The Big Store (1941)

Henry Armetta: Giuseppe

Quotes 

• Guiseppi : [to Wacky]  Hey, pressa' the grapes - no pressa' my wife!

• Wolf J. Flywheel : [Flywheel lying in a bed in The Big Store, when Guiseppi, his wife, and their 12 children surround the bed. Flywheel sits up]  What other hobbies have you got?

  Guiseppi : Eh, we like-a to see something different in a bed.

  Wolf J. Flywheel : You would? Just press that button over by the davenport.

  Guiseppi : Where is the davenport?

  Wolf J. Flywheel : It's in Iowa.

• Wolf J. Flywheel : Hey, what's the difficulty here?

  Guiseppi : Look, I no get excited like-a my wife; but, I come in here with twelve-a kids and now there only six. What happened my six kids?

  Wolf J. Flywheel : What are their draft numbers?

  Guiseppi : Look-a there only six-a kids and I know I gotta twelve-a kids!

  Wolf J. Flywheel : Twelve kids, eh? How much you make a week?

  Guiseppi : Eh, eh, twenty-five dollars.

  Wolf J. Flywheel : You can't afford to have twelve kids!

  Guiseppi : No tell me what I can ford! The only thing I know-a is, I gotta twelve-a kids and now there only six!

  Wolf J. Flywheel : My good man, statistics prove it costs five dollars a week to provide for a child. Twelve times five is sixty dollars. You only make twenty-five dollars a week! Its economically impossible for you to have twelve children!