Over the Counter (1932)

Franklin Pangborn: Drake's Assistant

Quotes 

• Drake's Assistant : Heavens, I'm all atwitter. Your son has turned the nursery into a nightclub!

  Mr. Drake : You mean that he's put red hot chorus girls in there too?

  Drake's Assistant : Wait till you see them. Wait till you see them! Sizzling. I was almost overcome with the heat.

  Mr. Drake : I shall give this matter my personal attention.

  Drake's Assistant : He has taken wives from their husbands an husbands from their wives! Oh, Mr. Drake, I've done all that I could to control myself, but I have reached the breaking point.

• Mr. Drake : What I see astonishes me. This must stop immediately.

  Freddy Drake : Boy, you haven't seen anything yet, Dad. And if you're interested in figures, just take a peek at that.

  [pointing to chorus girls] 

  Drake's Assistant : Merciful heavens!