Born to Dance (1936)
Buddy Ebsen: 'Mush' Tracy
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Quotes
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Captain Dingby : What? You couldn't find Brooklyn!
"Mush" Tracy : No, sir, I was in Yonkers all day before I found out it was in Yonkers.
Captain Dingby : Doing what?
"Mush" Tracy : Looking for the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Captain Dingby : There must be a man in my crew who knows where Brooklyn is!
"Mush" Tracy : Saks knows.
Captain Dingby : Saks? How's he know?
"Mush" Tracy : He was born there. At least, it looks like he was born there.
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Captain Dingby : Where is Saks?
"Mush" Tracy : He's in the brig.
Captain Dingby : What's he doing in the brig?
"Mush" Tracy : Three days, sir.
Captain Dingby : Who put Saks in the brig?
"Mush" Tracy : Why, you did.
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"Mush" Tracy : I've got talents. I've got a inventive mind.
"Peppy" Turner : Yeah, *most* sailors have!
"Mush" Tracy : No foolin', I'm inventin' somethin' right now. When I get it workin', I'm gonna sell it to the government for plenty of dough.
"Peppy" Turner : What's that?
"Mush" Tracy : I'm crossing parrots with carrier pigeons.
"Peppy" Turner : What for?
"Mush" Tracy : What for? So you can send verbal messages.
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Gunny Saks : I wouldn't join the Navy again, if they made me a general.
"Mush" Tracy : You'll never see a general in the Navy.
Gunny Saks : No, that's 'cause they're smart.
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"Mush" Tracy : What'd you join the Navy for in the first place?
Gunny Saks : On account of a woman - my wife. Two days after we were married she told me I wasn't a man of the world. So I joined the Navy.
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"Mush" Tracy : Where will we find the Rear Admiral?
Captain Dingby : In the front office!
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"Mush" Tracy : You know, I'm gettin' out of the service in two or three weeks.
"Peppy" Turner : Yeah. I was reading where they were going to strengthen the Navy.
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Captain Dingby : Do you know what this means?
"Mush" Tracy : No, sir.
Captain Dingby : Do you?
Ted Baker : I'm not quite sure, sir.
Captain Dingby : And how 'bout you?
Gunny Saks : I give up.
Captain Dingby : Well, there you are.
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"Mush" Tracy : You sure do a lot of fishin', don't you.
Captain Dingby : Yes! I expect to run for President some day.
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"Mush" Tracy : [singing] Just look at those cowboys gaily swingin' on the range.
Chorus Girls : Swing along little doggies...
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Ted Baker : [Captain approaches] Attention!
Captain Dingby : [Walks up to Saks] Where's Saks?
Gunny Saks : I'm Saks. Captain, you're always getting us two mixed up.
[Points to Mush]
Captain Dingby : Are you two men twins?
"Mush" Tracy : I don't know about him, but I'm not.