Perry Mason (TV Series)

The Case of the Jaded Joker (1959)

Raymond Burr: Perry Mason

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Quotes 

• Perry Mason : What's the Purple Wall?

  Paul Drake : It's a beat joint. No liquor, no life, no laughs. They just sit around hating themselves.

• Buzzie : The squares. Oh, the squares.

  Perry Mason : Tell me about the squares.

  Buzzie : Go, go, go. Run through the ruts. Splash mud on clean, little people. Stay in the muddy rut. Splash mud at the sun. Wear a mask to hide a muddy face. Squares. Ask me about the squares. I'm Madame Bertha, mystic reader. I understand it better than anybody. I put them down. Liars, hypocrites, slaves.

  Perry Mason : What are you, Buzzy?

  Buzzie : I'm beat, daddy. I'm beat. No past, no present, no future. Alone. Me. Nothing else except chaos and confusion and squares.

• Hamilton Burger : Your Honor, Mr. Mason knows perfectly well that he's standing on a technicality.

  Perry Mason : Your Honor, Mr. Burger's devotion to the obvious sometimes causes him to confuse my clients' interests with standing on a technicality.