Dick Sargent: Lieutenant Collins

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• Collins : Mr. Templin? I'm Lieutenant Collins, public relations officer. Good to see ya. Are you in good health?

  Paul Templin : Well, that's a courtly greeting from a Marine.

  Collins : Oh, it's not a greeting. You're going to have to be healthy.

  Paul Templin : I'm not here for basic training, Lieutenant. I'm only going to cover the retirement of Sergeant Major Kolchak.

  Collins : Mr. Templin, welcome to World War III.

• Paul Templin : This Kolchak must be quite a guy - Congressional medal, two Navy Crosses, half a dozen wars, forty years of service...

  Collins : Forty years, seven months and twenty-two days as of tomorrow.

  Paul Templin : That's pretty exact.

  Collins : I've been keeping track.

  Sergeant Kolchak : [yelling behind his office door]  Who did this! Get out before I break you all in two! What are you waiting for, a furlough?

  Paul Templin : Lieutenant Collins...?

  Sergeant Kolchak : [still yelling in his office]  What kind of waltzing academy do you think we're running here, you hammer-headed peanut brain!

  Collins : Yes, Mr. Templin?

  Paul Templin : What is all that?

  Collins : All what, Mr. Templin?

  Paul Templin : In there - that sound. Oh, you're not going to tell me...

  Collins : Yes, Mr. Templin, that is Sergeant Kolchak.

• Sergeant Kolchak : This here's a business office - what's yours?

  Collins : Sergeant Kolchak, this is Paul Templin.

  Sergeant Kolchak : He's a civilian.

  Paul Templin : It's a living.

  Sergeant Kolchak : And a wisenheimer to boot.

  Collins : He's here from Pace Magazine, Sergeant Major. I spoke you about the piece they wanted to do about you.

  Sergeant Kolchak : Oh, yeah. You're a writer, huh?

  Paul Templin : I like to think so.

  Sergeant Kolchak : Well, if you're not sure, you must be a dandy.

• [discussing Kolchak] 

  Collins : Welcome to the club, Mr. Templin.

  Paul Templin : Is he always like that?

  Collins : No, no no no. Sometimes he's quite bad-tempered.