Banacek (TV Series)
The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack (1973)
George Peppard: Thomas Banacek
Quotes
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Erica Osburn : Are you surprised I'm here?
Thomas Banacek : Not yet.
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Thomas Banacek : Can't you tell me here?
Erica Osburn : Oh, no. Any minute you'll turn on a Ravel tape or something.
Thomas Banacek : Actually, I was going to propose first.
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Thomas Banacek : No offense, but do you always talk like that?
Cap'n Jack Osburn : Like what?
Thomas Banacek : Like a cross between Captain Ahab and Long John Silver's parrot.
Cap'n Jack Osburn : [laughs] You've found me out, eh, lad.
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Thomas Banacek : There's an old Polish proverb that says, "When an owl comes to a mouse picnic, it's not there for the sack races."
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Thomas Banacek : Now, how could I prefer a past that didn't include you?
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Thomas Banacek : You don't seem overweight to me.
Erica Osburn : You've never seen me naked.
Thomas Banacek : Not that I remember, and I imagine I would.
Erica Osburn : You would.
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Thomas Banacek : Did I ask to get in your chopper?
Erica Osburn : You could've.
Thomas Banacek : Next time.
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Thomas Banacek : He looks like the cartoon on the soup can.
Erica Osburn : He *is* the cartoon on the soup can. Would you like to meet him?
Thomas Banacek : I've never met a real cartoon.
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Thomas Banacek : I do this for a living.
Fennyman : So do I. Could we get on with this, please?
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Simson : I was a history teacher.
Thomas Banacek : Why'd you quit?
Simson : Well, history doesn't change, and I sure did.
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Thomas Banacek : She's an old friend from my non-protest period.
Erica Osburn : You're disgusting.
Thomas Banacek : I know.
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Fennyman : Ten per cent of two million dollars for two days' work. That's damn near un-American.
Thomas Banacek : It might even be un-Polish, but that's the way it goes.
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Fennyman : How do you do it, Banacek?
Thomas Banacek : Do what?
Fennyman : How do you convince a man like Mr. Morgan that you're a combination the Scarlet Pimpernel, Humphrey Bogart, and Sherlock Holmes all rolled into one?
Thomas Banacek : Elementary, my dear Fennyman, that's who I am, only you left out the Green Hornet.
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Leo Osburn : The plants seem to flourish under sweet music, and they get very depressed by the news.
Thomas Banacek : I must be part geranium.
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Thomas Banacek : There's an old Polish proverb that says, "Even a thousand zloty notes can't tap dance."
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Fennyman : You really thought I might have done it, huh?
Thomas Banacek : Yeah, for a minute or two, and then I realized it was cleverly handled.