The Music Man (1962)
Hermione Gingold: Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
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Quotes
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Mrs. Shinn : Now, George!
Mayor Shinn : Not one poop out of you, Madame!
Mrs. Shinn : [turning to Zaneeta] I think he means "peep"!
Mayor Shinn : [looks back] *Yes!*
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Mrs. Shinn : [answering doorbell the Prof Hill rang] Oh, George, it's you.
Mayor Shinn : [to Prof Hill] I never had a son!
Mrs. Shinn : [not seeing Prof Hill] I never said you did.
Mayor Shinn : What would you know?
Mrs. Shinn : Well, I'd certainly know if I gave you a son!
Mayor Shinn : I wasn't talking to you.
Mrs. Shinn : Well who were you talking to?
Mayor Shinn : I was talking to-
[realizes that Prof Hill is no longer there]
Mayor Shinn : Never mind!
[Mayor Shinn storms away]
Mrs. Shinn : Zaneeta, call the doctor for your father.
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Mrs. Shinn : [leading the other 'hens' in song] Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more...
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Marian Paroo : Good afternoon, Mrs. Shinn.
Mrs. Shinn : Don't change the subject.
Marian Paroo : [after Mrs. Shinn dumps a book on the counter] Is something the matter?
Mrs. Shinn : The same thing is the matter as is always the matter here. Look... . Is this the sort of book you give my daughter to read? This "Ruby-hat of Omar Khay-ay-ay-ay-" - I am appalled!
Marian Paroo : I *did* recommend it. It's beautiful Persian poetry.
Mrs. Shinn : It's dirty Persian poetry. People lying out in the woods, eating sandwiches? Getting drunk? With pitfall, and with gin? Drinking directly out of jugs with innocent young girls? No daughter of mine will...
Marian Paroo : Mrs. Shinn, the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" is a classic.
Mrs. Shinn : [under her breath] ... It's a smutty book. Like most of the others you keep here, I dare say.
Marian Paroo : Honestly, Mrs. Shinn. Wouldn't you rather have your daughter read a classic than - than Elinor Glyn?
Mrs. Shinn : What Elinor Glyn reads is *her* mother's problem. Just you keep your dirty books away from *my* daughter.
