Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Anthony Newley: Matthew Mugg
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Quotes
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Dr. Dolittle : [consulting a medical book] This fellow obviously knows what he's talking about.
Matthew : Who wrote the book, Doctor?
Dr. Dolittle : [suddenly realizing] Er... oh, *I* did.
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Matthew : I told you 'Flounder' was a terrible name for a boat!
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Dr. Dolittle : Oh it's from Long Arrow.
Matthew : Who's he when he's at home?
Dr. Dolittle : An old friend of mine. He's a Red Indian gentleman.
Matthew : With a name like "Long Arrow" I didn't think he'd be Irish.
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Dr. Dolittle : Oh, look, it's a llama. Come on, boy, Come on, boy. I think he's nervous. Open up the other end and give him a push, Mathew.
Matthew : [Opens the other end of the shipping crate] There's another one at this end. There's two of them!
Dr. Dolittle : Two llamas. How thoughtful of somebody. Really, people are awfully nice.
Tommy Stubbins : What are you going to do with them?
Matthew : Well, we could make ourselves a couple of nice overcoats, for a start.
Dr. Dolittle : Come on, boy. Come on, boy.
Matthew : This way, lad. Come on. That's a good fella.
Dr. Dolittle : I don't believe it. It can't be! It is! It is!
Matthew : What? What? What? What? What?
Dr. Dolittle : It's a Pushmi-pullyu. Look!
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Emma Fairfax : Well, where are we going?
Tommy Stubbins : To hunt for the great pink sea snail.
Emma Fairfax : And where do you expect to find it?
Dr. Dolittle : I haven't the faintest idea. But, as one place is as good as another, it is high time we decided. Otherwise, when we get there, we won't know we've arrived.
Matthew : Good thinking, Doctor.
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Dr. Dolittle : It must be a near perfect civilization.
Matthew : Oh, then, what are we doing in prison?
Willie Shakespeare : Purely a precaution, old boy. A sort of quarantine. You see, most of the white men who have come here in the past, usually started killing people before they've been introduced. Extraordinary.
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Matthew : [after the shipwreck when they are locked up on the floating island] You know, bein' is prison is much the same as being on a boat. Except in prison there's less chance of drowning.
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Matthew : [after breaking the Doctor out of prison and escaping by ship] If you ask me, bein' at sea is very much the same as bein' in prison, except at sea ya stand a better chance of drownin'.
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[first lines]
Matthew : Will you stop your daydreaming, Tommy Stubbins.
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Matthew : It's against me religion to do anything violent at the end of the day. God bless all Irishmen.
[drinks a swig of whiskey from a flask]
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Tommy Stubbins : I was thinking, that if you sold your fish barrow and I sold my grandfather's watch, we could buy a boat and go to China!
Matthew : Oh, you're the middle of two ends of a fine fella, Tom, and it's a beautiful proposition. But, don't you see the problem?
Tommy Stubbins : What's that?
Matthew : Well, do you speak Chinese?
Tommy Stubbins : No.
Matthew : Then if you sell your grandfather's watch and we go to China, how are you going to tell the time?
Tommy Stubbins : I never thought of that.
Matthew : Aw, well now, you see, you have to plan ahead! It's very important. I mean, the whole secret of my success with the fish barrow was *years* of planning ahead.
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Matthew : Thank you, Charlie. May the 17 holy men in Donnybrook reward you in heaven.
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Matthew : Eat hearty me lovelies and heaven bless all Catholic pussy cats.
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Tommy Stubbins : Who is John Dolittle?
Matthew : John Dolittle is the greatest animal doctor in the world today and a close personal friend of Matthew Mugg. Lives right here in Puddleby, he does, out in the Ox and Hog Road.
Tommy Stubbins : What does he do?
Matthew : He's a genius, that's what he does. He can talk to animals.
Tommy Stubbins : Talk to them?
Matthew : Speaks their language, he does. Just like you and me's chattin' now.
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Matthew : He's altogether a marvelous man. And he understands the Irish. And any man who understands the Irish, can't be reckoned altogether bad.
[singing]
Matthew : The same way that a lunatic whose patron saint is Patrick, can't be reckoned altogether mad, The doctor's very smart, He's an Irishman at heart, his favorite color sure it must be green...
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Dr. Dolittle : [to the pig] Gub-Gub, will you please stop making that infernal noise! A few pork sausages and a bit of bacon. The way you're carrying on here, I would think we were cooking your entire family.
[to the chimpanzee]
Dr. Dolittle : Chee-Chee make him behave.
Matthew : I don't know, but, you can hardly blame him for being a bit upset, Doctor. I mean, I'd be a bit upset me-self if you started frying Irishmen.
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Dr. Dolittle : I've come to the conclusion, with the possible exception of yourself, I have nothing in common with the human race.
Matthew : You know, the trouble with you Doctor Dolittle, is you prefer animals to people.
Dr. Dolittle : But, animals are so much more fun than people!
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Matthew : You gotta admit, for someone called Fred, she's a fair lookin' fellow.
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Matthew : You should never believe anybody who goes around telling the truth. They're not to be trusted.
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Matthew : [singing] I'm sure, as I told young Tom the other day, he lives in a world of fantasy, And that is a world I plan to see, Fantasy! Can't - you - see? The world is full of beautiful things...
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Dr. Dolittle : Anyway, we're all safe. That's the main thing. At least, we will be as soon as we find Miss Fairfax.
Matthew : Poor Fred.
Dr. Dolittle : I said all along a ship was no place for a woman. Heaven knows I did my best to make the voyage pleasant for her. You can't spend your life running after a woman, waiting on her hand and foot, when there's important work to be done. I think under the circumstances, I treated her very well. Probably, too well. I spoiled her, in fact. I tied her very securely to that raft. I hope she's alright, that's all.
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Matthew : Well, I'll tell you one thing, Tom, if we ever drown in this thing it will be in a flood of tears.
