Emergency! (TV Series)
Women (1972)
Randolph Mantooth: Paramedic John Gage
Quotes
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Fireman John Gage : How long have you been a journalist, Christy?
Christy Todd : Two years. Since college.
Fireman John Gage : Oh.
[Clears throat]
Fireman John Gage : Well, have you ever written about anything as dangerous as this?
Christy Todd : Tell me, what is so dangerous about your job?
Fireman John Gage : You're kidding.
Christy Todd : No.
Fireman John Gage : Well, what have you covered that's more risky than fighting fires?
Christy Todd : Interviewing guys like you.
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[first lines]
Fireman John Gage : With our luck, we're probably gonna have to drive him around.
Fireman Roy DeSoto : Now look. Don't complain. Any publicity this program can get is valuable.
Fireman John Gage : Yeah. We have enough to do on our runs without to playing host to some newspaper guy.
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Fireman Roy DeSoto : You know, Johnny, if you would stop riding her maybe she would write something nice. Now I - I think she's very talented.
Fireman John Gage : You want to fight a fire with her?
Fireman Kelly : Roy, Gage is right. She's about as talented as a tapeworm.
Fireman Roy DeSoto : Well she's just going through a stage. She's young.
Fireman John Gage : Oh yeah. Young. I know.
[Baby talk]
Fireman John Gage : She's just a little baby.
[Normal voice]
Fireman John Gage : She's a baby barracuda.
Christy Todd : "Baby barracuda," huh?
Fireman John Gage : A baby barracuda eavesdropper.
Christy Todd : We use what weapons we have, Johnny Baby.
Fireman John Gage : [Muttering] "Johnny Baby."
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Fireman John Gage : Give these chicks an inch and they'll take over. How would you like to live with a dinosaur like that? You know what she sounded like? She sounded like some wom...
Christy Todd : Hey, Gage... You know what you sound like? You sound like every man I've ever known. Arrogant, conceited, chauvinistic, misogynistic...
Fireman John Gage : Wait a minute. Come again on that last one.
Fireman Roy DeSoto : It means woman-hater.
Fireman John Gage : Oh, yeah? What a great word. "Misogynistic." That's a great word.
Christy Todd : You really like being a jerk, don't you?
Fireman John Gage : I like being a man, if that's what you mean.
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Capt. Stanley : Uh, where is she?
Fireman John Gage : Well, if she was a normal type girl she'd be out powdering her nose, but I think I saw her arguing with a brick wall... and she's winning.