The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

My Part-Time Wife (1964)

Morey Amsterdam: Buddy Sorrell

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Quotes 

• [Rob and Buddy continue to search for a typist] 

  Buddy Sorrell : So far we've had a giggler, a gum-popper and a girdle-snapper.

  Rob Petrie : Do you know where we can find a typist that doesn't snap, giggle or pop?

• Buddy Sorrell : Did you ever see a female lion protect her cubs?

  Rob Petrie : Yeah.

  Buddy Sorrell : Compared to Sally, that female lion was a pussycat. She just tore Parsons to shreds. She had him in such a sweat, his toupee slid off.

• [In trying to find the perfect girl to help Buddy and Rob at the office, Sally telephones Laura] 

  Sally Rogers : Oh, now, wait a minute, Rob. She didn't know I was gonna do this.

  Rob Petrie : Oh, yeah? How come she answered the phone, then?

  Buddy Sorrell : Maybe it rang.

• Rob Petrie : You're not suppose to give reviews. You're supposed to type.

  Laura Petrie : But Buddy thought it was funny. Didn't you, Buddy?

  Buddy Sorrell : Don't get me in the middle of husband-and-wife arguments.

  Rob Petrie : What? This is not a husband-and-wife argument. This is boss and employee.

  Buddy Sorrell : Well, then I'm sorry, I gotta go with the employee.

  Rob Petrie : Well, I just don't agree with you, Buddy. I think it's not funny!

  Laura Petrie : Rob, I think you're being kind of childish.

  Rob Petrie : I am not being childish.

  Buddy Sorrell : Yes, you are. You're being childish.

  Rob Petrie : Uh, Buddy, this is between my wife and me, please.

  Laura Petrie : Rob, what is the matter with you?

  Rob Petrie : Nothing is the matter with me!

  Buddy Sorrell : Nothing? You're acting like you got a wasp in your underwear. Gee, all she did was offer some constructive criticism.

  Rob Petrie : Which was unsolicited.

  Laura Petrie : Ah, it was NOT unsolicited!

  Rob Petrie : Did... did you hear me ask her her opinion?

  [Buddy gestures that he's staying out of it] 

  Rob Petrie : Look, it's not boss-employee, it's not husband-and-wife. Just as a bystander there, did you hear me ask her for her opinion?

  Buddy Sorrell : All right, you didn't ask her.

  Rob Petrie : There, you see?

  Laura Petrie : All right. You don't have to yell.

  Rob Petrie : I'm not yelling!

  Buddy Sorrell : Yes, you are. You're yelling.

  Rob Petrie : Buddy, this is a family affair that doesn't concern you.

  Buddy Sorrell : [to Rob and Laura]  Look, will you excuse me while I go out and get a glass of beer. I hate crowds and the four of you are driving me nuts!

• Sally Rogers : Remember, I used to be on 4 times a week?

  Rob Petrie , Buddy Sorrell : Yeah.

  Sally Rogers : Now I'm gonna be on once a year.

  Rob Petrie , Buddy Sorrell : Once a year?

  Sally Rogers : Yeah. Every Halloween, he told me to bring my broom.