The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

Jack Carson: Hugo Barnstead

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• Hugo F. Barnstead : [In terrible pain after getting an abscessed tooth pulled]  Oh, uh, uh, uh! What's the idea? I wanted gas!

  Biff Grimes : I haven't got anything against you any more, Hugo, but I wouldn't be quite human if I didn't take a little revenge.

• Amy Lind : Oh for goodness sake, Virginia, cut out the nonsense. This is a pre-arranged date and we all know it. I've got to get back on duty by 11, so come on, let's shake our tootsies.

  Virginia Brush : Amy!

  Amy Lind : Oh 'Amy!' my Grandmother's hot water bottle!

  Biff Grimes : [muttering to Hugo]  She's fast.

  Hugo F. Barnstead : [under breath]  Yeah.

• Virginia Brush : Honey, why can't you be nice to me once in a while?

  Hugo F. Barnstead : Oh, I've been thinkin' about it. Then I remember we're married, so why bother?

• Amy Lind : [Amazed at the chandelier]  I just can't gt over that electric light. Isn't it dangerous?

  Hugo F. Barnstead : [Amusing himself]  Oh, not if you pay the bills.

• Biff Grimes : Who are the girls?

  Hugo Barnstead : Well, one of thems the strawberry blonde.

  Biff Grimes : Virginia Brush?

  Hugo Barnstead : In the flesh.

• Hugo Barnstead : Gosh, she looks pretty.

  Biff Grimes : Oh boy, she's all the fudge.

• Hugo Barnstead : Biff, I've got it on awful good authority, nurses are a lot of fun. I'll bet she'd even let you put your arm around her waist.

  Biff Grimes : Oh, what fun is that? Do you know the amount of starch in a nurses uniform?

• Biff Grimes : You handle the reins and I'll crack the whip.

  Hugo Barnstead : Give her the whip!

• Virginia Brush : Why don't you pick your mind up out of the gutter?

  Hugo Barnstead : Why should I? You helped put it there.