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Yellow Submarine

1968

Old Fred: Oh! Frankenstein! Ringo: Yeah, I used to go out with his sister. Old Fred: His sister? Ringo: Yeah, Phyllis.

Jeremy Hillary Boob, PhD.: If I spoke prose you'd all find out / I don't know what I talk about.

Paul: Senile delinquents.

Old Fred: Now whatever you do, don't touch that button! Ringo: Which button? Old Fred: That button. Ringo: This button? (presses the button and is ejected) Aaaahhhhh! Old Fred: That was the panic button.

John: It appears to be a group of fellas.

Paul: Look, it's a school of whales. Ringo: They look a little bit old for school. Paul: University then. Ringo: University of whales. John: They look like drop-outs to me.

John: Break the glass. George: We can't! Paul: It's Beatle-proof. John: Nothing is Beatle-proof!

Ringo: Look, it's Father Christmas! Paul: That's not Father Christmas, that's Father Time. Ringo: How'd you know that? Paul: Well, I read it in a book.

John: It's blue glass. George: Must be from Kentucky, then.

(Ringo picks up a hole and puts it in his pocket) Ringo: I've got a hole in my pocket.

(the Beatles are shown as their live action selves) George: That was one great party. And we brought back some lovely souvenirs. (takes out a kite string with a wind-up mistaken for a motor) George: Here's the motor. Paul: And I've got a little (the word "love" comes out of his hand) Paul: love. Ringo: (takes out a fake hole from his pocket) And I've got a hole in my pocket. George: A hole? Ringo: Well, half a hole anyway. I gave the rest to Jeremy. George: What can he do with half a hole? Paul: Fix it to keep his mind from wandering!

Chief Meanie: Pepperland is a tickle of joy on the blue belly of the universe. It must be scratched. Right, Max? Max: Yes, Your Blueness. Chief Meanie: WHAT? We Meanies only take "no" for an answer! Is that understood, Max? Max: No, Your Blueness! Chief Meanie: That's better.

Chief Meanie: A thing of beauty; destroy it forever!

Old Fred: Help! Help! Help! Ringo: No thanks, don't need any. Old Fred: Won't you please, please help me!

Ringo: Hey, I wonder what'll happen if I pull this lever. Old Fred: Oh, you mustn't do that now. Ringo: Can't help it. I'm a born "Liver-pooler."

John: Hey Ringo, I just had the strangest dream. Ringo: I warned you not to eat on an empty stomach.

Jeremy: Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!

(Jeremy is writing with his foot) Jeremy: These are the footnotes for my nineteenth book. This is my standard procedure for doing it. And while I compose it, I'm also reviewing it! John: ... Were your notices good? Jeremy: It's my policy never to read my reviews.

Chief Blue Meanie: It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where can we go? Max: Argentina?

George: Hey! There's a Cyclops! Paul: Can't be. It's got two eyes. John: Must be a "bi-cyclops" then. Ringo: There's another one. John: A whole "'cyclopedia"!

Old Fred: All right then. Let's get this vessel shipshape. Ringo: I kind of like it the way it is. Submarine shape.

George: Yes, dey do look very nice, don't dey? Ringo: Yes, dey do. John: Dey do dough, don't dey? George: Yes, dey do. Ringo: Don't dey, dough? George: Dough? (Paul enters) John: Fa-la. Dat dough!

Ringo: Oh, your story has touched me heart. Jump in. We'll get me friends. Old Fred: Oh, bless you. Ringo: Did I sneeze?

Paul: And do you speak English? Jeremy: Old English, Middle, a dialect pure. George: Well, do you speak English? Jeremy: You know I'm not sure. Ringo: He's so smart he doesn't even remember what he knows!

Narrator: Once upon a time, or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland. 80,000 leagues beneath the sea it lay, or lie. I'm not too sure.

Chief Blue Meanie: Hee, hee hee hee hee! Oh, I haven't laughed so much since Pompeii.

Ringo: Hey, would you believe me if I told you I was being followed by a yellow submarine? Police Officer: No, no, I would not. Ringo: Oh, yeah, didn't think you would. I could've sworn I saw a yellow submarine. But that's not logic now. Is it? It must've been one of them "Unidentified Flying Cupcakes". Or a figment of me imagination. But I don't have an imagination.

(seeing John looking through a telescope, concerned) Paul: What's the matter, John Love? Blue Meanies. John Lennon: Newer and bluer Meanies have been sighted in the vicinity of this theatre. There's only one way we can go out! George: How's that? John Lennon: Singing!

Ringo: Liverpool can be a lonely place on a Saturday night, and this is only Thursday morning.

Paul: Say, Ringo, you're not half the lad you used to be.

(in the Sea of Holes) John: This place reminds me of Blackburn, Lancashire.

Chief Blue Meanie: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... the hills are alive! Max: (singing) With the sound of music.

Old Fred: You've got to steer clear. Ringo: Steer clear? Old Fred: Yes, steer. Clear? Ringo: Yes, dear.

Old Fred: "H" for "Hurry," "E" for "'Ergent,'" "L" for "Love me," and "P" for "P-P-P-Please help!"

George: It's all in the mind.

Ringo: George, what are you doing up there? George: (driving in Ringo's car) Now, what is it Ringo? Is it a matter you want to take up... or down? Ringo: (indicating Fred) This lad, here. Old Fred: (crazy gibberish) Old Fred, Ringo, John: Blue Meanies! George: Aww, you're nuts, the pair of ya. (drives off) Ringo: Hey, that's my car, lad. George: How do you know it's yours? Ringo: I know it anywhere. Red with yellow wheels. (the car changes colors) Ringo: I mean... blue with orange wheels. (the car changes colors again) George: It's all in the mind.

Paul: Shhh! Ringo: What's that? Paul: Shhh! Ringo: Good plan.

George: Hey, it's seen us! Find the boxing button! Paul: Whoever heard of a "boxing button"? John: Who cares! Find one!

Lord Mayor: Four scores and 32 bars ago, our four fathers Old Fred: A quartet? Lord Mayor: And four mothers Old Fred: Another quartet? Lord Mayor: Made their way in this yellow submarine... Old Fred: What, that little thing? Lord Mayor: ... to Pepperland.

John: (from the UK version) I am the ego man. Goo goo goo joob!

George: He looks wrong. Paul: He doesn't look at all well. George: In fact, he's horrible. John: He's so ugly. All: REALLY UGLY!

(George tries to fix the sub's motor, receiving a huge electric shock instead) Old Fred: What do you think? George: I think I burnt me finger.

Ringo: (as Jeremy disables the Chief Blue Meenie with flowers) That Nowhere Man. That Nobody. "I" knew he was Somebody. John: You're right.

Ringo: It's time... for time!

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