it was me!

  The Magic Mirror : You're only second best. You'll have to try harder. And don't yell at me, I only work here.

• Groot : Now that you've made the singing android, will you not do as you promised and turn me into a tall, strong monster?

  Dr. Mendoza : Yes, Groot, I will turn you into a vampire.

  Groot : Oh, but you promised to make me into a wolfman.

  Dr. Mendoza : All right, I'll make you into a wolfman.

  Groot : Oh good. Allthough vampires are nice...

• Groot : It's for you, master. She says it's vitally important.

  [Hands him the phone] 

  Dr. Mendoza : Hello, this is Doctor Mendoza. No madame, we are not interested in Bossa Nova lessons.

• Dr. Mendoza : This is my valet, Groot.

  Groot : I live to grovel.