The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)

An Adventure in Color/Mathmagic Land (1961)

Paul Frees: Ludwig Von Drake, Mr. Spirit

Quotes 

• Ludwig Von Drake : [referring to the NBC Peacock]  How do you like that guy? I'm gonna let you in on something. Confidentially, he dyed his feathers.

• Ludwig Von Drake : Dis whole program is being seen in color! And dat's a lie! You know dat's a lie! 'Cause only da people wid color TV sets is seeing it in color! Ha ha ha ha!

• Ludwig Von Drake : [his first lines]  Good evening, now da first thing I would like to say is...

  [a spotlight hits the professor] 

  Ludwig Von Drake : Look out! Dat crazy! Where are you going wid dat thing? Ha ha! Oh, look! How do you like dat? I thought dat was a motorcycle coming at me and it was da spotlight was hitting me 'cause I'm da professor and I'm gonna give a lecture. Ha ha ha!

• Ludwig Von Drake : [to the pianist]  All right, hit a note.

  [the pianist hits a note] 

  Ludwig Von Drake : "DAY!" Oh! Ha ha ha ha! I was reading a fly speck! Get offa dere, you kooky fly, you!

• Ludwig Von Drake : [Von Drake is fiddling with things behind a television set, specifically the colored cathode-ray bulbs]  Now as you see, the red tube picks up red. The blue picks up blue.

  [goes below the TV again and sings] 

  Ludwig Von Drake : Bluedy picks up de blue...

  [comes up again with a pickle in a jar instead of a colored light bulb] 

  Ludwig Von Drake : And green, of course, picks up...

  [sees the pickle] 

  Ludwig Von Drake : PICKLE! Look at that little honey there! Ha ha ha! I was wondering where I put that! Look at that pickle - this is a real dilly.

  [takes a bite] 

• Ludwig Von Drake : [talking on a phone]  You want to know how color TV works? Well, it works very good.

• Ludwig Von Drake : [after singing a riff badly]  I gotta get something for dat. Ha ha ha ha ha.

• Ludwig Von Drake : Take yellow and blue and you got yourself a green thumb. Oh, you should see my chrysanthe... my crynsanthem... . You should see my petunias!