Nicholas Collini Quotes in The Long, Long Trailer (1953)

Tacy: You didn't let me finish. I was going to say 'turn right here left'.

Nicholas Collini: Turn right here left? Have you any conception how much room it takes to turn this thing around? We may have to go on for miles.

Nicholas Collini: It's a fine thing when you come home to your home and your home is gone!

Tacy: Get that check back. I was going to get us a deepfreeze.

Nicholas Collini: [gesturing to the in-laws staring coldly at them] You're getting a deepfreeze right now.

Tacy: What happened?

Nicholas Collini: Oh nothing, I just cracked my skull.

Nicholas Collini: Been married long?

Mr. Tewitt: About 31 years.

Nicholas Collini: Have many fights?

Mr. Tewitt: Nope.

Nicholas Collini: Then take my advice: don't buy a trailer.

Nicholas Collini: [narrating] It was a matter of what would give out first: me or the money.

Tacy: [as they are packing up the trailer for the honeymoon] Honey, I told you to put your clothes in the hall closet!

Nicholas Collini: [in a heavy accent] Well, the hall closet is full of your things.

[sounds like "thins"]

Tacy: Oh. Oh, well, put your thins there temporarily. Now come on.

Tacy: Were the trailer repairs expensive?

Nicholas Collini: No more than a room at the Ritz.