Green Acres (TV Series)

I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman (1966)

Edgar Buchanan: Uncle Joe Carson

Quotes 

• Uncle Joe Carson : I say a man can't fight fire unless he can play a marching instrument.

  Oliver Wendell Douglas : That doesn't make sense!

  Uncle Joe Carson : Well it does around here. We have more parades than fires.

• Oliver Wendell Douglas : Now how do I go about joining?

  Uncle Joe Carson : You gotta talk to the fire chief.

  Oliver Wendell Douglas : Well allright, now who's the...

  [notices Uncle Joe is putting on a fire helmet] 

  Oliver Wendell Douglas : ... are you the chief?

  Uncle Joe Carson : I ain't wearing this white helmet to match my shoes.