Playing the Ponies (1937)

Moe Howard: Moe

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Quotes 

• Moe : What's the big idea?

  Curly : You told me to race him around the track and I did... and I beat him. Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

• Con Man : That horse of mine lost again. I'm gonna sell the dog. He's all run out.

  Con Man : Only a sucker would buy Thunderbolt.

  Con Man : Well, there's one born every minute.

  Larry : [nearby, looking a the newspaper]  Look at this. "Madcap wins $10,000 sweepstakes."

  Moe : So what?

  Larry : $10,000 for just winning a race? That's the kind of game we oughta be in.

  Moe : You said it. If we could find a sucker who'd buy this place, we could get us a horse.

  Con Man : I got an idea.

• Customer ordering Veal : Hey, waiter. What is this, pork or veal?

  Moe : What'd you order?

  Customer ordering Veal : Veal.

  Moe : Then it's veal.

• Cafe Customer : Say, waiter, what's this dog growling at me for?

  Moe : Oh, don't mind him. He's mad 'cause you're eating out of his plate.

• Con Man : [after seeing Curly chase a dog out of the kitchen]  Hey, waiter.

  Moe : Yes, sir?

  Con Man : Never mind that hot dog. Give me a couple of eggs on toast.

  Moe : [calling to the kitchen]  Adam and Eve on a raft.

  Con Man : Scramble those eggs.

  Moe : [annoyed]  Wreck 'em.

• Moe : I'm getting fed up with this restaurant business. All I hear are squawks.

  [Curly reaches into a bucket of salted peanuts] 

  Moe : [slapping his hand away]  And you, eatin' up the profits. Get back where you belong.

  Curly : Oh, shut up. I don't have to.

• Larry : Why don't we get out of this restaurant business, anyway?

  Moe : Why don't catfish have kittens?

  Larry : [thoughtfully]  I wonder.