Guiseppi Quotes in The Big Store (1941)

Wolf J. Flywheel: [Flywheel lying in a bed in The Big Store, when Guiseppi, his wife, and their 12 children surround the bed. Flywheel sits up] What other hobbies have you got?

Guiseppi: Eh, we like-a to see something different in a bed.

Wolf J. Flywheel: You would? Just press that button over by the davenport.

Guiseppi: Where is the davenport?

Wolf J. Flywheel: Its in Iowa.

Wolf J. Flywheel: Hey, what's the difficulty here?

Guiseppi: Look, I no get excited like-a my wife; but, I come in here with twelve-a kids and now there only six. What happened my six kids?

Wolf J. Flywheel: What are their draft numbers?

Guiseppi: Look-a there only six-a kids and I know I gotta twelve-a kids!

Wolf J. Flywheel: Twelve kids, eh? How much you make a week?

Guiseppi: Eh, eh, twenty-five dollars.

Wolf J. Flywheel: You can't afford to have twelve kids!

Guiseppi: No tell me what I can ford! The only thing I know-a is, I gotta twelve-a kids and now there only six!

Wolf J. Flywheel: My good man, statistics prove it costs five dollars a week to provide for a child. Twelve times five is sixty dollars. You only make twenty-five dollars a week! Its economically impossible for you to have twelve children!

Guiseppi: [to Wacky] Hey, pressa' the grapes - no pressa' my wife!