Memorable Quotes from Jonathan Winters
6 quotesMother-in-Law Jokes in a Comedic Dispute
Russell
And I give you my word. My wife wanted to stop for you, I wanted to stop for you, he wanted to stop for you. But tell him, tell him how my mother in-law made us drive right by him...
[about his mother-in-law]
Lennie Pike
Listen, anything you can say about your mother in law, you don't have to tell me! You know what I mean? It's like, if she were a star of a real crummy horror movie, I'd believe it!
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Chaos Following a Reckless Driving Incident
Russell
Whoa! Hey d-did ya see it, the way he went sailing right out there? He just went sailing right out there.
Melville Crump
It was terrible, I m-a-mean just terrible. He musta been doin over eighty ya know.
Russell
An ambulance - we better, we oughta call an ambulance.
Dingy Bell
Oh...Oh look at that car.
Russell
He went sailing right out there.
Dingy Bell
How bout you doin ninety miles an hour?
Russell
I wasn't doin - he was passin me.
Dingy Bell
We weren't standin still when he passed us...
Russell
I never saw such a crazy guy in my life!...
Lennie Pike
Come on, let's get down there!
Russell
W...We're gonna go down there, you stay in the car.
[to Emmeline and Mrs. Marcus]
Emmeline
Now Russell, be careful, remember your condition.
Mrs. Marcus
Eh.
[gestures her hand with disdain]
Russell
Ooh, boy the way he just sailed out there.
[to himself; follows down after the group]
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A Comedic Misunderstanding About Transportation
Russell
Here, take this and go hire us the best car you can find.
[pulling a blue bicycle from the mess of furniture that fell out of Pike's van]
Lennie Pike
But...this is a little girl's bike. This is for a little girl. Oh listen, I got to get this stuff back in so I can lock up the van.
Russell
We'll put everything away. Will you get going please, will you hurry?
Lennie Pike
Oh, okay...I gotta admit. I feel kinda silly. You know what I mean?
[nonetheless pedals away on the bicycle]
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Confusion Over Share Distribution in Windfall
Lennie Pike
So lets see, now, I got 1 share for being 1 person, 1 share for going down the hill, 1 share for the truck, and 1 share for being a person in the truck, but no matter how you figure it out, I still don't get as much as anybody else!
Melville Crump
Let me explain once more. Them, their group, they, those 3, they get $112,000. Those over there, them, they get $97,000. We, we, us they get $84,000. And you, by yourself, you get $56,000, alone, and that's tax free money.
[points pen at J. Russell Finch, Mrs. Marcus, and Emmeline Marcus-Finch; points pen at Dingy Bell and Benjy Benjamin; points pen at himself and Monica; points pen at Pike]
Lennie Pike
What do you mean "tax free"?
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A Frantic Call for Help
Sylvester
Mama, who's with you? Where are you talking to me? Where are you?
[on the phone]
Mrs. Marcus
I'm with this truck driver at Peterson's garage in a place called Plaster City! And will you just shut up a minute so I can tell you what happened?!
[on the phone]
Sylvester
Now listen, Mommy, you listen to me close. You stay right there, because I'm coming, Mom. I'm coming to get you right now, Mom.
[on the phone]
Mrs. Marcus
Will you shut up and listen?!
[on the phone]
Sylvester
Mama, it's all right. Everything's gonna be all right, Mama. Your baby's coming to get ya. You just sit there. Sit there, relax, take it easy.
[on the phone]
Mrs. Marcus
Sylvester-!
[on the phone]
Sylvester
I'm coming to get you, Mom!
[on the phone]
Mrs. Marcus
Shut up and let me talk-!
[on the phone]
Sylvester
Everything is gonna be all right!
[on the phone; interrupting his mother; hangs up]
Lennie Pike
Well?
[to Mrs. Marcus]
Mrs. Marcus
So he's coming here. And I'm not to worry about a thing, because "everything is going to be all right". EXACTLY LIKE YOUR FATHER! A big, stupid, muscle-headed moron!
[to Lennie; in a calm shock; to Emmeline; shouting]
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The Promise of Hidden Treasure
Smiler Grogan
Look, there's this dough see. There's all this dough. Three hundred and fifty g's! Do you hear what I'm saying? Three hundred and fifty g's! In the park. Rosita. Rosita Beach State Park. Just south of Daygo in Santa Rosita. It's in this box, buried under this... ...buried under this big W. You'll see it! You'll see it under this big W. You can't miss it! A big, big, W! And it's been there. And it's been laying there for fifteen years! Watch out. Watch out for the bulls. Lousy, stinking bulls are everywhere. Bulls all over the place. You just drive down and dig it up. Dig it all up. And then - and then you fix yourselves all up. Fix yourselves all up. Walk down the street like a king, back to the old neighborhood. See the fellas, the dames - the dames, all with a big hello - a big hello for old Smiler. Good old Smiler, everybody's friend. Aunt Belle, I didn't mean to do it!
[while dying; continuing after coughing in his injured state; lies his head down, almost dead. Benjy takes his hat off, until he jolts awake and grabs Melville's jacket]
Lennie Pike
Holy mackerel, take it easy, mister!
Russell
Easy!
Smiler Grogan
Please! Please say it don't make any difference, Aunt Belle! Please! You gotta say! You gotta tell me it don't make any difference!
[last words]
Dingy Bell
For heaven's sake, tell him.
Melville Crump
It - It don't make any difference.
Lennie Pike
That guy is dead. You better believe it.
Benjamin
Oh, I believe it all right, but if he jumps up again like he did before, I'm gonna get the hell out of here.
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