Motor Mania (1950)
John McLeish: Narrator, Mr. Wheeler (some lines)
Quotes
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Narrator : [revving engine at traffic signal] Oh, wanna race, do they? Well, they ain't gonna get ahead of meeee!
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[Mr. Wheeler had bumped into another driver's car]
Driver : Hey, you think you own the whole road?
Narrator : Hmph! Of course I own the road. My taxes pay for them. I voted for road bonds. I pay for the roads and I'll use 'em.
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Mr. Wheeler : [yelling at a tow truck that is towing his now-totaled car away with him in it honking the horn] Come on! Move over! Get out of the way, roadhog!
Narrator : Too bad, Mr. Wheeler. You've broken your toy. But let this be a lesson, Mr. Wheeler: drive safely, play fair, give the other fellow a break, and...
Mr. Wheeler : [yelling at the narrator] Aw, shut up!
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Narrator : Let 'em wait. It's a beautiful day.
[Mr. Wheeler takes his car's top down as well as his hat's top]
Narrator : Fresh air.
[Mr. Wheeler turns on the radio and the Blue Danube is heard]
Narrator : Nice music.
Mr. Wheeler : Da da dee dee doo doo da da...
[Mr. Wheeler continues humming with the music while holding up traffic, as several car horns honk]
Driver : Hey! Get over, ya road hog!
[Mr. Wheeler's form crossfades into that of a literal road hog and he honks his horn]
Car Horn : Oink, oink!
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Narrator : The modern car in the hands of the average man is rapidly facing an exition. Truly the average man is a quite strangely and ortodox species.