Pinocchio (1976 TV Movie)

Danny Kaye: Geppetto, Boris Stroganoff

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Quotes 

• Geppetto : Hey, Little Bo Peep. Missy Bo Peep, how are you? Eh, you nice? No, no, don't be jealous. No, I love you too. I love you very much. Ma, he's a nice boy, you get to be friends. Heh.

  [turns to toy soldier] 

  Geppetto : What are you looking with a sour puss like that, eh?

  [scowls back] 

  Geppetto : You no like Pinocchio? You no like Pinocchio, you turn you head, eh?

• Geppetto : [singing]  I'm-a talkin' to myself again. I'm-a talkin' to myself again. I pretend that the toys are like little girls and boys. And I'm-a talkin' to myself again.

• Geppetto : Who's-a you?

  Pinocchio : Hey, who's-a you?

  Geppetto : I'm, I'm-a Geppetto.

  Pinocchio : I'm, I'm-a Geppetto.

  Geppetto : You, Pinocchio?

  Pinocchio : Pinocchio?

  Geppetto : You look like a puppet. You feel like a puppet. Ma, you no behave like a puppet!

• Geppetto : It's a alphabet book.

  Pinocchio : How does it end?

  Geppetto : Ends with a Z.

  Pinocchio : With a Z?

  [sneers] 

  Pinocchio : I don't think I'll like it.

• Pinocchio : How much did that book cost?

  Geppetto : That's none of you business.

  Pinocchio : Papa how did you pay for that book?

  Geppetto : I no answer those questions.

  Pinocchio : Papa, did you sell something?

  Geppetto : I no sell anything!

  Pinocchio : Where's your coat?

  Geppetto : I sold something.

• Boris Stroganoff : [tying Pinocchio up]  Everything in life has strings attached to it.

  Pinocchio : Especially puppets.

  Boris Stroganoff : Especially puppets... Just a minute! I got sensational idea! You know what's going to happen? I have idea that will absolutely knock audience for cuckoo! You will come out like regular puppet, eh? And I will bring you out on the stage. You will be singing, dancing, yes?

  Pinocchio : Yes.

  Boris Stroganoff : I say magic words

  [yells in Russian] 

  Boris Stroganoff : And then strings fall away! You dance and sing on your own. People will yell "Bravo, Stroganoff!" Absolutely fantastic, eh?

• Pinocchio : If you don't mind Mr. Stroganoff, for my performance today, I'll just take half of these gold coins to bring home to Papa. What's half of twenty-eight?

  Boris Stroganoff : Five!

• Fox : Come to think of it we, uh, we did see a little fella about so high.

  Cat : Oh I think a little higher.

  Geppetto : Where you see him?

  Fox : Who's giving the reward?

  Geppetto : You tell me where, I'll tell you who.

  Fox : You tell us who, we'll tell you where.

  Geppetto : I don't tell you who till you tell me where, and I tell you why. If I tell you who before you tell me where, you no tell me where. You'll go to who and tell him where.

  Cat : If we tell you where before you tell us who, you'll go to who and tell him where.

  Geppetto : I tell you what...

  Fox : Just tell us who.

  Geppetto : I'll tell you when I tell you who! I tell you who when you tell me where!

  Cat : We tell you where when you tell us who!

• Fox : We'll pay you to tell us!

  Geppetto : Alright how much?

  Fox : Five gold coins.

  [gives coins to Geppetto] 

  Fox : Now who's giving the reward?

  Geppetto : Me.

  Cat , Fox : You?

  Fox : You're just a poor wood carver!

  Geppetto : [smiles and drops coins in his pocket]  Not anymore.

• Geppetto : What's happening to you Pinocchio is you told a lie. And when you lie, it's-a plain like the nose on you face.

• Boris Stroganoff : You're going to be a sensation! With you as my star singing and dancing, cavorting...

  Pinocchio : How can I cavort with a broken heart?

  Boris Stroganoff : You'd like better a broken arm?

  Pinocchio : No.