The Gang's All Here (1943)

Eugene Pallette: Andrew Mason Sr.

Quotes 

• Andy Mason : Dad, what's going on around here? The house is full of show people.

  Andrew Mason Sr. : Don't worry son. I locked up all the silverware, and put all the breakable stuff away.

• Peyton Potter : Now, see here A.J., I should have been more firm. When I told you that I am never seen in places like this, I meant it. I don't know how you've managed to get me this far. I should have put my foot down.

  Andrew Mason Sr. : Don't be a square from Delaware. Get hep to yourself.

  Peyton Potter : What kind of talk is that?

  Andrew Mason Sr. : I heard it on a jukebox.

• Peyton Potter : This place gives me a very uneasy feeling, A.J.

  Andrew Mason Sr. : Shame on you. Gimme your hat and get your mind off your wife.

• Andy Mason : You go along with him. I've got some unfiinished business.

  Andrew Mason Sr. : Unfiinished business? That must mean a girl. Boy, I wish I were young again.

  Andy Mason : Well, I'm glad you're not. Where would I be?

  Andrew Mason Sr. : Good night, son.

• Peyton Potter : This is all your fault, A.J. It was you who sicced that gypsy on me.

  Andrew Mason Sr. : She's no gypsy. She's a Brazilian!

  Peyton Potter : Well, whatever she is, she's a...

  Andrew Mason Sr. : She's a bombshell!

• Andrew Mason Sr. : You're gonna marry Vivian Potter, remember?

  Andy Mason : Yes, yes, I know. But that can wait.

  Andrew Mason Sr. : Yeah... Wait?

• Andrew Mason Sr. : We'll put the show on to sell war bonds. We'll make it the biggest bond-selling drive you ever saw. We'll charge our neighbors five thousand dollar bonds for admission. Why, we'll raise a million dollars.

• Peyton Potter : Why not another stag diner, A.J.? I had a very good time at that last one.

  Andrew Mason Sr. : No, no, Right here. Behind his name he signed N.S.D.

  Peyton Potter : Yes, National Selection Draft. You see that's what...

  Andrew Mason Sr. : National Selection nothing. It's N.S.D. - no stag dinner.

• Andrew Mason Sr. : Come on. How about a nice mint jalopy? Oh, darn it. She's got me saying it now.