Memorable Quotes from Tommy Steele
5 quotesA Chocolate Cake Diet Discussion
John Lawless
Now there's a gorgeous night! Are you getting ready for a party, Mrs. Worth?
Mrs. Worth
No, Mr. Biddle's on a chocolate cake diet.
[seriously]
John Lawless
I beg your pardon?
Mrs. Worth
He says it's the perfect food, containing "every essential element.
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A Husband's Plea for Family Support
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
I've been bit on my finger! It could've been my leg! It could've been my head, I might've died! In a time of mortal peril, any man should expect that his family will come rushing to his side! What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that? My family rushing to my side, what's wrong with that?
[singing]
John Lawless
Oh, not a thing, sir, I'm sure.
[confused]
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
I'm a good-hearted husband, I'm generous and kind, no wife could have a life as free of cares! So when a good-hearted husband has been bit, it's only right, that his wife should share the agony he bears! What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that? I want my wife to share my life, what's wrong with that? Cordelia!
[singing; walks away]
John Lawless
Well, now, that answers a whole slew o questions, don't it?
[to the audience]
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Cultural Identity and Belonging
John Lawless
The night before I sailed away, they come from far and near. All me friends, and all me kin, to share a partin tear. We knew we'd never meet again, and yet twas clear to see, I'd always be a part o them, and them a part of me! I'll always be Irish, cause that's ow I began! I'll always be Irish, I'll say that to any man! And when I'm an American, I'll be a good one too... I'll be truly as American as Irish stew!
[singing]
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A Comical Misunderstanding About Open Windows
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
JOHN! My alligators! Look at my alligators! JOHN!
[panicking]
John Lawless
Yes, sir, you yelled, sir?
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Why are these windows open?
[closing windows]
John Lawless
Must've been the new maid, sir.
[also closing windows]
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
WHAT new maid?
Miss Cordelia Biddle
Her name is Florence, dear, she started this afternoon.
John Lawless
She was complaining about the smell.
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
What smell?
John Lawless
Well, the alligators, they do have a certain...
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
WHAT?
[threateningly]
Miss Cordelia Biddle
We're accustomed to it, dear.
[soothingly]
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Oh.
John Lawless
She probably decided to give the room an airing, and forgot to close up again.
[closing the last window]
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Well, of all the stupid, idiotic... Get an axe!
[angrily]
Mrs. Cordelia Biddle
Anthony!
[shocked]
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Not for Florence, for the alligators! Maybe they're still alive in there, we'll chop em out!
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Aspiring Immigrant Enters High Society
John Lawless
Well, now, ain't this an elegant neighborhood, all the residents dressed so fine! One day off the boat am I, with a job that's nearly mine! Tis a job with an elegant millionaire, and his elegant family! Today I move from immigrant - to high society!
[singing]
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