Strictly Dynamite (1934)

William Gargan: George Ross

Quotes 

• Georgie : Oh, get a gag man here by three o'clock. I don't care who it is, just as long as Moxie don't know him.

  Miss LaSeur : Oh, are we handling Moxie now?

  Georgie : No. But, we will be if I...

  Miss LaSeur : If I get a gag writer by three o'clock.

• Georgie : Well, where's the gags?

  Sylvia : Oh, it doesn't have gags. It's a satire.

  Georgie : Oh, Moxie would give this cabbage the raspberry!

  Sylvia : The what?

  Georgie : This stuff is too mild! Too high brow. You gotta have punch lines. Bellies and...

  Sylvia : Bell- eh, what?

  Georgie : Bellies. Laughs that come from - eh, way down here.

• Georgie : [on the phone with Moxie]  Say, listen good lookin', I've got that writer for ya! - - Yeah! He's been studying and he's got an idea that can make you immort - - No, not immoral, immortal!

• Georgie : [to Nick]  All's you have to do is bring them up to date. For instance, last year the gag writers took all the old Adam and Eve jokes and made them over for Mahatma Ghandi. This year, they're doing over the same jokes for nudist colonies.

  Sylvia : That's easy enough, isn't it?

• Georgie : You say, "I made an analysis of your work."

  Nick : Well, but, I don't know what his work is.

  Georgie : He don't know what an analysis is. So, you're even.

• Georgie : You say, "I've got an idea that's strictly dynamite." Remember that one, "strictly dynamite." You're a volcano. You belch fire. You're hot. Everybody wants you.

• Nick : That's the psychology of humor. Things out of place are funny. Now, now, for instance, you take that window, suppose it was here, in the center of the floor. And that door, was in the ceiling. What would that be?

  Moxie Slaight : Very screwy. Why, it's incredulous!

  Georgie : Well, Moxie, what'll you hear his jokes. They'll kill ya.

  Moxie Slaight : You keep your puss outta this. We're gettin' somewhere. Let's continue with our deductions.

  Nick : Well, its like the absent-minded man who tossed his cigarette outta the window and forgot to let go.

  Moxie Slaight : [laughs]  He smoked 'em!

  Georgie : What do you think of him now, Moxie?

  Moxie Slaight : What do I think of him now? Why, he's a genius!

• Georgie : Don't be a sap! You're not the Chillicothe type. You can't live on nuts and berries. Stay here!