Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Cliff Edwards: Bert Scranton
Quotes
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Bert Scranton : [advising Bonnie on being a reporter] You'll learn, kid. Clearness, condensation. Where, what, when, and why... that's the idea. Say, don't let those guys on the copy desk bother ya. They're just a lot of butchers at heart. Why, you know what they'd do if they got a chance?
Bonnie : What?
Bert Scranton : They'd cut the Lord's Prayer down to a one line squib. You know, "now I lay me down to sleep."
[Bonnie laughs]
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Bert Scranton : Well, I gotta blow.
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Bonnie : How many "l's" in parallel?
Bert Scranton : Six or seven.
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Bert Scranton : Womans, I takes off me hat to ya. Where is it?
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Bert Scranton : I'm late now. I gotta be steppin'.