Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Paul Douglas: Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern

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• Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Dogs have fleas, managers have sports writers.

• Angel : Well, McGovern, you sure talked your way out of that one today. Ten straight games and you had to go and blow it.

  Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Now look, I...

  Angel : Take off your hat.

  Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Yes, Sir... All I said this afternoon...

  Angel : I heard what you said. Don't repeat it.

  Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Now look, the guy called me an ape.

  Angel : Bowlegged ape.

  Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Yeah.

  Angel : You are a little bowlegged.

  Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : What am I suppose to do, take it as a compliment? Don't I get a chance to talk back?

  Angel : Certainly. The English language has a total of 698,000 words. We ask you to avoid a hundredth of one percent of these... which at the moment seems to be your entire vocabulary.

  Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : I'll be tongue tied.

  Angel : Shakespeare wasn't, nor Milton or Robert Burns. Study, McGovern, study.

• Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : [looking up, speaking about Hellman]  You're getting a good man.