We Want Our Mummy (1939)
Curly Howard: Curly
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Quotes
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Curly : C'mon, Rootin-Tootin old kid! Heh heh! Whoever crowned you king?
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Dr. Crowell : That means we'll never find the missing king!
Curly : [looks surprised, takes card out of his front pocket] How did YOU know the king was missing?
[Moe turns his head to look]
Curly : I... Ooh!
[hides card before Moe can see]
Moe : Oh, so you're the one, eh? That's how you won my thirteen cents!
[smacks Curly]
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Dr. Crowell : Gentlemen, you're hired. We're sending you to bring back the mummy of King Rootin-Tootin, you leave immediately for Cairo.
Curly : Say I got an uncle in Cairo, he's a chiropractor. NYUK NYUK NYUK!
[Moe punches him in the nose]
Museum Curator : And if you are successful, we will pay you 5000 dollars.
Dr. Crowell : The recovery of the mummy will prove of untold value to science.
Moe : For science!
Larry : For science!
Curly : For 5000 bucks!
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Moe : [what looks like the tomb of Rootin Tootin] Hey, he's the real McCoy!
Larry : McCoy, I thought his name was Rootin Tootin.
[Moe raises his fist at Larry]
Curly : Hey fellas, I found it.
Larry : Found what?
Curly : A tisket a tasket,
[holds up a basket]
Curly : that green and yellow basket. NYUK NYUK NYUK NYUK!
[Moe gives him an open hand shove in the face]
Curly : Oh!
[Staggers back into a well]
Curly : WOOOOOOOOOOOAH!
[Hits the bottom with a splash and gets Moe and Larry wet]
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Third Gang Member : [in tomb, with Curly laying on a table dressed up as King Rutin-Tutin] Hey, where are those jewels that are supposed to be buried with them?
Gang Leader : Oh, they always wrap 'em up inside the mummy. We'll have to cut him open.
[with thugs looking away, Curly cringes, and unzips the front of his mummy costume]
Gang Leader : Let me have that sharp knife you have there.
[looks at "Rutin-Tutin"]
Gang Leader : He's burst open!
[reaches inside Curly's costume, pulls out newspaper]
Gang Leader : "Yanks win world series." Can you beat that?
Curly : Yeah, and I won five bucks!
Gang Leader : No kidding? I had the Cubs, and... WHAT?
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Curly : Oh boy, a mummy alligator, I'm going to take him home with me. Boy are you going to look good on my wall!