Hold That Ghost (1941)
Lou Costello: Ferdinand Jones
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Quotes
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Ferdie : Look, from now on, keep one eye on that candle, another eye on that one, and with the other eye watch me!
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Ferdie : [to Chuck] I was playing choo-choo train! Aww you never let me have any fun.
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Ferdie : [looking at an old house with no paint] What did I tell you, Chuck? Anyplace painted dark brown, I never liked it.
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Ferdie : We were very close to Charlie Smith at the time of his demise.
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Dr. Duncan 'Doc' Jackson : He's been strangled.
Ferdie : Hey Chuck. Is that serious?
Chuck : Why, the man's dead.
Ferdie : Oh, that's serious.
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Ferdie : [to Camille] With one eye, watch that candle, with the other eye watch the other candle, and with the other eye, watch me.
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Ferdie : Oh a bed, that's just what I need, a nice big bed to hide under.
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[Chuck and Ferdie are shown descending a flight of stairs after being informed that they have obtained Moose Matson's inheritance]
Ferdie : Hey, Chuck, we don't want no roadhouse. Anything you get for nothin' is no good. Let's go back to the gas station.
Chuck : [annoyed] Now, that's fine. Just when you get an opportunity to advance yourself, a chance to become somebody, you want to be a gas station attendant!
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[while being chased by two policemen, Ferdie and Chuck are in the back seat of Moose Matson's car]
Ferdie : I want to get out of here! I want to go back to the gas station! I wanna...
Moose Matson : [points a gun] What is it you want?
Ferdie : [sheepishly] I want my mamma...
Moose Matson : Get over here and drive.
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[Moose Matson has just been shot, and is laying in the backseat of his car, mortally wounded]
Ferdie : It's awful quiet. Ain't it?
Moose Matson : [weakly] Pull over some place, will ya?
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[Moose Matson is mortally wounded. Ferdie and Chuck watch as he reaches into the pocket of his coat]
Moose Matson : [weakly] Lefty... get a doctor... will ya?
Chuck : Lefty? Who is Lefty?
Ferdie : I don't know.
Chuck : Lefty isn't here.
[Matson reaches into the pocket of his coat and pulls out a piece of paper. He looks at it for a few seconds before he succumbs to his gunshot wound]
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[Ferdie has just tossed one of Chuck's suitcases onto a bus that's heading south. He looks rather panicked.]
Ferdie : Hey! Which way are you going?
Harry Hoskins : Why, north of course.
Ferdie : You're going north? Don't you wish you were going south?
Chuck : Why?
Ferdie : That's the way your bag went.
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[the day after being fired from their job at a nightclub. Chuck and Ferdie can be seen at a gas station. Both are sitting down. Chuck looks upset while Ferdie looks apologetic.]
Ferdie : I'm sorry we was thrown out of that place.
Chuck : [forlornly] Ah, keep quiet.
Ferdie : I apologize.
Chuck : [annoyed] Never mind.
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[At the gas station, Ferdie can be seen pulling a balloon out of one of his pockets and putting in on a air pumper. As this is going on, Chuck can be seen writing something on a blackboard]
Ferdie : Hey, Chuck!
Chuck : Oh, don't bother me Ferdie, I'm busy.
[Chuck continues writing until he notices Ferdie's balloons]
Chuck : And stop playing with those balloons!
Ferdie : I have time to blow 'em up.
Chuck : Put those balloons away!
Ferdie : [Puts the balloon in his pocket and stands up] Okay.
Chuck : Come on, get on the job, we're busy.