Long John Willoughby Quotes in Meet John Doe (1941)

Long John Willoughby: Hey, stop worryin', Colonel, fifty bucks ain't gonna ruin me.

The Colonel: I've seen plenty of fellas start out with fifty bucks and wind up with a *bank* account!

Beany: Hey, what's wrong with a bank account, anyway?

The Colonel: And let me tell you, Long John, when you become a guy with a bank account, they gotcha! Yes sir, they gotcha!

Beany: Who's got him?

The Colonel: The helots!

[Discussing the contract with John Doe]

Henry Connel: On December 26th, you get one railroad ticket... out of town. And the Bulletin agrees to pay to have your arm fixed. That's what you want, isn't it?

Long John Willoughby: Yeah, but, it's gotta be by "Bonesetter" Brown.

Long John Willoughby: [addressing the public] Why can't that spirit, that warm Christmas spirit, last all year long?

Long John Willoughby: [gets carried away spanking his own knees as he describes his dream to Ann]

Long John Willoughby: So I came down and I whacked you a good one, see? Then he whacked you, and I whacked you another one, and we both started whackin' you like...

Long John Willoughby: [stops abruptly when he realizes Beany is standing right behind him]

Beany: Well if you're through whackin' her, c'mon let's get goin'.