Sanford and Son (TV Series)
Fred's Treasure Garden (1974)
Howard Platt: Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Quotes
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Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : [while ravenously eating Grady's wild parsley salad] That is delicious! Oughtta be a crime for a salad to be this good.
Rollo Larson : In most states it is.
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Lamont Sanford : It's right over here. Now, I want you to know, I'm bringing you over here as a friend, not as a policeman, and not in your official capacity. Now, I'm just gonna come right and be honest with you, and tell you - it's gone.
Officer 'Smitty' Smith : What's gone?
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Well, Officer Smith, I think we should be a bit more official about this inquiry. Now, uh... what's gone?
Lamont Sanford , Rollo Larson : [overlapping] It was the parsley. It was the wheelbarrow.
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Hmm?
Lamont Sanford , Rollo Larson : [overlapping] It was the wheelbarrow. It was the parsley.
Lamont Sanford : It was a wheelbarrow full of parsley.
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : [writes in his notepad] A wheelbarrow full of parsley. Now, that's not your everyday robbery.
Lamont Sanford : Well, I guess whoever it belonged to must've come and taken it away, so it was a false alarm.
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Now wait, why would anyone put parsley in a wheelbarrow?
Rollo Larson : Well, I guess they wanted to make deliveries.
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Make - All right, now did we establish that this wheelbarrow was full of parsley?
Lamont Sanford : No, partially.
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Partially full, or partially parsley?
Lamont Sanford : Partially parsley.
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : [writes in his notepad] Partially parsley.
Rollo Larson : Possibly.
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Possibly partially parsley.
Lamont Sanford : Probably.
Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins : Probably, possibly, partially parsley.