Paul Frees: John Beresford Tipton

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters the Silverstone estate outdoor garden, where he finds Tipton seated in a high-backed al fresco chair observing a bust of a young boy. It appears to be evening]  You sent for me, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : Mike, you remember the legend of William Tell?

  Michael Anthony : Everybody remembers the Swiss tyrant Gessler who commanded William Tell to shoot an apple off his son's head with a bow and arrow.

  John Beresford Tipton : [Tipton places an apple atop the head of the boy's statue]  Yes, Mike - only it was an Austrian tyrant who held the Swiss patriot William Tell a prisoner.

  Michael Anthony : [Embarrassed]  Oh, ah... Yes, sir, that's what I meant.

  John Beresford Tipton : If Tell succeeded, he'd gain his freedom. And if he failed...

  Michael Anthony : He would kill his son.

  John Beresford Tipton : But he shot it off, clean as a whistle, destroyed the tyrant, and set his people free. What I remember most is the supreme confidence that boy had in his father.

  [Tipton hands over an envelope to Anthony] 

  John Beresford Tipton : Our next millionaire, Mike.