Gene Autry:
Aw, don't worry. The minute the committee signs the new contract we'll be sittin' on top of the world.
Aunt Hattie: Yeah, and if they give it to someone else, the world will be sittin' on top of us - bank creditors and all!
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Rhythm of the Saddle
Aunt Hattie: Yeah, and if they give it to someone else, the world will be sittin' on top of us - bank creditors and all!
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Rhythm of the Saddle
Lorry Evans:
How good are you at walkin' on water?
Minnie: Oh, just fair, but I could do a lot of thinkin' on gin if I knew where to get some.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
Minnie: Oh, just fair, but I could do a lot of thinkin' on gin if I knew where to get some.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
Lorry Evans:
Minnie!
[spotting Minnie's wedding ring]
Minnie: I had to give in sometime, you see the hips was gettin' away from me. You know, I can't stand obesity.
Lorry Evans: You can't stand what?
Minnie: Let it go.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
[spotting Minnie's wedding ring]
Minnie: I had to give in sometime, you see the hips was gettin' away from me. You know, I can't stand obesity.
Lorry Evans: You can't stand what?
Minnie: Let it go.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
Aunt Hattie:
That was a fine audition you gave, Gene. All you need now is a sponsor.
Maurine McClune: All I need is that contract renewal so we can continue to hold the rodeo here.
Gene Autry: Well, the committee can't complain. We're doing all right so far.
Maurine McClune: We've simply got to make it a success.
Aunt Hattie: If we don't our next address will be care of Social Security.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Rhythm of the Saddle
Maurine McClune: All I need is that contract renewal so we can continue to hold the rodeo here.
Gene Autry: Well, the committee can't complain. We're doing all right so far.
Maurine McClune: We've simply got to make it a success.
Aunt Hattie: If we don't our next address will be care of Social Security.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Rhythm of the Saddle
Minnie:
Can you imagine her drowning like that? And in water too.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
Minnie:
You ever try eatin' your cake, and havin' it too.
[pause]
Minnie: It's an old Swedish custom.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
[pause]
Minnie: It's an old Swedish custom.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
Mrs. Shinn:
[answering doorbell the Prof Hill rang] Oh, George, it's you.
Mayor Shinn: [to Prof Hill] I never had a son!
Mrs. Shinn: [not seeing Prof Hill] I never said you did.
Mayor Shinn: What would you know?
Mrs. Shinn: Well, I'd certainly know if I gave you a son!
Mayor Shinn: I wasn't talking to you.
Mrs. Shinn: Well who were you talking to?
Mayor Shinn: I was talking to-
[realizes that Prof Hill is no longer there]
Mayor Shinn: Never mind!
[Mayor Shinn storms away]
Mrs. Shinn: Zaneta, call the doctor for your father.
--Pert Kelton (as Mrs. Paroo) in The Music Man
Mayor Shinn: [to Prof Hill] I never had a son!
Mrs. Shinn: [not seeing Prof Hill] I never said you did.
Mayor Shinn: What would you know?
Mrs. Shinn: Well, I'd certainly know if I gave you a son!
Mayor Shinn: I wasn't talking to you.
Mrs. Shinn: Well who were you talking to?
Mayor Shinn: I was talking to-
[realizes that Prof Hill is no longer there]
Mayor Shinn: Never mind!
[Mayor Shinn storms away]
Mrs. Shinn: Zaneta, call the doctor for your father.
--Pert Kelton (as Mrs. Paroo) in The Music Man
Mrs. Shinn:
[leading the other 'hens' in song] Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more...
--Pert Kelton (as Mrs. Paroo) in The Music Man
--Pert Kelton (as Mrs. Paroo) in The Music Man
[explaining why she played the phonograph loudly during Lorry and Stephen's argument in the next room]
Minnie: I was just trying to drown out your domestic happiness.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses
Minnie: I was just trying to drown out your domestic happiness.
--Pert Kelton (as ) in Bed of Roses

