The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

The Return of Happy Spangler (1962)

Jay C. Flippen: Happy Spangler

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Quotes 

• [a game in a men's clothing store: Laura selects a tie for Rob and the clerk will accurately guess his looks and occupation based on her selection or the tie is free] 

  Laura Petrie : All right, what's he like?

  Happy Spangler : Well, he's tall, good-looking and has excellent taste in wives.

  Laura Petrie : So far, perfect. Now what does he do for a living?

  Happy Spangler : He's the 35th president of the United States. Shall I wrap it up, Mrs. Kennedy?

• Rob Petrie : How are ya, Hap?

  Happy Spangler : [playfully]  Oh, for a sick old man I feel... pretty sick and old.

• Rob Petrie : Uh, Hap, I don't exactly know how to say this...

  Happy Spangler : Well I do, so let me say it for you: "Hap, whatever happened to you? You used to be one of the biggest radio writers in the world. I thought you were dead. What're you doing in a haberdashery store selling ties." Is that what you're about to say?

• Happy Spangler : Happiness is a relative thing. I make a couple of bucks and my relatives are happy.