The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)
My Blonde-Haired Brunette (1961)
Morey Amsterdam: Buddy Sorrell
Quotes
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[Buddy and Sally are leaving the office after work]
Sally Rogers : Tally-ho!
Buddy Sorrell : Holy-tal!
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Sally Rogers : Don't you know our chief well enough by now? When he's sick, he works harder; when he broods, it's one of two things: one, he had a fight with Laura, or two, Laura had a fight with him.
Buddy Sorrell : True or false?
Robert 'Rob' Petrie : True.
Buddy Sorrell : Well, what was the beef about?
Robert 'Rob' Petrie : I don't know. We didn't fight long enough for me to find out.
Buddy Sorrell : Oh, one of those.
[mocking voice]
Buddy Sorrell : "And if you don't know..."
Buddy Sorrell , Robert 'Rob' Petrie : [in unison] "... I'm certainly not going to tell you!"
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Buddy Sorrell : Hey, whatever happened to all those perspective bridegrooms you used to have hangin' around here?
Sally Rogers : Oh, they're still around.
Buddy Sorrell : Yeah?
Sally Rogers : There's Doubting Charlie, there's...
Buddy Sorrell : Doubting Charlie?
Sally Rogers : Yeah, he keeps proposing and I keep saying yes but he just won't BELIEVE me.
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Buddy Sorrell : Have you insulted your mother-in-law lately?
Robert 'Rob' Petrie : No, I love my mother-in-law. I'd never insult her.
Buddy Sorrell : That's just it. You're neglecting the old bat. You gotta insult 'em or they think you don't care.
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[Rob's co-writers are trying to figure why Rob is depressed]
Buddy Sorrell : How about presents?
Robert 'Rob' Petrie : Presents?
Buddy Sorrell : Yeah, like for special occasions.
Robert 'Rob' Petrie : Oh, like what?
Buddy Sorrell : Birthday, anniversary...
Sally Rogers : Uh, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day...
Buddy Sorrell : Bastille Day, Rosh Hashanah...
Robert 'Rob' Petrie : Well, except for Bastille Day and Rosh Hashanah, I think I'm all squared away.
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Buddy Sorrell : You had to wake me up! I had a beautiful dream.
Sally Rogers : Now you can go home and finish it.
Buddy Sorrell : Not this one. My wife wouldn't let me bring it in the house.