Little Johnny Jet (1953)

Daws Butler: John Jet, Various Jets, Various Men

Quotes 

• John : [looking at his son]  Hey! No propeller.

  Mary : John, uh, he's a jet plane.

  John : [crying out in despair]  *A JET*! JETS! JETS! I CAN'T STAND JETS!

• [repeated lines] 

  John : Mary.

  Mary : John.

• [first lines] 

  Mary : [Seeing a depressed John land in the hangar]  Any luck today, John?

  John : No, Mary, same as yesterday. I went to every airport in town, and they just don't have any use for an old, burned-out B-29.

  Mary : Nonsense.

  [She and John kiss] 

  Mary : You can fly as well as any of those newfangled airplanes. Did you tell them of your wonderful war record?

  [John looks at a portrait of himself as a proud, well-decorated war plane] 

  Mary : A hero of ninety missions over the Pacific?

  John : Yeah. I even showed them my purple heart.

  [suddenly upset] 

  John : But all they want nowadays is jets, jets, jets!

  Mary : Now, now, John, watch your oil pressure.