Mayor Shinn Quotes in The Music Man (1962)

Mayor Shinn: You watch your phraseology!

Mrs. Shinn: Now, George!

Mayor Shinn: Not one poop out of you, Madame!

Mrs. Shinn: [turning to Zaneeta] I think he means "peep"!

Mayor Shinn: [looks back] *Yes!*

Tommy Djilas: Mayor Shinn, your honor, your daughter and I have been going steady behind your back.

Mayor Shinn: What?

Tommy Djilas: We'd rather be doing it in front of your back.

Mayor Shinn: Doing what?

Tommy Djilas: Well...

Mayor Shinn: Never mind!

Mrs. Shinn: [answering doorbell the Prof Hill rang] Oh, George, it's you.

Mayor Shinn: [to Prof Hill] I never had a son!

Mrs. Shinn: [not seeing Prof Hill] I never said you did.

Mayor Shinn: What would you know?

Mrs. Shinn: Well, I'd certainly know if I gave you a son!

Mayor Shinn: I wasn't talking to you.

Mrs. Shinn: Well who were you talking to?

Mayor Shinn: I was talking to-

[realizes that Prof Hill is no longer there]

Mayor Shinn: Never mind!

[Mayor Shinn storms away]

Mrs. Shinn: Zaneta, call the doctor for your father.

Mayor Shinn: It's as clear as a buttonhook in the well water!

Citizens of River City: Good morning, Mayor Shinn!

Mayor Shinn: It is if you wanna go around in your drawers all day!

Mayor Shinn: [referring to Harold Hill] He's slipperier'n a *Mississippi... sturgeon*!

Mayor Shinn: I couldn't make myself any plainer if I'se a Quaker on his day off!