Copy (1929)

James Donlan: Adams

Quotes 

• Adams : Oh, go cook a radish!

• Adams : Here's Senator Doogan's obituary. Is he dead yet?

  Mr. Thomas : Not yet. Just had a message saying maybe he'll get well.

  Adams : That's tough. Knocks us out of a half column.

  Frank Pratt : Ah, lay it aside, Adams. Maybe he'll croak tomorrow.

  Adams : Well, the Senator certainly missed his big opportunity today. Since there's no news, we could have made him a big headliner.

• City Editor John Mack : [on the phone with his wife]  You gave Lucy's lunchbox to a neighbor and missed the boat?

  Adams : Just like a woman. Always late.

• City Editor John Mack : Make this story snappy. Don't use "rats in a trap". Every paper in town will use that. Adams, don't use "cataclysm".

  Adams : I can't even spell it.