Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 TV Movie)

Mickey Rooney: Kris Kringle, Santa Claus

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Quotes 

• Kris : You better watch out, better not cry, better not pout.

  Children : Why?

  Kris : I'm telling you why!

  Children : Yeah?

  Kris : 'Cause I came to town. And look what I brought!

  Children : Toys!

• Burgermeister Meisterburger : Stop! In the name of the law! You brats are under arrest! Take them away.

  Kris : Don't arrest those children. It was my fault. I gave them the toys.

  Burgermeister Meisterburger : You? How dare you! You are obviously a nonconformist and a rebel!

  Kris : Me? Rebel?

  Burgermeister Meisterburger : Arrest this man immediately!

  Kris : [pulls out a toy]  For you.

  Burgermeister Meisterburger : [sputters]  A yo-yo? I love yo-yos! I used to be able to do all kinds of tricks! Ooh wheeeeeeeeee! Hoo hoo hoo hoo!

  [plays with the yo-yo] 

  Grimsley : Excuse me, sir, but you're breaking your own laws.

  Burgermeister Meisterburger : What? What are you saying?

  [sputtering] 

  Burgermeister Meisterburger : Ooohh, I have been bamboozled! Arrest him! Arrest him!

• Kris : Changing from bad to good's as easy as taking your first step.

• Jessica : If the Burgermeister saw you, we would all be in real danger!

  Kris : In danger from toys?

• Kris : Watch out for that dolly. She's a hardened criminal, I hear.

• Kris : Look, uh, before you do me in, would you tell your tree friends to let me loose for a second? You see, I have something for you.

  Winter : What is this? A trick?

  Kris : Oh, no sir, Mr. Warlock. Or, may I call you Winter?

  Winter : Mr. Warlock if you please!

  Kris : Oh. Well, I managed to save one little toy and I'd like you to have it.

  Winter : You wish to give me... a present? A... a toy?

  Kris : Yes, sir.

  Winter : But, no one ever gives mean old Warlock a toy.

• Kris : Come on. There's a lot more chimneys to explore tonight!

• Narrator : Kris made a list of all the children and the toys they wanted. He checked it over once, then checked it over twice. He tried to figure out just who was naughty and who was nice.

  Kris : Well, I guess they're all pretty nice.

• Kris : It turned into quite a proposition. I can hardly keep up with the orders. I'm afraid I'm going to have to limits my journeys to... to one a year. But on which night should I go out? I wonder...

• Kris : [after hearing the Burgermeister has outlawed toys]  Gee, that's kind of a silly law.

  Jessica : If the Burgermeister saw you, we would all be in great danger.

  Kris : [his eyes widen]  In danger from toys? Why, that's the silliest thing I ever heard.

  Jessica : Toys are frivolous, impractical, unproductive, and...

  [Kris reaches into his sack and shows her a doll] 

  Jessica : What's that?

  Kris : For you.

  [she takes it from him] 

  Jessica : A China doll? I always wanted one when I was a little girl but my parents wouldn't...

  [kisses the doll] 

  Jessica : Oh, thank you, I mean..

  Kris : Watch out for that dolly, she's a hardened criminal I hear.

  [winks] 

  Jessica : Well, maybe it is a silly law, uh I mean...

  Kris : Well, what do you say you help me hand out these presents, huh? It's too big a job for one oversized Kringle and a little lost penguin.

  [laughs]