Ronnie Burns: Ronnie Burns

Quotes 

• Gracie Allen : [Ronnie needs a story for the school paper]  I've got just the thing! It was a big surprise to the Vanderlips when it happened. Thier cat had six kittens!

  Ronnie Burns : No, mother, but I need a story that's exciting.

  Gracie Allen : The cat's name is Henry.

  George Burns : Well, Ronnie, if you don't use it, I'm sure Walter Winchell will grab it.

  Gracie Allen : Oh! If Winchell dares to grab Henry in his condition, he'll hear from me!

• Ronnie Burns : How long is your father gonna keep letting you go to college?

  Brian McAfee : Oh, he don't never want me to quit. I guess you might say it's a matter of family pride.

  Ronnie Burns : Family pride?

  Brian McAfee : Yeah. He says if'n I went home, I'd be known as the dumbest boy in Texas. Why, he'd rather have me stay here and be known as the dumbest boy in California because it is a smaller state.

• Ronnie Burns : You know, Mother, it's a strange thing that your schemes always seem to work out.

  Gracie Allen : Well, try it anyway. Maybe this one will.