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Bud Abbott, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Evelyn Ankers, Mischa Auer, Richard Carlson, Lou Costello, Joan Davis, Ted Lewis, and The Andrews Sisters in Hold That Ghost (1941)

Lou Costello: Ferdinand Jones

Hold That Ghost

Lou Costello credited as playing...

Ferdinand Jones

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Quotes28

  • Ferdie: Look, from now on, keep one eye on that candle, another eye on that one, and with the other eye watch me!
  • Ferdie: Somebody blew out my candle!
  • Chuck: That was the wind.
  • Ferdie: Since when does the wind eat garlic?
  • Camille: Are you a married man?
  • Ferdie: No.
  • Camille: Neither am I.
  • [to Chuck]
  • Camille: He's old enough, isn't he?
  • Ferdie: Oh sure I'm old enough, I play games, I play post office.
  • Camille: Post office? That's a kids' game.
  • Ferdie: Not the way I play.
  • Ferdie: If you see a pair of pants go flyin' through the air, don't grab 'em.
  • Chuck: Why not?
  • Ferdie: I'll be in 'em!
  • Chuck: Remember that stuff that took the enamel off your teeth?
  • Ferdie: Sure, once I had 6 bottles of that stuff, I didn't stagger.
  • Chuck: Didn't stagger?
  • Ferdie: I couldn't move.
  • Ferdie: I called 42 Oh, Chucks and you didn't come in.
  • Chuck: I came in as soon as you hollered "Oh, Chuck!"
  • Ferdie: From now on, don't wait for me to say "Oh, Chuck!" Get in here on the "Oh!"
  • Ferdie: When I said gone with the wind, I should've said never the twain shall meet.
  • Camille: What twain?
  • Ferdie: The twain on twack twee.
  • Camille: You boys ready to leave?
  • Ferdie: I was ready to leave when he put the key in the front door to come in!
  • Ferdie: [to Chuck] I was playing choo-choo train! Aww you never let me have any fun.
  • Ferdie: [looking at an old house with no paint] What did I tell you, Chuck? Anyplace painted dark brown, I never liked it.
  • Chuck: Everything happens to you.
  • Ferdie: Everything except what happened to Charlie Smith.
  • Camille: You sure you never heard of me? Camille Brewster?
  • Ferdie: No.
  • Camille: You must have a cheap radio.
  • Ferdie: We were very close to Charlie Smith at the time of his demise.
  • Ferdie: He's all tied up and he's got a something in his mouth.
  • Chuck: He had a gag in his mouth.
  • Ferdie: If he did he never got a chance to tell it.
  • Camille: What's on him, a cobweb?
  • Ferdie: It ain't a wedding veil.
  • Dr. Duncan 'Doc' Jackson: He's been strangled.
  • Ferdie: Hey Chuck. Is that serious?
  • Chuck: Why, the man's dead.
  • Ferdie: Oh, that's serious.
  • Ferdie: [to Camille] With one eye, watch that candle, with the other eye watch the other candle, and with the other eye, watch me.
  • Ferdie: Oh a bed, that's just what I need, a nice big bed to hide under.
  • Chuck: He's nothing but a rumor.
  • Ferdie: I don't care if he's the landlord...
  • Chuck: Don't reach! You have a tongue, haven't you?
  • Ferdie: Yeah, but I can reach further with my hand.

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