The Music Man (1962)

Paul Ford: Mayor George Shinn

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Quotes 

• Mayor Shinn : You watch your phraseology!

• Tommy Djilas : Mayor Shinn, Your Honor, your daughter and I have been going steady behind your back.

  Mayor Shinn : What?

  Tommy Djilas : We'd rather be doing it in front of your back.

  Mayor Shinn : Doing what?

  Tommy Djilas : Well...

  Mayor Shinn : Never mind!

• Mrs. Shinn : Now, George!

  Mayor Shinn : Not one poop out of you, Madame!

  Mrs. Shinn : [turning to Zaneeta]  I think he means "peep"!

  Mayor Shinn : [looks back]  *Yes!*

• Mrs. Shinn : [answering doorbell the Prof Hill rang]  Oh, George, it's you.

  Mayor Shinn : [to Prof Hill]  I never had a son!

  Mrs. Shinn : [not seeing Prof Hill]  I never said you did.

  Mayor Shinn : What would you know?

  Mrs. Shinn : Well, I'd certainly know if I gave you a son!

  Mayor Shinn : I wasn't talking to you.

  Mrs. Shinn : Well who were you talking to?

  Mayor Shinn : I was talking to-

  [realizes that Prof Hill is no longer there] 

  Mayor Shinn : Never mind!

  [Mayor Shinn storms away] 

  Mrs. Shinn : Zaneeta, call the doctor for your father.

• Mayor Shinn : It's as clear as a buttonhook in the well water!

• Mayor Shinn : [referring to Harold Hill]  He's slipperier'n a *Mississippi... sturgeon*!

• Zaneeta : Papa, please. It's Capulets like you make blood in the marketplace. Ye gods.

  Mayor Shinn : You watch your phraseology, young woman.

• Mayor Shinn : I couldn't make myself any plainer if I'se a Quaker on his day off!

• Citizens of River City : Good morning, Mayor Shinn!

  Mayor Shinn : It is if you wanna go around in your drawers all day!

• Mayor Shinn : I settle your hash as soon as I get these premises off my oldest girl.

  [sic] 

• Mayor Shinn : By that time, my fine young feathered... my feathered young, my feathered fine... Never mind.