Quotes

Dialogue

Reporters: [chattering] Leslie: Mr. Mayor! Mr. Mayor, over here! Mr. Mayor! Do you think your recent triple heart bypass affect your campaign strategy? Mayor McKrinkle: Now, Leslie, I'm just here to eat. Ernie: [French accent] Ah, monsieur le maire, Madame maire, welcome to Chez Ernie. What an honour it is to have you in my humble bistro. Suivez-moi. You brought the little ones. The little bicycle thieves. Bonjour! Our very best table. Have you lost little weight? Mayor McKrinkle: Oh, I-- Ernie: I think so! I think you may be buff! Je suisse enchante pour votre beaute. You know what I mean? The Mayor's Wife: Oh, Monsieur Ernie... [chuckles] Ernie: Excusez-moi. Au revoir, les enfants! [enters the kitchen to cook the lobster loaf and sighs] The air's not so thin at the top. Just like the old man to die before I hit it big. [A cockroach in Ernie's father's box of cigars opens the lid, and scurries toward the food] Remember, everyone. Attention to detail is vital! Presentation is everythin

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Ernie & Lars: Again? Maury the Handler: He's spent most of his life in that box, I expect... Ernie: You're a stupid cat, aren't you? Yes, you are! And you're ugly, too, extremely ug...

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Lars: I didn't even know he was there! Ernie: Just think of all the trouble we could have saved ourselves if we just threw fruit at him in the first place!