- Lisa Douglas: [Oliver returns after responding to a "fire rocket"] Where's your helmet?
- Oliver Wendell Douglas: They took it away from me because I didn't bring my guitar.
- 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.