I Love Melvin (1953)

Jim Backus: Mergo

Quotes 

• Mergo : [about Melvin]  The last I saw him, he was going to throw himself off a tall building.

  Judy : Oh, no!

  Mergo : Oh, he didn't do it. I'd've heard from him first.

  Judy : How do you know?

  Mergo : He promised me the shot!

• Mergo : You got a cover idea? What is it?

  Melvin : A girl!

  Mergo : Oh joy! Now THERE is an earth-shaking notion! A girl on the cover of a magazine! They'll go mad, I tell you, mad!

  Melvin : But this girl's different!

  Mergo : What's she got, three eyes?

  [Picks up and drinks from a beaker] 

  Melvin : Oh no, no, you see...

  [yelling] 

  Melvin : Mr. Mergo that's hypo!

  Mergo : [Gasps]  That's what I call a lousy drink.

• Mergo : What are you grinning about?

  Melvin : Oh, nothing, just happy.

  Mergo : Well, don't let me catch you being happy around me!

• Mergo : It'll work! You know, I wouldn't do this for a friend of mine. He might get in trouble. With you, I don't care.

• Mergo : You're mad, kid. You're a case for the couch.