Ship Ahoy (1942)

Red Skelton: Merton K. Kibble

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• Merton K. Kibble : Here you are, boss. Take a swig of this. It'll straighten you up.

  'Skip' Owens : What is that?

  Merton K. Kibble : Napoleon Brandy.

  'Skip' Owens : Can you take vitamins with it?

  Merton K. Kibble : Napoleon took Josephine with it.

• Tommy Dorsey : Don't tell me you're from Squaresville?

  Merton K. Kibble : Where's Squaresville?

  Tommy Dorsey : Why, man, that's *everywhere*.

  Merton K. Kibble : Oh, you mean I don't dig it. I'm not hep.

  Tommy Dorsey : Groovy!

  Merton K. Kibble : Groovy? Oh, you bet I'm groovy. I'm waiting for a beautiful wren.

  Tommy Dorsey : Well, skin, man.

  Merton K. Kibble : Skin?

  Tommy Dorsey : Well, all reet.

  Merton K. Kibble : Well, all root.

• Merton K. Kibble : The flames grew hotter. The fumes grew stronger. Wonderlad grew weaker With all of his remaining strength he flung himself at the cabinet door. It was locked. It held firm. He was licked.

• 'Skip' Owens : Boss, what's wrong?

  Merton K. Kibble : Everything. I'm shattered. Crashed. Just a hull of a man.

  'Skip' Owens : [on the phone with Kibble's doctor]  He a hull of a man. No. Hull. Hull of a man.

• Merton K. Kibble : Ah, this is The End. The breakdown is here.

• Merton K. Kibble : If I do, I get a whipping. I do'd it.

• Merton K. Kibble : Darling, you've got me so balled up, I don't know whether I'm going or going.