Captain Midnight (1954–1958)

Richard Webb: Captain Midnight

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Quotes 

• Aristotle 'Tut' Jones : You were my friend when nobody else knew I was alive. We were an odd combinaton: the campus hero and the greasy grind.

  Captain Midnight : You taught me all I know about science; I could never teach you anything about football.

  Ichabod Mudd : Gosh! Nobody could teach me anything.

  Captain Midnight : Ikky, if you weren't the best flight engineer in 70 states, I'd never made it back from that last recon run in Korea.

• [Ikky explains his theory on why the missiles disappeared] 

  Ichabod Mudd : Sure. It's like this: They fire off the rocket - BANG! - It flies through the air - WHOOSH! - It hits the water - SPLASH! - It sinks to the bottom - BUBBLE, BUBBLE, BUBBLE! - Along comes a great, big whale - GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE! See?

  [Ikky sees Captain Midnight, Tut and Steve staring at him incredulously] 

  Ichabod Mudd : No?

  Captain Midnight : [dryly]  No.

• Captain Midnight : When do they fire the next rocket?

  Steve Darby : Tomorrow morning. And by tomorrow night, if I don't recover it, they'll be firing *me*.