The Life of Riley (TV Series)
Babs and Simon Step Out (1949)
Jackie Gleason: Chester A. Riley
Quotes
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[first lines]
Chester A. Riley : I'll tell you what harm there is! That Simon is a boy who... He's a boy who...
Barbara 'Babs' Riley : Well, what?
Chester A. Riley : He's a boy! That's enough, isn't it?
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Chester A. Riley : Besides that, he's nothing but a lazy loafer. He'll never amount to anything.
Barbara 'Babs' Riley : But Dad, Simon's only 20.
Chester A. Riley : Babs, do you realize when I was 20, your mother was supporting me and a baby?
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Barbara 'Babs' Riley : It's just not fair!
Chester A. Riley : I don't have to be fair - I'm your father.
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Chester A. Riley : I know what you did! I just read this card, and I just spoke to the Justice of the Peace!
Barbara 'Babs' Riley : Oh Simon, he knows!
Simon Vanderhopper : Mr. Riley, you're not angry?
Barbara 'Babs' Riley : There's still Christmas.
Peg Riley : What?
Chester A. Riley : Christmas, nothing doing! I'm calling it off now!
Simon Vanderhopper : Well, you can't call it off! We already ordered the baby announcements.
Chester A. Riley : The baby announcements?
Peg Riley : Oh my heavens!
Simon Vanderhopper : Yes sir, I don't let the grass grow under my feet!
Chester A. Riley : What do you mean the baby announcements? You were just married!
