Best quote ever!
Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze!
shareYep, it's right up there with the desperate defense of the railyard watchman who has been accused of the theft of 40 tons of sugar:
"Is sugar a rare cargo?? Is there a black market on it?? Did you ever hear of a fence for hot sugar??"
"Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"
"Please, my nerves"
shareOn the subject of quotes, there was an oblique reference to 'Them' in an episode of the series 'Jericho' a few years back.
For those unfamiliar, it takes place in a small Kansas town after terrorists - or were they? - detonate nuclear weapons in a couple of dozen major American cities.
The main character, played by Skeet Ulrich, is about to drive outside the town to check something out, and one of the other characters says to him, "Watch out for giant radioactive ants out there!" To which Skeet replies, "Always do."
Coincidentally, James Whitmore, Jr. directed a few episodes of this series, but not that one. I mentioned the line to one of the show's writers at Jerichon 2 and he wasn't sure but he thought he might have written it.