The Music Man (1962)
Buddy Hackett: Marcellus Washburn
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Quotes
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Marcellus Washburn : Thar she blows.
Harold Hill : [winces] Well, I'll do it, but I won't like it.
Marcellus Washburn : [amused] No, that's not the librarian. That's Mrs. Shinn, the mayor's wife.
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Harold Hill : So now I'm back at the old stand.
Marcellus Washburn : Not boys' bands? Well, ain't no call for a boys' band in this town. Anything these Iowa people don't have already, they do without.
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Marcellus Washburn : Hey, what are you selling now? Last I heard about you, you was in steam automobiles.
Harold Hill : I was.
Marcellus Washburn : Well, what happened?
Harold Hill : Somebody actually invented one.
Marcellus Washburn : No!
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Marcellus Washburn : This is where I work.
Harold Hill : You mean you *live* in this town?
Marcellus Washburn : Yeah, I like it, too. I mean it's not Brooklyn, New York. It's not the City of Homes and Churches and...
Harold Hill : [amazed] "Brooklyn"? Marce, this isn't even *Dubuque*!
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Harold Hill : All I need is an opening. You remember the pitch. What can I use? What's new around here?
Marcellus Washburn : Well, the other day a farmer brought in an egg had three yolks in it. Was in the paper.
Harold Hill : [dryly] Oh, that's exciting, all right. No, what do you talk about?
Marcellus Washburn : Well, there's the weather, of course.
[looking at the sky]
Marcellus Washburn : When it's in season.