Paramount's Musical Comedy Hit Announcement
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Paramount's All Talking-Singing Musical Comedy Hit!
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Celebrating Engagement with Humor and Toasts
Hammer:
And now, friends, in view of the fact that Miss Potter's engagement is being celebrated here tonight, so to speak, I think a few words from her mother would be revolting! I now take great pleasure in presenting to you the well-preserved and partially pickled, Mrs. Potter.
Mrs. Potter:
My good, good friends. If I could only tell you how rosy-hued everything seems to me tonight. As I look into your faces, they're all lit with gay laughter. The whole world and everything in it is bathed in a soft, glowing luminous haze...
Hammer:
The old gal is stewed to the eyebrows.
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A Mysterious Visitor with a Mustache
Bob Adams:
Oh Mr. Hammer, there's a man outside wants to see you with a black mustache.
Hammer:
Tell him I've got one.
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Questioning Certainty in a Conversation
Hammer:
Are you sure your husband is dead?
Mrs. Potter:
Why....yes.
Hammer:
There seems to be a slight trace of uncertainty in that "yes". A "yes" like that was once responsible for me jumping out of a window. And I'm not the jumper I used to be.
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Love and Wealth: A Conditional Relationship
Mrs. Potter:
I don't think you'd love me if I were poor.
Hammer:
I might, but I'd keep my mouth shut.
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Empty Suitcase, Future Plans
Hammer:
Hey, do you know your suitcase is empty?
Chico:
Don't worry, we fill it up before we leave.
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Understanding Neighborhoods and Ducks in Conversation
Hammer:
All along the river, those are all levees.
Chico:
That's the Jewish neighborhood?
Hammer:
Well, we'll Passover that....You're a peach, boy. Now, here is a little peninsula, and, eh, here is a viaduct leading over to the mainland.
Chico:
Why a duck?
Hammer:
I'm alright, how are you? I say, here is a little peninsula, and here is a viaduct leading over to the mainland.
Chico:
Alright, why a duck?
Hammer: [pause]
I'm not playing "Ask Me Another," I say that's a viaduct.
Chico:
Alright! Why a duck? Why that...why a duck? Why a no chicken?
Hammer:
Well, I don't know why a no chicken; I'm a stranger here myself. All I know is that it's a viaduct. You try to cross over there a chicken and you'll find out why a duck.
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Mingling at the Auction
Hammer:
Now when the auction starts, I want you to mingle with the guests. Don't pick their pockets, just mingle with them.
Chico:
I find time for both.
Hammer:
Well, maybe we can cut out the auction!
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Misunderstanding of Auctions in Conversation
Hammer:
Do you know what an auction is?
Chico:
Sure. I come here from Italy on the Atlantic Auction!
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A Conversation About Paying for Lodging
Chico:
We no got one cent.
Hammer:
How you gonna pay for your room?
Chico:
That's your lookout!
Hammer:
Oh, I see! You're just an idle roomer!
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Unexpected Offer for Ice Water
Hammer: [on telephone; pause]
Ice water in room 318? No kidding, where'd you get it? Oh, you WANT some! I'll send up an onion, that'll make your ice water!
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Value of the Extraordinary Over the Ordinary
Hammer: [Watching Harpo wobble away from the banquet table]
Well, I got rid of one. And one like that is worth three ordinary ones!
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Cemetery Humor and Dark Promises
Hammer: [to Chico]
Now this is our cemetery. I've got a list of a hundred people just dying to get in. But I like you and I'm going to shove you in ahead of all of them. I'm going to get you a steady position. And if I can arrange it, it'll be horizontal.
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From Poverty to a Nickel in Florida
Hammer:
Three years ago I came to Florida without a nickel in my pocket. Now I've got a nickel in my pocket.
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