Monkey Business
1952
(to his secretary, whose assets are in other areas) Oliver Oxley: Find someone to type this.
Lois Laurel: Mr Oxley's been complaining about my punctuation, so I'm careful to get here before nine.
Barnaby: Aw, c'mon; let's scalp him! Winslow, George: No; first, we gotta do a war dance!
Barnaby: Miss Laurel was just showing me her acetates.
Barnaby: In my opinion, your opinion that it's a silly song is a silly opinion.
Oliver Oxley: I want you to go into town and I want you to find Dr Fulton. Lois Laurel: But Mr Oxley, which one do you want me to do first?
Barnaby: Hello, Griffith Park Zoo, Snake Department. Sssshhh! Oliver Oxley: Hello? Hello? What is this? Barnaby: What do you want? Oliver Oxley: This is Mr Oxley. Barnaby: I'll see if he's here. Oliver Oxley: No, I said *this* is Oxley! Barnaby: Who is? Oliver Oxley: I am, speaking! Barnaby: Oh, you're Mr Speaking... Oliver Oxley: This is Mr Oxley speaking! Barnaby: Oxley Speaking? Any relation to Oxley? Oliver Oxley: Barnaby Fulton is that you? Barnaby: Who's calling? Oliver Oxley: I am, Barnaby! Barnaby: Oh, no, you're not Barnaby. I'm Barnaby! I ought to know who I am. Oliver Oxley: This is Oxley speaking, Barnaby! Barnaby: No, that's ridiculous!Y ou can't be all three. Figure out which one you are and call me back!
Mrs Edwina Fulton: Oh, darling! Stop by the automobile agency. Mr Peabody just called and says he had a very good buy Barnaby: A good buy? Well, good bye to you!
Barnaby: Now, Edwina, we drove all the way down here to enjoy ourselves and to pursue an important scientific experiment at the same time.