Have you gone mad? Okay, what's the joke? What do you mean? I don't know how you rigged...
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[Jim brings the malfunctioning Herbie back to Thorndyke. It accidentally bangs against Thorndyke's Rolls Royce and stops. Jim gets out]
Peter Thorndyke:
Have you gone mad?
Jim Douglas:
Okay, what's the joke?
Peter Thorndyke:
What do you mean?
Jim Douglas:
I don't know how you rigged it, but I'm sure that car is a real cut-up when a convention comes to town.
Peter Thorndyke:
What in the name of...
Jim Douglas:
If I'd wanted a trick car, I would have bought one at a joke shop.
Peter Thorndyke:
[as Carole joins him]
Allow me to say that I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about. You come billowing up in that beastly little car, and assault my personal Rolls Royce.
Jim Douglas:
...I brought it back! I want my money, I want the papers I signed, and then I'll get outta here, and you two clowns can... can have your little laugh.
Carole Bennett:
Mr. Douglas, if there is anything wrong with the car, would you be good enough to tell me what it is?
Jim Douglas:
Well, there's nothing essentially wrong with the car. It's just that it wants to go one way and I'd like to go the other.
Peter Thorndyke:
Well, whatever it is, none of it is covered in our guilt-headed guarantee.
Jim Douglas:
Oh, I'm sure of that.
Transcript
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(BOING)
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Have you gone mad?
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Okay, what's the joke?
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What do you mean?
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I don't know how you rigged it,
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but I'm sure that car's a real cutup
when a convention comes to town.
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If I wanted a trick car,
I would've bought one in a joke shop.
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THORNDYKE: Allow me to say
that I haven't the slightest idea
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what you're talking about.
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You come blithering up
in that beastly little car,
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and assault my personal Rolls-Royce!
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I brought it back. I want my money,
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I want the papers I signed,
and then I'll get out of here,
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and you two clowns
can have your little laugh.
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Mr. Douglas, if there is
anything wrong with the car,
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would you be good enough
to tell me what it is?
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There's nothing essentially
wrong with the car.
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It's just that it wants to go one way,
and I'd like to go the other.
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Whatever it is, none of it is covered
in our gilt-edged guarantee.
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Oh, I'm sure of that.
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If you examine paragraph 12...
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Excuse me, Mr. Thorndyke,
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but if I sold this gentleman the car,
I feel a certain responsibility.
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Do you mind if I try it?
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THORNDYKE: Miss Bennett!
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Our dinner engagement.
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I won't be a minute.
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Seems to be acting all right now.
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Sometimes new car owners have a
tendency to exaggerate their problems.
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We get that all the time.
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Believe me, when I was
in this car alone, it was...
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Just treat it gently at first.
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It really is quite a fine little automobile.
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Have you had much
experience with cars?
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Look, lady, by profession,
I'm a racing driver.
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Oh, that Jim Douglas.
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What do you mean, "That Jim Douglas"?
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Let's see. Two years ago
at Laguna Seca, you spun out,
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and hung a beautiful Buick Special
on the back fence.
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At Willow Springs...
Was it a year ago last February?
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...you sprayed a Lotus
all over the infield.
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How do you know all that?
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I have trouble with names and faces,
but I never forget a car.
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I like good machinery.
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Now, why don't you
give this little car a fair chance?
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You bought it. Enjoy it.
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You can drive me back now.
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(TIRES SCREECH)
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(MOTOR RUMBLING)
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How about it, Dad?
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Want to give that doodlebug a workout?
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I'll go easy on you.
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Be serious, will you?
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(ENGINE STARTS)
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(DING)
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(TIRES SCREECHING)
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(TIRES SCREECH)
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Did you see this thing take off?
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One of your showboat tricks,
Mr. Douglas?
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I tell you, I had nothing to do with it.
Clip duration: 171 seconds
Views: 328
Timestamp in movie: 00h 13m 49s
Uploaded: 19 October, 2021
Genres: comedy, family, sport
Summary: Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of it's own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
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