Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Eddie Cantor: Ali Baba
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Quotes
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Sultan : I hope you'll enjoy what we've got - if you don't mind taking pot luck?
Ali Baba : Can I get a hot dog and a bottle of pop?
Sultan : Hot dog? Pop?
Ali Baba : That's the great national diet in America. I've just come from there.
Sultan : America? Where is that?
Ali Baba : A great open space between New York and Hollywood.
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Ali Baba : Excuse me, who are these fellows? They're not even listening!
Sultan : They're my new musicians from Africa.
Ali Baba : Africa?
[to musicians]
Ali Baba : What part of Africa?
Sultan : I'm afraid they don't understand you. You see, they talk a strange tongue.
Ali Baba : [to musicians] Parlez-vous Français?
[No response]
Ali Baba : Se hable espanol? Capisce italian'?
[No response]
Ali Baba : Verstehse bissel Yiddish?
[No response. Ali Baba has a flash of inspiration]
Ali Baba : Wait a minute! Hi de hi de ho?
Musicians : Hee de hee de hee!
Ali Baba : Hey de hey de hey!
Musicians : Ho de ho de ho!
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Ali Baba : Wait, I think I've got something! You don't have to be a sultan - you can resign!
Sultan : Resign? Desert my throne? Forsake my people? Allah would never forgive me.
Ali Baba : You don't have to desert your people. You can go on being the head man, but instead of sultan you become a president.
Sultan : A what?
Ali Baba : A president, like they have in America.
Sultan : Well, does he rule the country?
Ali Baba : Does he rule the country? Hunh! Ask the Republicans!