Omnibus (TV Series)

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1953)

Jack Benny: Athanael (segment "The Horn Blows at Midnight")

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Quotes 

• Athanael : Gee, I've never seen so many saloons! What kind of a drink is television?

• Angela : How old are you?

  Athanael : Well, I'm three-hundred and fifty-seven.

  Angela : Three-hundred and fifty-seven?

  Athanael : Yes, of course, I tell everybody up there that I'm three-hundred and thirty-nine.

• Athanael : I was killed right here three-hundred years ago.

  Cab Driver : Three-hundred years, huh? How'd you get killed?

  Athanael : I was run over by a cow.

• [There's a crack of thunder] 

  Athanael : I am! I am hurrying, Chief!

  Cab Driver : Talkin' to me, Mac?

  Athanael : No, I was talking to the Chief.

  Cab Driver : Oh, I could have sworn you got in by yourself. I...

  [the Cab Driver glances into the back and sees Athanael seated alone] 

  Cab Driver : Another one. If they're around, I get 'em. Twenty thousand cabs in the city, oh no, no, he gotta pick this one.

• Hotel Desk Clerk : Are you staying overnight?

  Athanael : No, and neither are you.

• Athanael : What's your name?

  Angela : Angela.

  Athanael : Angela? That means "little angel," doesn't it?

  Angela : That's right.

  Athanael : You know, I'm an angel too. I'm a BIG angel.

• [Elizabeth gives Athanael a modern wardrobe and he goes in the next room to change] 

  Athanael : Are you sure these are the right clothes?

  Elizabeth : Of course. Why?

  Athanael : Well, I don't know, they have someone else's initials on them.

  Elizabeth : Initials?

  Athanael : Yeah. B.V.D.

  Elizabeth : Oh Athanael, that's just the name of the manufacturer.

  Athanael : Oh. Well, they've certainly got it in a funny place... Oh, I see, I've got it on upside-down!

• The Chief : Now, I want you to listen to this very carefully. The horn must be blown at exactly twelve o'clock.

  Athanael : Yes, sir.

  The Chief : Now that means precisely twelve o'clock. 11:59 won't do, 12:01 won't do. It must be twelve on the dot. Have you got that?

  Athanael : Yes, sir. I will see that the horn blows at midnight.