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Mel Blanc, Sterling Holloway, Heather Angel, Kathryn Beaumont, Lucille Bliss, Jerry Colonna, Pinto Colvig, Verna Felton, Larry Grey, Richard Haydn, Joseph Kearns, Bill Lee, Queenie Leonard, Doris Lloyd, Tommy Luske, James MacDonald, Marni Nixon, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Thompson, Dink Trout, Ed Wynn, Norma Zimmer, The Mellowmen Quartet, and Bob Hamlin in Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Joseph Kearns: Doorknob

Alice in Wonderland

Joseph Kearns credited as playing...

Doorknob

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  • Doorknob: Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.
  • Alice: I simply must get through!
  • Doorknob: Sorry, you're much too big. Simply impassable.
  • Alice: You mean impossible?
  • Doorknob: No, impassable. Nothing's impossible.
  • [Alice reaches the door to escape from the mob]
  • Doorknob: [tries to open the door] D'oh! I'm - still locked, you know!
  • Alice: [in horror] But the queen! I simply *must* get out!
  • Doorknob: [chuckles] But you *are* outside.
  • Alice: [releases her grip on the Doorknob] What?
  • Doorknob: [opens his mouth] See for yourself.
  • [Alice sees through his mouth and sees herself asleep with Dinah also sleeping on her lap by a tree in a beautiful meadow]
  • Alice: Why - why that's me! I'm asleep!
  • Queen of Hearts: [shouting from a distance, advancing toward Alice along with a mob of other characters] Don't let her get away! Off with her head!
  • Alice: [in terror, through the Doorknob's mouth] Alice, wake up! Please, wake up, Alice!
  • Queen of Hearts: [comes closer with the rest of the mob] Off with her head!
  • Alice: Alice! Please, wake up, Alice!
  • [as the mob draws nearer, the screen goes into swirling multicolor until it shows Alice sleeping by the tree]
  • Alice: [voiceover] Alice! Alice! Alice!
  • Alice's sister: [changes to her sister's] Alice! Alice! Will you kindly pay attention and recite your lesson?
  • Alice: [drinks from bottle] Mmm... tastes like cherry tart.
  • [shrinks down]
  • Alice: Custard.
  • [shrinks down]
  • Alice: Pineapple.
  • [shrinks down]
  • Alice: Roast turkey.
  • [now at minimum size]
  • Alice: Goodness! What did I do?
  • Doorknob: [chuckles] You almost went out like a candle!
  • Alice: But look, I'm just the right size!
  • Doorknob: Oh - no use.
  • [laughs]
  • Doorknob: I forgot to tell you.
  • [laughs]
  • Doorknob: I'm locked!
  • [laughs]
  • Alice: Oh, no!
  • Doorknob: But of course, you've got the key, so...
  • Alice: What key?
  • Doorknob: Now, don't tell me you've left it up there!
  • Doorknob: D'ooooh!
  • Alice: Oh! I beg your pardon...
  • Doorknob: Whew. Quite all right, but you did give me quite a turn.
  • Alice: You see, I was following...
  • Doorknob: Rather good, what? Doorknob? Turn? Since one good turn deserves another, what can I do for you?

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