Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Paul Douglas: Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern
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Quotes
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Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Dogs have fleas, managers have sports writers.
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Angel : Well, McGovern, you sure talked your way out of that one today. Ten straight games and you had to go and blow it.
Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Now look, I...
Angel : Take off your hat.
Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Yes, Sir... All I said this afternoon...
Angel : I heard what you said. Don't repeat it.
Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Now look, the guy called me an ape.
Angel : Bowlegged ape.
Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : Yeah.
Angel : You are a little bowlegged.
Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : What am I suppose to do, take it as a compliment? Don't I get a chance to talk back?
Angel : Certainly. The English language has a total of 698,000 words. We ask you to avoid a hundredth of one percent of these... which at the moment seems to be your entire vocabulary.
Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : I'll be tongue tied.
Angel : Shakespeare wasn't, nor Milton or Robert Burns. Study, McGovern, study.
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Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern : [looking up, speaking about Hellman] You're getting a good man.