Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Buddy Ebsen: Peter Trot

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Quotes 

• Emma Snipe : How much do you want to lose?

  Peter Trot : About 70 pounds.

  Emma Snipe : 70 pounds? Frankly, you take that much off and you'll be nothing but a blood vessel to keep your clothes warm.

• Emma Snipe : Uh, what's your name now?

  Peter Trot : Same as it always was, Peter Trot.

  Emma Snipe : Oh, I used to just adore Peter Rabbit.

• Peter Trot : Well, I'll still do it. How much do you charge?

  Emma Snipe : Well, we charge by the pound. 50 cents a pound. You pay that much for good rump steak.

• Emma Snipe : You can't be vital without vitamins. How do you eat?

  Peter Trot : Like a horse.

  Emma Snipe : Well, frankly, you'll have to cut that out. From now on you'll sit up at a table just like anyone else.

• Peter Trot : The guy used to jerk soda on Coney Island.

• Sonny Ledford : I've heard worst than that at the opera. Haven't you, Peter?

  Peter Trot : Oh, you know, opree ain't as bad as it sounds.

• Peter Trot : Eight hundred bucks ain't buttons.

  George Papaloopas : Buttons? Who wants buttons? I got buttons! I want bucks!

• Peter Trot : I used to be a jockey.

  James K. Blakeley : Well, what did you ride? Elephants?

  Peter Trot : Not sir, I was a little guy then.

  James K. Blakeley : Little? Well how big are you now?

  Peter Trot : Six feet one in my underwear.

• Peter Trot : Hey, you're a pretty good lookin' gal. Did you ever think of goin' on the stage?

  Steve Raleigh : Were you ever stage struck?

  Peter Trot : Yeah, hit me right here.

  [puts his hands over his stomach] 

• Sally Lee : We're going to enter our horse in the $25,000 jumping race at Saratoga.

  George Papaloopas : Oh, can he jump?

  Sally Lee : Can *he* jump!

  Sonny Ledford : Can *he* jump!

  Peter Trot : *Can* he jump?

• Sonny Ledford : What do you want a pin for? To hold your hat on.

  Peter Trot : No. To keep my pants up.