Quotes from Damn Yankees (1958)

19 quotes
Gwen Verdon
Mr. Applegate: I've got thousands of Washington fans drooling under the illusion that the Senators are going to win the pennant!
Lola: Aw Chief, that's awfully good! When they lose there'll be suicides and heart attacks and apoplexy... just like the good old days!
- Gwen Verdon (as Lola) in Damn Yankees (1958)

Gwen Verdon
Mr. Applegate: I've got too much on my mind. I'm overworked.
Lola: Oh, I know, poor dear. Elections coming up.
- Gwen Verdon (as Lola) in Damn Yankees (1958)

Tab Hunter
Mr. Applegate: Joe moved into a hotel because... Why did you move, Joe?
Joe Hardy: [dryly] To be near you.
- Tab Hunter (as Joe Hardy) in Damn Yankees (1958)

Rae Allen
Mr. Applegate: Uh, if you will permit me to say a word, I happen to represent the Hannibal Bugle. And I'm telling you right now that everybody in our little ol' town is just as proud as pumpkins of little ol' Joe!
Gloria Thorpe: Well thank little ol' you, and thank little ol' Joe!
- Rae Allen (as Gloria Thorpe) in Damn Yankees (1958)

Ray Walston
Mr. Applegate: Well if you're referring to the rumor that in reality he is Shifty McCoy, I deny it emphatically.
- Ray Walston (as Mr. Applegate) in Damn Yankees (1958)

Ray Walston
Mr. Applegate: With my help a lot of things come easy.
[lights a cigarette from within his hand and Joe looks shocked]
Mr. Applegate: Ohhhh, uh, do you smoke?
Joe Boyd: Hey... how'd you pull that off?
Mr. Applegate: I'm handy with fire.
- Ray Walston (as Mr. Applegate) in Damn Yankees (1958)

Ray Walston
Mr. Applegate: Wives! They cause me more trouble than the Methodist church.
- Ray Walston (as Mr. Applegate) in Damn Yankees (1958)

Gwen Verdon
Mr. Applegate: You should have seen a real artist at work! You couldn't get him away from his wife, huh? Well I could!
Lola: How? Is he crazy about you?
- Gwen Verdon (as Lola) in Damn Yankees (1958)

Rae Allen
Gloria Thorpe: Wait a minute, I got it! Shoeless Joe Hardy!
- Rae Allen (as Gloria Thorpe) in Damn Yankees (1958)

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