The Monkees (TV Series)
Monkees on the Line (1967)
Peter Tork: Peter
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Quotes
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Drehdal : Do you say you boys were looking for a job?
[the Monkees all shake their heads no]
Drehdal : Well, why didn't you say so? You, you know how to pick up a telephone?
Peter : Yes, yes I do.
[Peter picks up a phone that didn't ring, and holds the phone upside down on his ear]
Peter : Hello, hello? This one's broken.
Drehdal : Boys, I'll make you a deal. You stay here and take care of my phones, I'll pay the regular salary and I'll throw in something extra. What do you say?
Mike : [All of the boys, speak the same time] Hold it, hold it. Wait, we can't do this, we're musicians.
Drehdal : Great. You can listen to the dial tone.
[She laughs and so does Micky, but then the boys start heading toward the door]
Drehdal : Hey, wait a minute. Where ya goin'?
Mike : Um, well we were going to talk it over.
Drehdal : Talk, talk. What's to talk about? Don't you realize what you can do here? You can feel the warm heart of this cruel world.
[the Monkees start to see her as the Statue of Liberty with her wearing a purple dress and a telephone on her torch]
Drehdal : The ideas of the very things that happens and you can be part of it. The city will be in your fingers. Come answer the phone.
Peter : [All of the Monkees are crying] I don't want to be a murderer.
[Drehdal looks confused and you stop seeing her as the "Statue of Liberty."]
Mike : We'll do it. We'll do it!
Drehdal : Good! Oh, I forgot to mention. In order to bring this cruelness in the world, don't get involved with the clients. Alright, which one of you will go first?
Mike : [Al of the Monkees speak at the same time] Hold it, hold it. We'll just check our fingers.
[He looks at his]
Mike : Ooh-la-la! I guess that means I have the city in my fingertips.
Peter : How come Mike always wins?
Micky : He's got six fingers on that hand.
Davy : Look Mike, maybe we'll check in with you later, ok? Goodbye, Mrs. Drehdal.
Drehdal : Bye boys.
[the other Monkees leave]
Mike : Well, got to get to work. Ooh, this is going to be fine and look a never ending sea of telephones.
[Drehdal and Mike talk at the same time]
Mike : It's a wonderful place you got here.
Drehdal : Well, now that you guys are firm, I can go to Jamaica with a free mind.
Mike : Jamaica?
Drehdal : That's right, honey.
Mike : Wait! You have to tell me how to work this thing.
Drehdal : Well, nothing can be easier. The phone rings ding-a-ling-a-ling. You plug it in the hole. You answer it, you write down the message. When the client calls you give them the message. What can be easier?
Mike : Going to Jamaica. Well, hold it.
Drehdal : Yeah?
Mike : I just noticed this red button on the wall. It's a button and it's on a wall. What's it for?
Drehdal : Push it if you get tired. Bye-bye, honey!
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Micky : Well, well, what's the beef? Didn't the message get delivered?
Manny Spink : Sure it did, but somehow or other the 10.000 buck bet was switched from Popcicle to Pelican, and Popcicle won!
Davy : That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life! Why would anybody want to change a bet like that?
Peter : [all eyes turn to Peter] Well... I thought... I didn't know it was a racehorse, I thought it was a booking for a gig and, and I gave it to the Pelicans 'cause I knew they needed the work.
Micky : [sighs] You have a good heart, Pete.
Manny Spink : Yeah, and I may stop it!
