- Maynard G. Krebs: [Brainstorming ways to get money] Hey, Dobe, what if I wrote to the president and asked him for a government loan?
- Dobie Gillis: The president in Washington?
- Maynard G. Krebs: Yeah! I'd say, Dear Mr. Truman...
- Dobie Gillis: Oh, Maynard, his name is Kennedy now.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Truman's name is Kennedy?
- [after telling Maynard, in his Santa costume, what she wants for Christmas]
- Little Girl: It's Santa Clauses like him that make it tough for us little kids to believe in Santa Claus.
- Dobie Gillis: Who are you?
- Zelda Gilroy: What are you doing here?
- Pepe: Por favor, señorita, no comprendo.
- Dobie Gillis: Wait, wait. Did you see a thin fella with a beard run past here?
- Zelda Gilroy: Dobie, I think he only speaks Spanish.
- Dobie Gillis: Yeah, uh, el señor, skinny, avec, uh, la beard?
- Zelda Gilroy: I said Spanish, not gibberish.
- [In his new job at Gillis Grocery, Maynard is dealing with a young customer who speaks only Spanish]
- Pepe: You got money to pay for this? You know, money, cash-arino, moolah, peso-ville.
- Pepe: Si, si, tengo dinero.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Good, good, 'cause I gotta have cash. I'm working for Herbert T. Gillis, merchant prince, who is a fine, decent, honorable man who is also mean and cheap.
- [Maynard misunderstands a shoeshine boy who speaks only Spanish, and gives him the money his classmates have collected for a dance; the boy returns later after Maynard has received his paycheck, but not for more money]
- Maynard G. Krebs: No, don't start houndin' me for no more loot. I gotta give this back to the kids at school.
- Pepe: Por favor, no quiero su dinero.
- Maynard G. Krebs: I mean, like, ay-dee-os, I mean, go peddle your tortillas.
- [Maynard starts to leave, then has second thoughts]
- Maynard G. Krebs: I bet you could use some tortillas now, huh? Here.
- [he hands the money to the boy]
- Pepe: Ya tenemos.
- Maynard G. Krebs: That's all the loot I got, so, like, cut out now, huh, please?
- Pepe: [pleading] No quiero su dinero.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Like, ay-dee-os, vamos, and hasty lumbago.
- Pepe: [with resignation] Hasta luego, señor.