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My Favorite Year Quotes

My Favorite Year is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . My Favorite Year completed its run in 1970.

It features Michael Gruskoff as producer, Ralph Burns in charge of musical score, and Gerald Hirschfeld as head of cinematography.

My Favorite Year is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of My Favorite Year is 92 minutes long. My Favorite Year is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The cast includes: Peter O'Toole as Alan Swann, Mark Linn-Baker as Benjy Stone, Selma Diamond as Lil, Lou Jacobi as Uncle Morty, Peter O'Toole as Swann, Lainie Kazan as Belle, Ramon Sison as Rookie Carroca, Anne De Salvo as Alice Miller, Jessica Harper as K.C., Bill Macy as Sy, Adolph Green as Leo Silver, Anne De Salvo as Alfi, Joseph Bologna as King Kaiser, and Basil Hoffman as Herb Lee.

My Favorite Year Quotes

Lainie Kazan as Belle

  • (Lainie Kazan) "Shame on you, Swannee."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Yes, you're right Belle. Shame on me, in deed."
  • (Lainie Kazan) "Something to drink before dinner?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Some soda water."
  • (Lainie Kazan) "Rookie, a glass of seltzer."
  • (Ramon Sison) "Pick it up."
  • (Lainie Kazan) "Alan, your seltzer. A little liver?"
  • (Lainie Kazan) "Mr. Swann --"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Alan, please. And what may I call you?"
  • (Lainie Kazan) "How 'bout, yours?"
  • (Lainie Kazan) "Do you hear what you started here?"
  • (Lainie Kazan) "Before your beloved father passed away; and eventually died, he said to me, "Belle, after I go, get someone to be with. Someone nice. A pal.""
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "So you went out and found a Filipino batamweight named Rookie Carroca?"
  • (Lainie Kazan) "Al --"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Ma --"
  • (Lainie Kazan) "What?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "It's not Al. If I bring Capone or Jolson, then it's Al."
  • (Lou Jacobi) "Jolson's coming?"

Mark Linn-Baker as Benjy Stone

  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "1954. You don't get years like that anymore. It was my favorite year."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Mr. Swann, I was supposed to watch you, remember?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Good. Watch this."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Mr. Swann."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Oh my god, it's Stoneburger. Will you ever let me alone?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Like Alfi says, "With Swann, you forgive a lot, you know." I know."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Dim sum are too hard to eat with chopsticks. Don't make yourself crazy."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Katherine, Jews know two things: suffering and where to find great Chinese food."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Doesn't Sy's office take on a whole different feeling at night?"
  • (Jessica Harper) "Yeah, it gets worse."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "First rule: never tell a joke sitting down. You have to be on your feet; and use your hands: This guy walks into a Psychiatrist's office. He has a duck on his head. The Psychiatrist says, "Can I help you?" The duck says, "Yeah, get this guy off my ass.""
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "What are you doing?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Drinking and leaving."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "This is live television."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Live? Live? What does live mean?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "It means the exact moment your cavorting and leaping around that stage over there, 20 million people are seeing it."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "What a minute. What a minute."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Swann, you're white."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "You mean it all goes into the camera lens and then just spills out into people's houses?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Yeah."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Why is it nobody had the goodness to explain this to me before?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Mr. Swann, may I tell you something? Benjy Stone is not who he seems to be."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Who is Stone, who is?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "In 1954, a Buick was a Buick. It didn't look like a Chevy, which looks like a Pontiac, which you can't tell a part from an Olds. Like today."

Peter O'Toole as Swann

  • (Peter O'Toole) "Are you still in the fight game?"
  • (Ramon Sison) "In a way. I married Benjy's mother."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Stone, you can watch me or you can join me. One of them is more fun."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Now, all we have to do is get from here; to there."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "It won't work."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "It worked perfectly well in "A Slight Case of Divorce"."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "That was a movie. This is real life."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "What is the difference?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Oh, good God. It's Renfield. I thought he was dead."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Oh, yes. So he is."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Rookie, your Meatloaf Mindanao was superb."
  • (Ramon Sison) "Thanks. That takes two days to prepare, you know."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Really. Tell me, what was that rather pungent taste?"
  • (Ramon Sison) "Parrot."
  • (Ramon Sison) "And they're not easy to work with. They put up some squawk."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "I can imagine."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Our needs must take leave of you, for Stone and I journey to dine in some far off land called Brooklyn."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Stone, I want you to know that this morning I had absolutely no idea I was in the process of inserting myself into an arrangement that already existed between you and Miss Downing."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Would it have made any difference?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "No."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "This is the most fun and the hardest work I've done since the world was young."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Are you in love with the girl?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "I think I am. But, I don't know what she wants."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Romance, Stone. That's the only thing that you can be sure they all want."
  • (Scalfoni) "Scalfoni, 1R. You're the best."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "How did you get into the building?"
  • (Scalfoni) "I'm the Super."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Stone, women love to be intrigued. They enjoy unraveling the mystery that is man, but you must allow them the freedom to discover you."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Is that what you do?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "No. I don't have that luxury. The women who are interested in me know exactly who I am and what they want, and nine times out of ten, they get it."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "That's some curse."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "You'd be surprised. You see, no matter what I do, I can never fulfill their expectations."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Who is that gorgeous-looking creature over there?"
  • (Maitre d') "Oh, no, Mr. Swann. This is exactly the way it started last time."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "In that case, we'll just order dinner -- for now."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "What is the time?"
  • (Unnamed) "I don't know. Don't you have a watch?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "No. I'm not allowed to wear a watch."
  • (Unnamed) "Why not?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "I don't trust them."
  • (Unnamed) "Why?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "One hand is shorter than the other."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "You see, people like me wear targets. I'm blamed for a lot of things I had absolutely nothing to do with. On the other hand, because of who I am, I get away with murder in other areas. I suppose it all balances out in the end."
  • (Lainie Kazan) "Does it really, Swannee?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Ma, he's an actor, not a river."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "By-the-by, Stone, where is this; Brooklyn?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Another world."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "We'll be two for dinner. Telephone the Stork Club."
  • (Anne De Salvo) "You sure you mean the Stork Club, Mr. Swann?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Certainly. It's been a year and a half. Surely they've repaired the wall of the bandstand by now."

Bill Macy as Sy

  • (Bill Macy) "He's plastered."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "So are some of the finest erections in Europe."
  • (Bill Macy) "California? You can't write comedy in California. It's not depressing enough."
  • (Bill Macy) "A week's salary, Swann takes a dive. Hey, Swann dive. Bam-Boom."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "You're on."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Double the lad's bet for me, you toad."
  • (Bill Macy) "Swann's never going to show up anyhow."
  • (Anne De Salvo) "We'll find him, Sy."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "What happened?"
  • (Anne De Salvo) "He landed fine last night. That much we know."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "So where is he?"
  • (Bill Macy) "Where else? Drinking and humping."
  • (Bill Macy) "You call what Swann does acting? That's not acting. Its kissing and jumping and drinking and humping."
  • (Bill Macy) "Benjy, you want to see movies, get a job as an usher. The rest of us are here to write professional show-business comedy."
  • (Anne De Salvo) "In your case, semi-professional."
  • (Bill Macy) "Leo, it gets me sick to think we gotta put up with some washed-up jaboni who's gonna be running around Central Park with his schlong hangin' out."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "My dear fellow, what I choose to do with my schlong is my business."
  • (Bill Macy) "How's business?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Never better."

Jessica Harper as K.C.

  • (Jessica Harper) "I guess this is the kissing portion of the evening."
  • (Jessica Harper) "Sanctuary. Sanctuary."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Sanctuary my ass."
  • (Jessica Harper) "I mean, what do you want from me?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Sex."
  • (Jessica Harper) "Benjamin, we're in the middle of an interesting conversation, here."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Oh, I bet it's real interesting. What's the subject of this interesting conversation?"
  • (Peter O'Toole) "These eyes. They're Merle Oberon's eyes."
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Merle Oberon's. Oh, and what's Merle doing for eyes? Using Katharine Hepburn's?"
  • (Jessica Harper) "If there's anything you need, I can take care of it for you."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Anything?"
  • (Jessica Harper) "Within reason."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Well, let's begin with some tea and see where that leads us."
  • (Jessica Harper) "Do you think there are funny people and not-funny people?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Yes. Definitely. On the funny side there are the Marx Brothers, except Zeppo; the Ritz Brothers, no exceptions; both Laurel and Hardy; and Woody Woodpecker. On the unfunny side there's anybody who has ever played the accordion professionally."

Basil Hoffman as Herb Lee

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Lou Jacobi as Uncle Morty

  • (Lou Jacobi) "So, Mr. Swann, now that we sat nice, broke bread together, shared a glass of wine, I feel I know you a little."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Morty, I feel I know you even better."
  • (Lou Jacobi) "Good. Then you won't mind if I ask you a question?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "Uncle Morty."
  • (Lou Jacobi) "What are you worried? It's not personal. What was I; born in Minsk or Pinsk? I know my way around."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "Morty, ask your question."
  • (Lou Jacobi) "That paternity rap a couple of years ago; did you shtupp her? Did you go all the way? What? What?"

Selma Diamond as Lil

  • (Selma Diamond) "This is for ladies only."
  • (Peter O'Toole) "So is this, ma'am, but every now and then I have to run a little water through it."

Adolph Green as Leo Silver

  • (Adolph Green) ""To the question, 'What were you doing naked in Central Park, in Bethesda Fountain, at 3 in the morning?' Swann replied, 'The back stroke.'" Now, is this your idea of watching him, Benji?"
  • (Mark Linn-Baker) "The police are treating it like a parking ticket. It's no big deal."
  • (Bill Macy) "No big deal? We've got kids watching this show. We're talkin' generations to come, here. We're discussin' morals, here."
  • (Anne De Salvo) "You're not qualified to discuss morals, Sy."
  • (Bill Macy) "Up your hole with a Mello Roll, Alice. And yours too, Herb."

Joseph Bologna as King Kaiser

  • (Joseph Bologna) "I don't know. He is a legend. One of the biggest stars ever. He's one of a kind. A guy like this is irreplaceable. Replace him, Leo."
  • (Joseph Bologna) "Swann better be at every rehearsal, sober, or it's your ass. You understand? Now, see Sy, this kid's got balls."
  • (Joseph Bologna) "They're not serving tongue at lunch today, are they Leo? No tongue on show day. Twice they served tongue on show day, twice the opening sketch died -- No tongue, get it? No tongue. Tongue, death --"
  • (Joseph Bologna) "Who are you to talk to me like that you little Jiminy Cricket pest bastard."
  • (Joseph Bologna) "You look real nice today, Alice. Did you get those shoes I sent you?"
  • (Anne De Salvo) "Oh yeah."
  • (Joseph Bologna) "Why did you send them back?"
  • (Anne De Salvo) "They were the wrong size. And they were used."

Anne De Salvo as Alice Miller

  • (Anne De Salvo) "Sy Benson: a tower of Jell-O."

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