Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)

Marjorie Main: Ma Kettle

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Quotes 

• Mrs. Birdie Hicks : [after getting the Kettles evicted]  Good day.

  Ma Kettle : [grabs Birdie]  Listen here Birdie, it may be a good day for you, but it ain't for Pa. All the poor man wanted was a new tobacco pouch and instead he won a house he didn't want and he got a bad sunburn.

• Ma Kettle : Now hang on there, Billy.

  Danny Kettle : I'm Danny!

• Ma Kettle : Nancy... Nancy hold still!

  Susie Kettle : I'm Susie, Ma.

• Ma Kettle : [about Pa's underwear]  It's the latest thing, Billy Reed said they'd fit perfectly.

  Pa Kettle : They probably would if he were in them with me!

  Ma Kettle : [laughs]  Well, we'll just pin them up for right now, they'll shrink once I wash them.

• Ma Kettle : [She and Pa are watching themselves on the news, and they're showing more children than just their 15]  Turn that thing off before our family gets any bigger!