The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

Empress Carlotta's Necklace (1961)

Richard Deacon: Mel Cooley

Quotes 

• [Mel's cousin, Max, offers to sell jewelry to the writing staff] 

  Maxwell Cooley : All of our prices are 30% BELOW store prices.

  Mel Cooley : You see, Maxwell doesn't have any overhead.

  Buddy Sorrell : [observing their bald heads as they lean in]  Kind of runs in the family, don't it, Curly?

• Mel Cooley : [to Max]  Hey, look, I'll leave you here. I've got a lot of work to do.

  Buddy Sorrell : [to Mel]  Yeah, the wastepaper baskets are all filled.