No Time for Comedy (1940)
James Stewart: Gaylord Esterbrook
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Quotes
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Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : [speaking to his wife Linda] Well, now, just what's behind that dark innuendo?
Clementine, Actress in Show : Aint nothing behind me, boss.
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Philo Swift : 'Gaylord Esterbrook'... seems to me I've heard or read that name someplace. What do you do?
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : I write plays.
Philo Swift : Er, yes, I have a hobby, too. What I meant was, what do you do for a living?
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Write plays. Anything wrong?
Philo Swift : No, no; nothing, nothing. You'll pardon me, but it does seem a little trivial for a grown man.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Well, perhaps I'll grow out of it. What do *you* do?
Philo Swift : I'm on Wall Street.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Where's that?
Philo Swift : I don't know, but my chauffeur finds it every morning.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : After you get there, what do you do?
Philo Swift : Buy and sell stocks and bonds.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Surely not for a living?
Philo Swift : And not a bad one. When stocks go up, I make a little money. When they go down, I make even more.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : That all you do?
Philo Swift : Well, yes!
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Well, who knows; maybe you'll grow out of it, too.
[raises glass]
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Here's hoping!
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Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : [after spending the night after the play on a park bench] Hey, you don't look bad for a girl who's just getting up in the morning!
Linda Paige Esterbrook : For a man who's been up all night you look great!
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Don't get the idea that I'm an authority on girls getting up in the morning.
Linda Paige Esterbrook : Well, I'm not the last word on men staying up all night either.
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Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Gosh, I haven't kissed you for two months.
Linda Paige Esterbrook : That's nothing to brag about, you big, long drink of water.
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Linda Paige Esterbrook : Uh, tell me, do you do anything else besides write plays?
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Well, I'm editor of the Redfield Daily Reporter.
Linda Paige Esterbrook : Ohhh? A town of 700 people has a Daily Reporter?
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : It's 786... Well, it's - we call it the Daily Reporter. It comes out twice a month.
Linda Paige Esterbrook : Uh, huh. Isn't that confusing for your readers?
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : I don't know. I never thought of it. I guess it is.
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Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : I suppose you think Amanda's a complete idiot?
Linda Paige Esterbrook : I think she's a very clever idiot. But an idiot, just the same.
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Clementine, Actress in Show : Why, boss, how come you opened the door by yourself?
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : I've been practicing, Tulip.
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Clementine, Actress in Show : He's stone sober, Miss Linda.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook : Now, I'll allow it this time, Cat. I won't let it happen again.