Sanford and Son (TV Series)

Fred's Treasure Garden (1974)

Howard Platt: Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Quotes 

• Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : [while ravenously eating Grady's wild parsley salad]  That is delicious! Oughtta be a crime for a salad to be this good.

  Rollo Larson : In most states it is.

• Lamont Sanford : It's right over here. Now, I want you to know, I'm bringing you over here as a friend, not as a policeman, and not in your official capacity. Now, I'm just gonna come right and be honest with you, and tell you - it's gone.

  Officer 'Smitty' Smith : What's gone?

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Well, Officer Smith, I think we should be a bit more official about this inquiry. Now, uh... what's gone?

  Lamont Sanford , Rollo Larson : [overlapping]  It was the parsley. It was the wheelbarrow.

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Hmm?

  Lamont Sanford , Rollo Larson : [overlapping]  It was the wheelbarrow. It was the parsley.

  Lamont Sanford : It was a wheelbarrow full of parsley.

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : [writes in his notepad]  A wheelbarrow full of parsley. Now, that's not your everyday robbery.

  Lamont Sanford : Well, I guess whoever it belonged to must've come and taken it away, so it was a false alarm.

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Now wait, why would anyone put parsley in a wheelbarrow?

  Rollo Larson : Well, I guess they wanted to make deliveries.

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Make - All right, now did we establish that this wheelbarrow was full of parsley?

  Lamont Sanford : No, partially.

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Partially full, or partially parsley?

  Lamont Sanford : Partially parsley.

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : [writes in his notepad]  Partially parsley.

  Rollo Larson : Possibly.

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Possibly partially parsley.

  Lamont Sanford : Probably.

  Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Probably, possibly, partially parsley.