- Ted Clover: [Clover has already shown Friday and Gannon a "trophy" - a bull's ear given him by a famous matador] About getting my friend kicked off the force - maybe I did ol' Phil a favor.
- Sergeant Joe Friday: How do you figure?
- Ted Clover: Why would anybody want to be a cop?
- Sergeant Joe Friday: Oh, I don't know... why would anybody want a dead bull's ear?