Mr. Wise Guy

Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard:
Which one of you is Ethelbert McGinnis?

Glimpy Stone:
Ethelbert? Imagine someone with a moniker like that? We have a McGinnis , but no Ethelbert.

Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard:
Come on! One of you guys is Ethelbert! Now who is it?

Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis:
[Muggs,waking from a nap, hearing the name, sheepishly answers] I'm Ethelbert.

Glimpy Stone:
[Glimpy stunned. says] Now I'm completely disillusioned!

Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis:
Now how about we forget this Ethelbert name business?

Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard:
Listen wise guy...

Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis:
That's Mr. Wise Guy to you!

Luke Manning:
Lay off the bourbon!

Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis:
I know what you are! You are a premeditated killer!

Knobby:
I never killed nobody! I'm a bank robber!

Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis:
Bank robber? Well, of course that ain't so bad.

Peewee:
You gonna hang by the neck until dead!

Knobby:
I don't hang around no place!

Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis:
Why don't you confess and save all this confusion?

Knobby:
There's no confusion... uh I mean confessing! I know my rights! I'm an American citizen!

Glimpy Stone:
Did you ever vote?

Knobby:
No! Who's running?

Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis:
You didn't vote, you're not an American! You're a man without a country!

Knobby:
I am too! I live in Brooklyn!

Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis:
Well that's the same thing!

Dorothy Melton:
Why don't you do something? They are only kids!

Knobby:
He's got a gun! It's loaded! I know, I loaded it myself!

Dorothy Melton:
I thought you were the kind of man I could go for.

Knobby:
What's Luke got that I ain't got?

Dorothy Melton:
Brains!

Knobby:
That ain't nice!