Ghosts on the Loose (1943) - Quotes

East Side Kids Face a Thousand Horrors

Taglines: The EAST SIDE KIDS vs. the Man of a THOUSAND HORRORS!

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Hooligans Bring Laughter to Horror's Domain

Taglines: You'll yell with glee when these happy-go-lucky hooligans invade the shivery domain of the Man of a Thousand Horrors! It's Chill-arious!

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Misunderstanding Leads to Uncovering Disturbing Secrets

Mugs: [to Jack] We was decoratin that house.

Glimpy: Yeah, we thought it was yours.

Mugs: We found a printin press with a lot of Nazi propaganda.

Glimpy: Yeah, we thought it was yours.

Mugs: So, we moved it over here.

Glimpy: Yeah, then we found out that was yours.

Mugs: So, we moved it back again.

Jack: Nazi propaganda?

Mugs: Sure!

Jack: So, that's why they didn't want us to come out here. Why didn't you call the police?

Glimpy: We thought it was yours!

Jack: Is there a phone next door?

Mugs: Yeah, but that ain't yours.

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Diploma and Diplomacy in Conversation

Mugs: Why don't you use some diplomacy?

Glimpy: I got my diploma. I graduated from school.

Mugs: What did you graduate? Kindergarten?

Glimpy: Oh, I skipped Kindergarten. I was too old.

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Discussion on House Choices and Gardens

Mugs: Wow, this is really nice! Lamps, drapes, books, everything. I wonder why he bought that old house next door instead of this one?

Glimpy: I guess there wasn't enough room in the yard for a Victory Garden.

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Unexpected Disappearance of a Printing Press

Mugs: Well, can you picture dat? I must be havin optical delusions.

Lieutenant: What's the matter?

Mugs: Well, there was a printin press here ten minutes ago.

Lieutenant: Ah, just got up and walked away, eh?

Glimpy: Well, if ink can run, I guess a printing press can walk.

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Facing Fears in the Echoes

Mugs: What's a matter wid you? Dat's just an echo.

Bruno: [a voice] Just an echo.

Mugs: See dat? What I tell ya? Dere's nuttin to be scared of.

Emil: [a second voice] That's what YOU think.

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Misunderstanding Between Friends About Decor

Mugs: You really think the place looks pretty nice, huh?

Jack: Oh, it's fine, Mugs.

Glimpy: Yeah. It could look better with some of them pictures on the wall, those, uh, paintings, those moralls.

Mugs: Not moralls, morales!

Jack: Look, uh, you guys mean, uh, murals?

Mugs: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. He threw me off, you know. He's dumb sometimes.

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Unexpected Consequences of Choices in Humor

Jack: [dejected, sitting on a coach next to Betty, in a quarantined room, surrounded by the East Side Kids] What a honeymoon.

Mugs: [to Glimpy] Y'always gotta do everything the hard way. Everybody else gets plain, ordinary, common measles. So, you gotta go out and dig up German measles.

Glimpy: Who are you pickin on me for? Did I know dem guys were Nazis?

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Remembering Louie the Lug's Untimely Fate

Mugs: [reading the card on the wreath of flowers the boys brought in] In loving memory to Louie the Lug from the gang. We didn't mean to shoot you, Louie, honest." Where did you get that?

Stash: W-w-w on a street.

Scruno: Yeah, o-on a truck.

Benny: It fell off.

Mugs: You know that's sacrelirious?

Scruno: No kiddin'?

Mugs: Take it back! You guys think I've no conscience. Can you imagine a thing like...? Hey, wait a minute. Come here. I don't suppose it would be any more sacrelirious if we brought it back AFTER the weddin'. Put it in the parlor.

Glimpy's Passion for Singing in Quartets

Glimpy: Hey, Mugs, why can't I sing in dat quartet? I used to sing in a quartet wit six members. I can sing those fortissimos aloud too.

A Reminder for a Bravery Award

Mugs: Remind me when we get back to town to give you the Iron Cross for bravery - right over the skull.

Avoiding Ideas for Better Outcomes

Mugs: The best idea you can get is not to get any more ideas!

Intimidating Evidence Found in the House

Mugs: There's a lot o intimidatin evidence in that house.

Instructions for Decorating a Room

Mugs: You two fellas start to put up the wallpaper over dere, and Rocky and Danny you put up the coitains and drapes - and get em nice and cylindrical.