Sons of the Desert Quotes

Sons of the Desert is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Sons of the Desert ended its run in 1970.

It features Hal Roach as producer, Marvin Hatley in charge of musical score, and Kenneth Peach as head of cinematography.

Sons of the Desert is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Sons of the Desert is 64 minutes long. Sons of the Desert is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The cast includes: Stan Laurel as Stan, Oliver Hardy as Oliver, Mae Busch as Lottie, and Dorothy Christy as Betty.

Sons of the Desert Quotes

Dorothy Christy as Betty

• (Dorothy Christy) "Stanley, is Oliver telling the truth?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Go ahead and tell her."
• (Dorothy Christy) "Is he?"
• (Stan Laurel) "No, we didn't go to Honolulu, we went to the convention --"

• (Dorothy Christy) "Stanley wouldn't dare lie to me. I hate to think what would happen if he ever did."

Stan Laurel as Stan

• (Dr. Horace Meddick) "What seems to be the trouble?"
• (Stan Laurel) "I think he's suffering from a nervous shakedown."

• (Stan Laurel) "If you don't be careful, she's going to get the upper hand of you."

• (Exalted Exhausted Ruler) "Place yourselves in position to receive the oath. Do you all solemnly swear to be present at our 87th annual convention at Chicago?"
• (Unnamed) "I do."
• (Stan Laurel) "Me too."
• (Exalted Exhausted Ruler) "Whole heartedly unanimous."
• (Unnamed) "We are the Sons of the Desert, Having the time of our lives, Marching along, two thousand strong, Far from our sweethearts and wives, God bless them, Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are marching, And dancing to this melody, Mmm-Mmm-Mmm, Mmm-Mmm-Mmm-Mmm, Sons of the desert are we."

• (Stan Laurel) "I may not be king of my castle, but I certainly wouldn't allow my wife to wear any pants. I'd like to see my old woman throwing things around. It's disgraceful. Never heard of such goings off. On. You know, if my ball and chain ever talked to me -- If she even dared to raise a -- Do you know what I'd say?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "What?"
• (Stan Laurel) "I'd say --"
• (Stan Laurel) "Hello, honey. I --"
• (Stan Laurel) "Well, you think it over. I'll see you in the morning."

Mae Busch as Lottie

• (Mae Busch) "Tell us all about it."
• (Dorothy Christy) "Please do."
• (Oliver Hardy) "All right. All right. We were sailing along in clear weather when all of the sudden a terrible storm came up. Didn't it Stanley?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Yeah, and then we floundered in the typhoid."
• (Oliver Hardy) "Not typhoid. He means typhoon, Sugar. Then the ship started to shake and we both dived overboard. Didn't we Stanley?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Yeah, just as the boat was going down for the third time."
• (Oliver Hardy) "And here we are."

• (Mae Busch) "Have you anything else to say?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Why no. That's all there is. There isn't anymore. Is there Stanley?"
• (Stan Laurel) "No, that's our story and we're stuck with it. In it."

• (Mae Busch) "Well then how did you get here?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Why, eh --"
• (Stan Laurel) "Oh, we ship-hiked."
• (Oliver Hardy) "That's right. We; ship-hiked."
• (Mae Busch) "Ship-hiked?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Yes. We thumbed our way."
• (Mae Busch) "What do you mean? Thumbed your way?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Well, Stan and I'd be swimming along, we'd see a boat coming our way, we'd go like that"
• (Oliver Hardy) "and they'd pick us up. Wouldn't they Stanley?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Yeah. Of course, that's if they were going our way, mind you."
• (Oliver Hardy) "Oh, why, certainly."

• (Mae Busch) "What d'ya think this is? Halloween?"
• (Mae Busch) "Come in, you bad boy."

• (Mae Busch) "That wax eater of yours is no different from the rest. He had just as much to do with this as my Oliver did."
• (Dorothy Christy) "Oh, I admit he lied. But, there's one thing I do know. When he gets back home and I ask him, he'll confess and tell me everything."
• (Dorothy Christy) "That's more than that blimp of yours will do."

• (Mae Busch) "You wait till you get home, you big overstuffed --"
• (Unnamed) "Hey, sit down."
• (Mae Busch) "You shut up -- come on, Betty"

• (Mae Busch) "You're not going."
• (Oliver Hardy) "What do you mean I'm not going?"
• (Mae Busch) "Just that. You're not going to the convention. You're going to the mountains with me."
• (Stan Laurel) "But, he can't go to the mountains. You see, he took an oath. And the Exhausted Ruler said that --"
• (Mae Busch) "Now, listen dodo, you keep out of this."
• (Oliver Hardy) "Wait a minute, Sugar. There's no use getting excited. You're making a mountain out of a mole hill."
• (Stan Laurel) "Certainly, life isn't short enough."
• (Mae Busch) "Are you going?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Eh?"
• (Mae Busch) "I said, are you going?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Yes, Sugar; eh, Mrs. Hardy."
• (Mae Busch) "Who said so?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Him."

• (Mae Busch) "I'll show you, you Son of a Desert. Go to a convention on me, ha. ha."

• (Mae Busch) "So Stanley wouldn't dare lie to you --"
• (Dorothy Christy) "Well, he never has before."

• (Mae Busch) "I haven't heard from you since you sang in the choir."
• (Charley Chase) "And you used to pump the organ, remember? You little old organ pumper, you."

• (Mae Busch) "Just wait till you get back home, you inflated tadpole."

Oliver Hardy as Oliver

• (Oliver Hardy) "Now why did you hire a veterinarian?"
• (Stan Laurel) "I didn't think his religion would make any difference."

• (Oliver Hardy) "I go places and do things, and then then tell my wife."

• (Oliver Hardy) "Do you have to ask your wife everything?"
• (Stan Laurel) "If I didn't ask her, I wouldn't know what she wanted me to do."

• (Oliver Hardy) "Now isn't this nice?"
• (Stan Laurel) "It sure is. We're just like two peas in a pot."
• (Oliver Hardy) "Not pot. Poddd. Poddd."
• (Stan Laurel) "Poddd."

• (Oliver Hardy) "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
• (Stan Laurel) "Jack who?"

• (Oliver Hardy) "You'd better take my temperature."
• (Oliver Hardy) "Get that thermometer."
• (Stan Laurel) "The what?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Thermometer. You'll find it on the shelf."
• (Oliver Hardy) "Ooh -- ooh -- ooh."
• (Oliver Hardy) "Uh-um."
• (Oliver Hardy) "What does it say?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Wet and windy."

• (Oliver Hardy) "To catch a Hardy they've got to get up very early in the morning."
• (Stan Laurel) "What time?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Oh about half past; "What time." Hmph."

• (Oliver Hardy) "Never mind what she said. What did Betty say?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Honesty is the best politics."

• (Oliver Hardy) "Well, what's new Sugar?"
• (Mae Busch) "Oh, nothing much. What's new with you?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Oh, nothing to speak of."
• (Stan Laurel) "Yes there is. You didn't tell her about going to the convention."
• (Mae Busch) "What convention?"
• (Oliver Hardy) "That's right."
• (Oliver Hardy) "I'm glad you reminded me."

• (Oliver Hardy) "Why didn't you want to take the oath?"
• (Stan Laurel) "I was afraid."
• (Oliver Hardy) "Afraid of what?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Well I was afraid if I took the oath, that maybe my wife wouldn't let me go --"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Of course she'll let you go. Why, she'll have to let you go. You took an oath."
• (Stan Laurel) "I know. That's what I'm worrying about. The Exhausted Ruler said that if -- you took an oath, it would have to be broken for -- generations and -- centuries of -- hundreds of years and my wife would let --"
• (Oliver Hardy) "Do you have to ask your wife everything?"
• (Stan Laurel) "Well if I didn't ask her, I wouldn't know what she wanted me to do."
• (Oliver Hardy) "I never realized such a deplorable condition existed in your home. Why don't you pattern your life after mine? I go places and do things and then tell my wife. Every man should be the king in his own castle."

• (Oliver Hardy) "That settles it. I'm not goin' to Honolulu."
• (Mae Busch) "Oh, yes, you ARE going to Honolulu if you have to go alone."
• (Oliver Hardy) "If I have to go to Honolulu alone,"
• (Oliver Hardy) "he's going with me."

• (Oliver Hardy) "There you are. Fit for a king. We'll have a good night's sleep. Go down in the morning. Tell them about the shipwreck. And nobody will be any the wiser."

• (Oliver Hardy) "Now, buck up. Go in and tell her you're going to the convention. Be a man."

• (Oliver Hardy) "Aloha. Baby's Home, Sugar."

• (Oliver Hardy) "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into."

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