Monkey Business Quotes

Manicurist: Do you want your nails trimmed long?

Chico: Oh, about an hour and a half. I got nothin' to do.

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Mrs. Edwina Fulton: I remember we didn't wanna share each other with anyone. You were so sweet. Remember how the telephone kept ringing for hours and hours and hours?
[doorbell rings]

Mrs. Edwina Fulton: I'll get it.

Barnaby: You see what I mean? Tonight were answering calls.

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Mrs. Edwina Fulton: Oh, darling! Stop by the automobile agency. Mr Peabody just called and says he had a very good buy

Barnaby: A good buy? Well, good bye to you!

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Barnaby: At 11: 52 this morning I took a dose of the formula,and in a few minutes, I began to behave like a college boy with 20/20 vision and no bursitis.

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Barnaby: Aw, c'mon; let's scalp him!

Little Indian: No; first, we gotta do a war dance!

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Oliver Oxley: I want you to go into town and I want you to find Dr. Fulton.

Lois Laurel: But Mr. Oxley, which one do you want me to do first?

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Zeppo: Everybody seems to be having nearly as much fun as I am.

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[to his secretary, whose assets are in other areas]

Oliver Oxley: Find someone to type this.

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[talking on the telephone to his secretary]

Oliver Oxley: Miss Laurel, now listen carefully! I want you to go to every Ford agency in town! and find Dr. Fulton!
[Miss Laurel looks confused]

Lois Laurel: But Mr. Oxley, which shall I do first?

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Alky Briggs: Okay, he's in there. When he comes out, plug him.

Zeppo: What do we plug him with?

Alky Briggs: [referring to guns] Didn't I give you two gats?

Groucho: We had to drown the gats, but we saved you a little black gitten.

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Barnaby: Hello, Griffith Park Zoo, Snake Department. Sssshhh!

Oliver Oxley: Hello? Hello? What is this?

Barnaby: What do you want?

Oliver Oxley: This is Mr Oxley.

Barnaby: I'll see if he's here.

Oliver Oxley: No, I said *this* is Oxley!

Barnaby: Who is?

Oliver Oxley: I am, speaking!

Barnaby: Oh, you're Mr Speaking...

Oliver Oxley: This is Mr Oxley speaking!

Barnaby: Oxley Speaking? Any relation to Oxley?

Oliver Oxley: Barnaby Fulton is that you?

Barnaby: Who's calling?

Oliver Oxley: I am, Barnaby!

Barnaby: Oh, no, you're not Barnaby. I'm Barnaby! I ought to know who I am.

Oliver Oxley: This is Oxley speaking, Barnaby!

Barnaby: No, that's ridiculous!Y ou can't be all three. Figure out which one you are and call me back!

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Barnaby: Hello, Griffith Park Zoo, Snake Department. Sssshhh!

Oliver Oxley: Hello? Hello? What is this?

Barnaby: What do you want?

Oliver Oxley: This is Mr Oxley.

Barnaby: I'll see if he's here.

Oliver Oxley: No, I said *this* is Oxley!

Barnaby: Who is?

Oliver Oxley: I am, speaking!

Barnaby: Oh, you're Mr. Speaking...

Oliver Oxley: This is Mr. Oxley speaking!

Barnaby: Oxley Speaking? Any relation to Oxley?

Oliver Oxley: Barnaby Fulton is that you?

Barnaby: Who's calling?

Oliver Oxley: I am, Barnaby!

Barnaby: Oh, no, you're not Barnaby. I'm Barnaby! I ought to know who I am.

Oliver Oxley: This is Oxley speaking, Barnaby!

Barnaby: No, that's ridiculous! You can't be all three. Figure out which one you are and call me back!

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Barnaby: In my opinion, your opinion that it's a silly song is a silly opinion.

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Barnaby: In my opinion, your opinion that it's a silly song is a silly opinion.

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Barnaby: Miss Laurel was just showing me her acetates.

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Barnaby: Sodium ascorbate. 3,000 milligrams. You keep quiet Esther.

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Cab Driver at Barn: That'll be $1.10.

Groucho: Here's a dollar, keep the change.

Cab Driver at Barn: But I said a dollar TEN!

Groucho: All right, give ME the dollar, I'LL keep the change.

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Captain Corcoran: [describing the stowaways] One of them goes around with a black moustache.

Groucho: So do I; if I had my choice, I'd go around with a little blonde.

Captain Corcoran: I said, one goes around with a black moustache.

Groucho: Well, you couldn't expect a moustache to go around by itself. Don't you think a moustache ever gets lonely, Captain?

Chico: Hey, sure it gets-a lonely. Hey, when my grandfather's beard gets here, I'd like it to meet your moustache.

Groucho: Well, I'll think it over; I'll talk it over with my moustache. Tell me, has your grandfather's beard got any money?

Chico: Money? Why, he fell hair to a fortune.

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Captain Corcoran: [describing the stowaways] One of them goes around with a black moustache.

Groucho: So do I; if I had my choice, I'd go around with a little blonde.

Captain Corcoran: I said, one goes around with a black moustache.

Groucho: Well, you couldn't expect a moustache to go around by itself. Don't you think a moustache ever gets lonely, Captain?

Chico: Hey, sure it gets-a lonely. Hey, when my grandfather's beard gets here, I'd like it to meet your moustache.

Groucho: Well, I'll think it over; I'll talk it over with my moustache. Tell me, has your grandfather's beard got any money?

Chico: Money? Why, he fell hair to a fortune.

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Captain Corcoran: Gibson, have you been drinking again?

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Chico: Mustard's no good without roast beef.

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Chico: Mustard's no good without roast beef.

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Chico: My father was-a partner's with Columbus.

Groucho: Your father and Columbus were partners?

Chico: You bet.

Groucho: Columbus has been dead 400 years.

Chico: Well, they told me it was my father.

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Groucho: ...Columbus was sailing along on his vessel...

Chico: On his what?

Groucho: Not on his what, on his vessel. Don't you know what vessel is?

Chico: Sure, I can vessel...
[starts whistling]

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Groucho: [emerging from a haystack] Where's all those farmer's daughters I've been hearing about for years?

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Groucho: Afraid? Me? A man who's licked his weight in wild caterpillars? AFRAID? You bet I'm afraid!

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Groucho: Are you the floorwalker of this ship? I want to register a complaint.

Captain Corcoran: Why? What's the matter?

Groucho: Matter enough. You know who sneaked into my stateroom at three o'clock this morning?

Captain Corcoran: Who did that?

Groucho: Nobody, and that's my complaint.

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Groucho: Are you the floorwalker of this ship? I want to register a complaint.

Captain Corcoran: Why? What's the matter?

Groucho: Matter enough. You know who sneaked into my stateroom at three o'clock this morning?

Captain Corcoran: Who did that?

Groucho: Nobody, and that's my complaint.

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Groucho: How about you and I passing out on the veranda; or would you rather pass out here?

Woman at Party: Sir, you have the advantage of me.

Groucho: Not yet I haven't, but wait till I get you outside.

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Groucho: I know, heifer cow is better than none, but this is no time for puns.

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