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Cats Don't Dance Quotes

Cats Don't Dance is a television show that first aired in 1970 . Cats Don't Dance ended in 1970.

It features Bill Bloom as producer, and Steve Goldstein in charge of musical score.

Cats Don't Dance is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Cats Don't Dance is 75 minutes long. Cats Don't Dance is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The cast includes: Betty Lou Gerson as Frances, Scott Bakula as Danny, George Kennedy as Max, Don Knotts as T.W., Jasmine Guy as Sawyer, George Kennedy as L.B. Mammoth, Hal Holbrook as Cranston, René Auberjonois as Flanigan, Frank Welker as Farley Wink, and Peter Renaday as Rat.

Cats Don't Dance Quotes

Hal Holbrook as Cranston

  • (Unnamed) "Yea, as you walk through your valley of despair, fear not. For I am your little Ark Angel, and I will look after each and every little, teensy-weensy, itsy-bitsy one of you."
  • (Hal Holbrook) "Shoot me."
  • (Hal Holbrook) "Look who's back. I wish he had himself stuffed."
  • (Betty Lou Gerson) "I know a divine taxidermist, darling. Did my first husband."
  • (Hal Holbrook) "Look at them. I'm ashamed to be an animal."
  • (Betty Lou Gerson) "Oh, shut up, you old nanny, and show old Frannie what you got."

George Kennedy as Max

  • (George Kennedy) "Ah, the recipe for a Darla Dimple movie. Begin with one part adorable character in jeopardy."
  • (Unnamed) "Sorry, penguin, but in everyone's life, a little rain must fall. Max, man the valves."
  • (George Kennedy) "Yes, Miss Dimple."
  • (George Kennedy) "Add two parts plucky determination --"
  • (Unnamed) "More water, Max. More water."
  • (George Kennedy) "Sprinkle in an air of innocence --"
  • (Unnamed) "More rain, Max. We must have rain."
  • (George Kennedy) "Stir in with --"
  • (Unnamed) "More water."
  • (George Kennedy) "Add a pinch of --"
  • (Unnamed) "Thunder."
  • (George Kennedy) "And an itsy-bisty dash of --"
  • (Unnamed) "Lighting. Ah-ha-ha-ha."
  • (George Kennedy) "Mix them all together, and what do you get?"
  • (George Kennedy) "You animals will never --"
  • (René Auberjonois) "-- nibble kibble in this town again."
  • (Unnamed) "They like it big, they like it loud / Maybe a little bit jazzy sometimes / Mister p*****cat, listen to me / You don't have to be good, but you had better be --"
  • (George Kennedy) "Get hot, Miss Dimple."
  • (Unnamed) "Big and Loud. / Big and Loud. / Wanna make your mamma proud / Make it big / And / Loud."
  • (Unnamed) "I didn't get where I am today / By getting myself get pushed around / No man nor beast / Nor kitty cat nor doggie / Is going to bring me down."
  • (George Kennedy) "Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha."
  • (Unnamed) "Shut up, Max."
  • (Reporter) "Gee whiz, Mr. Mammoth, what's the secret of your success?"
  • (George Kennedy) "Simple. It's Dimple."

Betty Lou Gerson as Frances

  • (Unnamed) "Well, there's always Broadway. Yeah, Broadway. I hear hippos are very, very big on Broadway."
  • (Betty Lou Gerson) "They're big everywhere, Darling."

Don Knotts as T.W.

  • (Don Knotts) "They can break your cookie, but -- you'll always have your fortune."
  • (Don Knotts) "There's no use trying. Last night my fortune cookie said, "Give it up; you loser.""
  • (Unnamed) "Sawyer, what happened to you?"
  • (Don Knotts) "Did you walk under a ladder? Smash a mirror?"
  • (Hal Holbrook) "Have you looked in one lately?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "No, a cat crossed my path."
  • (Unnamed) "Really? Orange tabby?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Yes."
  • (Unnamed) "Green vest?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Uh huh."
  • (Unnamed) "Straw hat?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Yes."
  • (Unnamed) "Oh, what a coinky-dink."
  • (Jasmine Guy) "How did you know?"
  • (Unnamed) "Oh, hippo's intuition."

Scott Bakula as Danny

  • (Scott Bakula) "What if I could get you an audition with L.B. Mammoth?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "L.B. Mammoth? Head of Mammoth Studios?"
  • (Scott Bakula) "I'm sure he'd appreciate good talent."
  • (Hal Holbrook) "After nothing but Darla, he's gotta be starving for it."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Wow. My own dream come true."
  • (Frank Welker) "Yeah, yeah. But remember: 10% of that dream is mine."
  • (Scott Bakula) "I hear Farley Wink gets good parts for animals."
  • (Betty Lou Gerson) "If you call hanging from a hook a good part."
  • (Scott Bakula) "But I thought Hollywood was always looking for new talent."
  • (Unnamed) "Ah, ah, talented people, not animals."
  • (Unnamed) "You see, the spotlight will never be on fellows like you and me, and it's foolish to think otherwise, Danny."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Look, if you're going to accept what they think of you, then you can leave. I almost did."
  • (Hal Holbrook) "Well, you should have. Life here for animals is the pits. We're always playing the scapegoat."
  • (Unnamed) "Quickly forgotten."
  • (Betty Lou Gerson) "Working for scale."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Then why are you still here? Because you can't get over that feeling, can you? That feeling you get when -- when you two dance together. When you play. When you sing. They cursed you, humilliated you, even slammed the door on your face, but they haven't made you forget. Have they?"
  • (Scott Bakula) "Say, what happened back there?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Look, I --"
  • (Scott Bakula) "Did I hit a sour note? Because if I hit a sour note, I can go back and -- I can fix it."
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Danny, they don't care. Don't you get it? What's the matter with you? Why are you so determined on making a fool of yourself?"
  • (Scott Bakula) "What do you mean? All I want to do is the thing I love. Doesn't everyone?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "It's not that simple."
  • (Scott Bakula) "It is in Kokomo."
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Then -- maybe that's where you should have stayed."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Look at you standing there with the long, long face."
  • (Horse) "Hey, he must be talking to you."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Looks like we'll be the only two cats on the ark. Isn't that great?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "So much for preserving the species."
  • (Unnamed) "I've seen 'em come and I've seen 'em go / There's one thing that I know / You gotta give the people what they want / Or you'll wind up back in Kokomo, Nebraska."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Uh, Indiana, Ms. Dimple."
  • (Unnamed) "-- Whatever."

Jasmine Guy as Sawyer

  • (Jasmine Guy) "Sometimes I ask myself, "Why do I put up with this?""
  • (Betty Lou Gerson) "The glamour?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "What, this pig sty? No offense, Harry."
  • (Harry the Pig) "None taken."
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Unless you're talking about the glamour of filing, the romance of typing."
  • (Unnamed) "Well?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "I can't do this."
  • (Unnamed) "And?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "I can't do this."
  • (Unnamed) "So?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "I can't believe I'm doing this."
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Look, tiger. This town has rules. Around here cats say, "Meow.""
  • (Scott Bakula) "But that's so old hat. I'm sure no one would mind if I jazzed this up a bit."
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Okay, learn it the hard way."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Meow."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Meow. Dagnabit, meow."
  • (Scott Bakula) "Meow, see? Yeah, that's it. Meow. Meow."
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Well, well. Run of the soundstage, use of Darla's ark, costumes -- I don't know. Something seems fishy."
  • (Betty Lou Gerson) "I beg your pardon?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Sorry. It's just that I smell a rat."
  • (Peter Renaday) "Excuse me?"
  • (Jasmine Guy) "Oh, never mind."

René Auberjonois as Flanigan

  • (Unnamed) "Flannigan, the title of this picture is "Li'l Ark Angel" -- ISN'T IT."
  • (René Auberjonois) "Yes -- yes."
  • (Unnamed) "And who in here is an angel?"
  • (René Auberjonois) "Mmmm -- mmmm?"
  • (Unnamed) "I SAID WHO IN HERE'S AN ANGEL?"
  • (René Auberjonois) "Why, you are, Darla, sweetheart, celebrity, darling --"
  • (René Auberjonois) "ACK -- angel."
  • (Unnamed) "That's right. I AM an angel. I -- am -- an adorable -- little -- ANGEL."

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