Roscoe Chandler Quotes in Animal Crackers (1930)

Capt. Spaulding: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know. Then we tried to remove the tusks. The tusks. That's not so easy to say. Tusks. You try it some time.

Roscoe Chandler: Oh, simple: "tusks."

Capt. Spaulding: [shakes Chandler's hand] My name is Spaulding. I've always wanted to meet you, Mr. Chandler. As I say, we tried to remove the tusks. But they were embedded so firmly we couldn't budge them. Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa, but that is entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about.

Ravelli: [asking Roscoe Chandler about his new identity] How did you get to be Roscoe W. Chandler?

Roscoe Chandler: Say, how did you get to be an Italian?

Ravelli: Never mind that, whose confession is this?

Roscoe Chandler: Now tell me, Capt. Spaulding, you've been quite a traveler. What do you think about South America? I'm going there soon.

Capt. Spaulding: Is that so! Where're you going?

Roscoe Chandler: Uruguay.

Capt. Spaulding: Well, you go Uruguay and I'll go mine.

Roscoe Chandler: Now, please, Chandler is my name. Roscoe W. Chandler.

Ravelli: Yeah, but I don't care about the name. You see, some place I met you before; because, your face is a very familiar. Now, wait, let me see. Were you ever in Sing-Sing?

Roscoe Chandler: Listen, here. I have me a check for $5,000. Now, I give it to you. Here.

Ravelli: Hey, is it good?

Roscoe Chandler: Well, of course it is good. Who would give me a bad check?

Ravelli: I would!

Roscoe Chandler: Hooray for Capt. Spaulding! Three cheers for Capt. Spaulding! Three cheers for Capt. Spaulding! Three cheers...

[Harpo arrives with three chairs]

Mrs. Rittenhouse: No one asked for the chairs. Put them right were you found them. Now, get out.