Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Dick Ryan: Jed Miller
Quotes
-
Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard : [reading] Ethelbert McGinnis.
[no response]
Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard : Ethelbert McGinnis!
Glimpy Stone : "Ethelbert?" Can you imagine a guy with a moniker like that?
Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard : Which one of you is Ethelbert McGinnis?
Glimpy Stone : Ethelbert? We got a McGinnis, but no Ethelbert.
Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard : Oh, yes, you have. Now which one of you is it?
Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis : [waking from a nap, hearing the name, sheepishly answers] Oh! What a terrible t'ing. Uhh... I'm... Ethelbert.
Glimpy Stone : [stunned] You? Now I'm completely disillusioned!
Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard : So you're Ethelbert McGinnis.
Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis : It's kind of a... name, you know? It's been in the family for a long time. Uh, you might call it a skeleton in the family closet. It'd kinda make me very happy if we just kind o'... left it dere and forgot about it.
Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard : [slowly and cruelly] All right, Ethelbert.
Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis : I wouldn't use that name if I was you. Because my fadda made a mistake don't mean you have to do de same thing.
Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard : Oh, a little wise guy, ay?
Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis : "Wise Guy." That's it. Call me Mr. Wise Guy.