Terry and the Pirates (TV Series)

Little Mandarin (1953)

John Baer: Terry Lee

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Hotshot Charlie : [speaking into the cockpit microphone]  Hear this, hear this: Air Cathay Flight 54, coming in on baling wire and bubble gum. Sortie points: Tokyo, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Catalina, Coney Island, Fire of All Nations and Cotton-Eyed Jean's Creep Joint.

  Terry Lee : That mike's been dead a year. You know what it's good for?

  Hotshot Charlie : Sure! Cracking walnuts.

• Chopstick Joe : What's the matter, flyboys? Run into some unexpected sky?

  Terry Lee : We'll give you a full report in the morning, but right now we're too tired for bright talk and juicy jargon.

• Chopstick Joe : I would be the last to depricate your devotion to Air Cathay, flyboys. By burning the midnight oil, I thought it high time Chopstick Joe indicates his appreciation.

  [Chopstick produces a large wad of cash from his pocket] 

  Terry Lee : What do we have to do with whose body?

• Terry Lee : That green stuff's gone to your gray matter, Chops.

• Dragon Lady : There are more pleasant things to dwell upon.

  Terry Lee : If he's hurt...

  Dragon Lady : Of course not. He is expensive merchandise.

  [Terry and the Dragon Lady kiss] 

  Terry Lee : Pretty delicious package yourself.

  Dragon Lady : Well then?

  Terry Lee : Too much whipped cream. I can't take the calories.

  Dragon Lady : Be careful, Mr. Lee. If I can't have your heart, I may take your head.

• Dragon Lady : Mr. Lee, a word of caution - do not abuse my hospitality. Am I clear?

  Terry Lee : You're positively transparent.

• Terry Lee : So far, so good.

  Hotshot Charlie : So far, so lucky.

• [last lines] 

  Boy : I want you in my royal air force. You will be commanders.

  Hotshot Charlie : Commanders? Not bad for two ex-GIs.

  Terry Lee : How many in Chi Nan's air force?

  Boy : Two - you and you.

• [the Oriental points his gun at Terry's chest] 

  Terry Lee : Will you put that thing away? It might go off.

  Oriental : Precisely!

  Chopstick Joe : Shall I tell him the facts of life about 5000 feet, Terry my boy?

  Terry Lee : Gently, Charles. It's a nervous weapon.

  Chopstick Joe : The threat's over, old man. If we act up and you shoot us down, who'll fly this crate? You're a dead pigeon, too.

• Hotshot Charlie : What do you figure? I didn't see any cargo back there.

  Terry Lee : Probably loaded in the tail. But 55 pounds of what?

  Hotshot Charlie : Gold, diamonds, platinum, radium, penicillin, jade, narcotics... I got it!

  Terry Lee : What?

  Hotshot Charlie : Bubblegum.

• Hotshot Charlie : Uh-oh. Gander at 9 o'clock. Aircraft.

  Terry Lee : Ditto at 3 o'clock.

  [the mysterious fighter planes close to attack Terry's aircraft] 

  Hotshot Charlie : And the dawn comes up like thunder...