Buddy Ebsen: George Russel
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Quotes
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[Crockett and Russel approach Fink as the Gullywhumper is secured to the boat landing]
Davy Crockett : Excuse me, mister? Which one of them fellers is captain of this boat?
Mike Fink : What did you say?
Moose : [laughing] He wants to know who the captain is!
[Fink smacks Moose]
Mike Fink : How long you bush-wackers been beating the backwoods? Why, everybody knows who the captain of the Gullywhumper is! It's me! Mike Fink, King of the River!
George Russel : Well, Captain, meet up with Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.
Mike Fink : Davy Crockett, huh? Well, it sure is a small world. You're about a foot shorter than you oughta be.
George Russel : Don't worry, he's still a growin'.
Mike Fink : Yeah, like them yarns they keep spreadin' about him.
Davy Crockett : Mighty hard to live up to, sometime.
Mike Fink : Well, I don't have any trouble livin' up to mine. I am the original ringtail roarer from the thunder 'n lightnin' country! I'm a real snorter and a head buster! I can out-run, out-jump, out-sing, out-swim, out-dance, out-shoot, out-eat, out-drink...
Davy Crockett : Out-talk?
Mike Fink : Yeah, out-talk, out-cuss and out-fight anybody in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers put together!
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[Russell feels something in his sleeping bag]
George Russel : [whispering] Hey, Davy? Hey, Davy!
Davy Crockett : Now what?
George Russel : There's somethin' in bed with me.
Davy Crockett : Kiss it goodnight and go to sleep.
[Russel lifts his blanket, revealing a skunk]
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George Russel : Hey Davy, we're still leading. We might just win this race.
Davy Crockett : Now, Georgie, don't go skinnin' the bear before we shoot 'em.
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George Russel : [first lines]
George Russel : [slapping his own butt] Them Kentucky ants got a bite like an alligator.
Davy Crockett : Sure ain't particular what they chaw on.
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[Crockett and Russel approach Cobb on the boat landing]
George Russel : Howdy there.
Cap'n Cobb : Howdy.
George Russel : This your boat?
Cap'n Cobb : Yep. Bertha Mae, out of Marietta.
Davy Crockett : Sounds like a race horse.
Cap'n Cobb : Pretty hard to beat if she's handled right.
Davy Crockett : Which way you goin', upriver or down?
Cap'n Cobb : Ain't goin' no place right now.
George Russel : Barrel's marked for New Orleans.
Cap'n Cobb : That's right. But my crew up an' deserted me.
Davy Crockett : What'd they do that for?
Cap'n Cobb : Heard about the Injuns.
Davy Crockett : Didn't know there was any Injun trouble around here.
Cap'n Cobb : Oh, not here. Downriver somewhere. Other side of Shawnee Town. Them red devils is attackin' everything, flatboats loaded with settlers, even on keelboats. Got so bad, nobody'd sign on.
George Russel : Injuns don't seem to be scarin' off Mike Fink none.
Cap'n Cobb : Ah, him and them Pittsburgh pole pushers of his ain't human enough to be scared!
