Great Performances Quotes

Bombalurina, Demeter, Jellylorum: But, when the day's hustle and bustle is done, then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun. She thinks that the cockroaches...
Jennyanydots the Gumbie Cat: Just need employment...
Bombalurina, Demeter, Jellylorum: To prevent them from...
Jennyanydots the Gumbie Cat: Idle and wanton destroyment.
Bombalurina, Demeter, Jellylorum: So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts a troop of well-disciplined, helpful boy scouts...
Jennyanydots the Gumbie Cat: With a purpose in life and a good deed to do...
Bombalurina, Demeter, Jellylorum: And she's even created a beetle's tatoo!

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Crowd: Crucify him! Crucify him!
Pontious Pilate: What do you mean? You'd crucify your king?
Crowd: We have no king but Caesar!
Pontious Pilate: He's done no wrong! No, not the slightest thing!
Crowd: We have no king but Caesar! Curcify him!
Pontious Pilate: What is this new respect for Caesar? 'Til now this has been noticably LACKING! Who is this Jesus? Why is he different? You Jews produce messiahs by the sackful!
Crowd: We need him crucified! It's all you have to do! We need him crucified! It's all you have to do!
Pontious Pilate: Talk to me, Jesus Christ.

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Crowd: Pilate, crucify him! Crucify! Remember Caesar! You have a duty to keep the peace, so crucify him! Remember Caesar! You'll be demoted! You'll be deported! Crucify him! [crowd repeats "Remember Caesar! You have a duty, etc." two more times]
Pontious Pilate: [shouts] Don't let me *stop* your great self-destruction! Die if you want to, you misguided martyr! I wash my hands of your demolition! Die if you want to, you innocent... puppet!

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Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat: From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards, I would supervise them all. [beat]
Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat: More or less...

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Vocalist: I threw up a little in my mouth...

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[last lines]
Cap'n Andy Hawks: [while Joe and chorus are singing the last verse of "Ol' Man River"] If you go up front, you'll find a new water barrel. It ain't much different from the old one.
Magnolia Hawks: Look Gay, there's Kim! [Kim and Ravenal embrace]
Joe: [singing with chorus] But Ol' Man River,/ He jes' keeps rollin' along!

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