Phony Cronies (1942)

Dudley Dickerson: Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Tom : You've been our bookkeeper for give years and this is the first time our books have been uneven!

  Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper : Boss, a lot of people are having trouble right now balancing their books.

  Tom : Petty, you said a mouthful.

  Oley : Petty? Say, what is your last name?

  Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper : Larsen.

  Oley : Larsen. Petty Larsen.

  [chuckles] 

  Oley : That's a nice name.

  [does a double take] 

  Oley : Hey, wait a minute!

  Tom : Petty Larsen. Maybe that counts for the eight dollars and twenty cents that's missing.

• Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper : [after noticing the turkey is burning in the oven]  Uh-oh! Looks like hamburger again tonight.

• Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper : [observing the burnt turkey]  Boy, you done shrivel up like a wash woman's thumb.