Kissin' Cousins (1964)

Arthur O'Connell: Pappy Tatum

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Quotes 

• Captain Robert Salbo : Madam, words fail me. Your culinary talents supersede the most exotic cuisine.

  Ma Tatum : You don't like it.

  Captain Robert Salbo : Oh, no, no, no, on the contrary...

  Josh Morgan : He means he'd like some more, Ma.

  Ma Tatum : Oh, that's good.

  Pappy Tatum : Good! Good! I like to see a young fella who's a good eater.

  Captain Robert Salbo : I must say, in all my travels, I never tasted anything quite like it.

  Ma Tatum : You ain't never?

  Captain Robert Salbo : Unh-uhnmm!

  [meaning "No"] 

  Ma Tatum : Aw shucks, it ain't nothing but possum tails, owl gizzards, and grits fried in bear grease. And then that there gravy, that's just goat's milk with vulture eggs and mashed catfish eyes.

  Pappy Tatum : The catfish eyes brings out the flavor of the possum tails.

  [Capt. Salbo turns green] 

  Captain Robert Salbo : Excuse me. I think I forgot something in my jeep.

  Pappy Tatum : Why did he leave in such a hurry? Did something just come up?

  Josh Morgan : Not yet, Mr. Tatum, but I think it might.

• Josh Morgan : You see, Pappy, the Government...

  Pappy Tatum : Who's government?

  Josh Morgan : Well, the United States Government - want to use the top of this mountain to build a I-C-B-M firing base.

  Pappy Tatum : B-M?

  Josh Morgan : Ballistic Missile.

  Pappy Tatum : Oh, I see.

  Josh Morgan : That's right, I-C-B-M.

  Pappy Tatum : You-see-B-M? Well, I don't.

  Ma Tatum : Me neither, Pappy. And I ain't so sure what I heared.

• Captain Robert Salbo : It's part of our national defense system. You know, I-C-B-M.

  Pappy Tatum : You-see-B-M, too? How can everybody see it but me?

• Josh Morgan : They won't be used at all unless somebody starts a war against us. See?

  Pappy Tatum : Oh, you mean if there's a feud.

  Josh Morgan : Yeah.

  Captain Robert Salbo : Yeah, we protect our country - like you do against the Revenuers.

  Pappy Tatum : Oh, I see.

  Selena Tatum : You-see-B-M now too, Pappy?

  Pappy Tatum : I think so.

• Pappy Tatum : We're gonna do some raisin' some ruckus! We're gonna have some rootin' tootin' and boozin'!

• Pappy Tatum : Let me give you some advice Josh: You only got one life to live. Life can be rough. But, if you live it every day, all the way, once is enough.

• Captain Robert Salbo : Mr. Tatum, don't you get the newspapers up here?

  Pappy Tatum : Oh, sure. We use them to patch the holes in the wall.

• Pappy Tatum : You sure got the sassy face of a Tatum. Where'd you git that face, boy?

• Ma Tatum : Pappy, we got a surprise fer ya.

  Pappy Tatum : I got enough surprises around here with all these the-the-these jezebels and these kittyhawks and these these government critters!

• Ma Tatum : That's a powerful hunk of money. Think of all the things we could git with that.

  Selena Tatum : Just think, we could git one of them new fangled bathtubs and some purty dresses!

  Azalea Tatum : And a new hot water heater. That creek gits mighty cold in wintertime.

  Ma Tatum : Yeah, and maybe one of them electric light machines.

  Pappy Tatum : Woah! Hold up there. The whole kit 'n' caboodle of ya. I can't think with you all babblin' at me! And not a peep outta you three!

• Pappy Tatum : You want me to be like one of them city fellas? Bustin' a gut to make money to put new fan-dangled doodads on a female critters? They's in a grave when they is 50 years old!

• Pappy Tatum : Welcome to the Tatum family, Josh.

  Josh Morgan : Thank you, Pappy. But, what else could I do?

  Pappy Tatum : What?

  Josh Morgan : I-I-I mean, well, she's about the prettiest thing I ever seen, so, why keep lookin', huh?

• Pappy Tatum : Let's have a little music. Let's have a little party!