Magnum, P.I. (TV Series)

Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1980)

John Hillerman: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III

Quotes 

• Jonathan Quayle Higgins III : [to Magnum, as he is fixing Higgins a drink]  Don't ruin my whiskey with ice. I'm not a bloody American!

• Magnum : [narrating]  Funny, the things a grown man will do for a living. Especially me. Take this morning; I'm breaking into Robin Masters' estate. You know, the writer. The one with all those best-sellers, all that money. No, that's not Robin, that's ex-Sergeant Major Higgins. He's sort of the majordomo around here. Robin flies in once or twice a year. The rest of the time, the estate is open to his friends. Higgins' job is to see that they're well bedded, fed, watered, and protected.

  Jonathan Quayle Higgins III : Zeus! Apollo! At your posts, lads.

  [two Doberman pinschers approach] 

  Magnum : Me, I live here, too. So why am I breaking in? Well, I made a deal with Robin to run a series of security checks in exchange for living free in the guest house. First check was to try and steal the Ferrari. I thought I made a pretty good deal, then I met Higgins. He takes his job much too seriously.

• [Higgins answers Robin Masters's private phone] 

  Jonathan Quayle Higgins III : Yes sir, Mr. Masters?

  Theodore 'T.C.' Calvin : [over the phone]  Yeah, baby, let me talk to Thomas Magnum.

• Magnum : ["stealing" Robin's Ferrari]  Don't look at the dogs. Work the lock. Work the lock, work the lock. Don't look at the dogs.

  [looking at Zeus and Apollo approaching] 

  Magnum : You looked at the dogs!

  [getting in and shutting the door] 

  Magnum : [narrating]  Sometimes, everything goes exactly as planned. Sometimes, it doesn't. Overnight, Higgins had installed an alarm system. It activated the moment I opened the door, which meant I had less than a minute to figure the combination. After that, a siren would go off, the fuel pump would lock, and it'd take nitro to move Robin's Ferrari.

  [seeing two women approach] 

  Magnum : Hi.

  Inge , Greta : Hi.

  Magnum : You here for the weekend?

  Greta : Yeah.

  Magnum : It's a great place. You'll love it. It's got everything. You wouldn't happen to know the combination to this alarm, would you?

  Greta : Are you stealing Robin's car?

  Magnum : Uh... no. Well, sort of. But it-it's okay. It's a security check. It's just sort of a game. Higgins would have picked a number that he was familiar with, like the address...

  [trying, to no avail] 

  Magnum : Or the zip code.

  Inge : Or maybe his Social Security number?

  Magnum : You know his Social Security number?

  Inge : No.

  Magnum : The phone! He used Robin Masters' personal phone number!

  Jonathan Quayle Higgins III : [trying, the alarm turns off and the engine starts]  No...

  Magnum : I'd invite you girls to breakfast, but I've gotta pick up a buddy flying in from Tokyo. Don't worry, Higgins, I'll drive careful.