Air Raid Wardens (1943)

Paul Stanton: Captain Biddle

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Quotes 

• Oliver : [Stanley makes a whistling sound while sleeping with his gas mask on; Ollie wakes up]  Take that thing off.

  [Stan takes off his gas mask] 

  Oliver : And get that whistle out of your mouth!

  Oliver : Now go to sleep.

  [telephone rings, Stan mistakes it for an alarm clock] 

  Oliver : [Stan puts on his air raid warden's helmet]  Take that off! Will you go to sleep, please?

  Oliver : [telephone rings again]  See who that is.

  [Stan gets out of bed and steps on a bicycle horn as he goes to the front door] 

  Oliver : [telephone rings, Stan closes the front door and steps on the bike horn again] 

  [Stan sighs as he gets back into bed] 

  Oliver : Well, who was it?

  Stanley : It's the telephone.

  Oliver : Oh.

  [phone rings] 

  Oliver : Telephone?

  [Ollie gets up, answers the phone] 

  Oliver : Laurel and Hardy, bicycles, burglar alarms, locks and keys.

  Capt. Biddle : Biddle calling, blue alert. Proceed to your post, stand by for the red.

  Oliver : We're on our way!

  Oliver : Blue alert, come on, get dressed! We've got to get right on duty, right away!

  [Stan and Ollie start dressing themselves] 

  Oliver : [Stan blows his whistle]  Oh, put that whistle down and get dressed!

  Capt. Biddle : Red alert!

  [air raid sirens start blowing] 

  Capt. Biddle : Red alert!

  [people all over town start turning their lights off] 

• [Stan and Ollie go to Mr. Bledsoe's front door] 

  Oliver : [Stan blows his whistle]  Not the whistle, ring the bell!

  [Stan pushes the doorbell repeatedly] 

  Joe Bledsoe : Well, if it isn't the boys from the bicycle shop. And what are you looking for? Trouble, I hope.

  Oliver : Oh no no, no trouble. Will you please put your lights out, sir? Thank you.

  Stanley : Thank you. He was very nice, wasn't he?

  Oliver : Yes, well that's that, then.

  [Stan and Ollie see the lights are still on, and go back to the front door, ringing the doorbell again] 

  Joe Bledsoe : [Mr. Bledsoe points at Ollie, then looks at Stan]  If you don't stop ringing that bell, I'm gonna throw him in your face!

  Oliver : Nevertheless sir, I must insist that you turn your lights off. And if not, would you mind pulling down your shades?

  Joe Bledsoe : Would you like to pull them down for me?

  Oliver : Oh, I'd be glad to, it'd be quite a pleasure, sir.

  [chuckles nervously] 

  Oliver : [Ollie and Mr. Bledsoe alternately turn the house's circuit breaker switch on and off] 

  Disturbed Sleeper : [calls Mr. Biddle]  The people across the street are signalling to the Japs!

  Capt. Biddle : Right away.

• [Stan and Ollie walk up to Mr. Bledsoe's house] 

  Oliver : [Stan blows into his whistle]  Not the whistle, ring the bell!

  [Stan pushes the doorbell several times] 

  Joe Bledsoe : [Mr. Bledsoe opens his front door]  Well, if it isn't the boys from the bicycle shop. And what are you looking for? Trouble, I hope.

  Oliver : Oh no no, no trouble. Will you please put your lights out, sir? Thank you.

  Stanley : Thank you. He was very nice, wasn't he?

  Oliver : Yes, well that's that, then.

  [Stan and Ollie see the lights are still on, and go back to the front door, ringing the doorbell again] 

  Joe Bledsoe : [Mr. Bledsoe opens the door, pointing to Ollie, then Stan]  If you don't stop ringing that bell, I'm gonna throw him in your face!

  Oliver : Nevertheless sir, I must insist that you turn your lights off. And if not, would you mind pulling down your shades?

  Joe Bledsoe : Would you like to pull them down for me?

  Oliver : Oh, I'd be glad to, it'd be quite a pleasure, sir.

  [chuckles nervously] 

  Oliver : [Ollie and Mr. Bledsoe alternately turn the house's circuit breaker switch on and off] 

  Disturbed Sleeper : [calls Capt. Biddle]  The people across the street are signalling to the Japs!

  Capt. Biddle : Right away!