Brats (1930)

Stan Laurel: Stan Sr., Stanley Jr.

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Quotes 

• Ollie Sr. : What's all this racket about?

  Ollie Jr. : [in a plaintive whiny "poor me" tone of voice]  He hit me!

  Stan Jr. : I did not! He hit m-

  [taking his hand out of the covers to try to point to Ollie Jr., then realizing with extreme chagrin that he still has the boxing glove on. He hastily slips his hand out of the glove and then half-heartedly points a bare finger at Ollie Jr., knowing that his complaint/accusation won't hold much water now that the fathers have seen the boxing glove and thus will suspect that Stan had been doing some hitting himself] 

  Stan Jr. : - He...

• Stan Sr. : [reaching out to stop Ollie from using his pool cue]  My break!

  Ollie Sr. : It's MY break!

  Stan Sr. : [indignantly]  It's MY break!

  [points irritably] 

  Stan Sr. : You went in the pocket there -...

  Ollie Sr. : [bonks Stan over the head with his pool cue to shut him up, then leans over the pool table with the cuestick to hit the cueball again. Stan quickly reaches out and picks up the cueball to keep Ollie from hitting it, but Ollie doesn't see Stan's action in time, and thrusts the cuestick forward where the ball had been, skinning off a strip of the pool table's green felt playing surface] 

• [first lines] 

  Ollie Sr. : Will you brats keep quiet? How do you expect me to **concentrate**?

  Stan Jr. : Well, Oliver won't let me play with my blocks.

  Ollie Sr. : [to Ollie Jr]  Will you leave Stanley alone - and play quietly.

  Stan Sr. : [speaking in a calmer and more conciliatory tone]  Certainly, if you must make a noise, make it **quietly**!

  Ollie Sr. : [in a deeply derisive tone]  Make a noise **quietly**...! Hmph!

• Ollie Sr. : Boys will be boys.

  Stan Sr. : Blood's thicker than water.

  Ollie Sr. : Blood's thicker than water. Come on!

• Ollie Sr. : If you brats don't get to bed, I'll break your necks!

  Stan Sr. : Shh. Don't talk to them like that. Treat them with kindness. You'll get more out of them. Remember the old adage, you can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead.

• Ollie Jr. : [after being warned for the last time to be quiet]  Let's play hide and seek!

  Stan Jr. : You're it.

  Ollie Jr. : No, you're it!

  Stan Jr. : No, you're it!

  Ollie Jr. : No, you're it!

  Stan Jr. : [crying loudly]  I don't want to be it! WAH!

  [throws a tantrum] 

• Ollie Sr. : [singing softly]  Go to sleep, my ba-a-a-by, my ba-a-a-by, my ba...

  Stan Sr. : [interrupting loudly]  MY BA-A-ABY!

  [kids wake up with a shocked start] 

• Ollie Sr. : [to the boys]  Now, listen... If you don't keep quiet, you'll have to go to bed!

  Stan Sr. : Yes. We'll have to go to bed.

  Ollie Sr. : [turns to Stan, Sr]  Not we! The kids!

  [turns back to the boys] 

  Ollie Sr. : Now, keep quiet!