Stage Door/Funny

"Linda: Do you know, I think I could fix you up with Mr. Powell's chauffeur. The chauffeur has a very nice car too.
 * Most of Jean and Linda's warring insults, but especially this exchange:

Jean: Yes, but I understand Mr. Powell's chauffeur doesn't go as far in his car as Mr. Powell does.

Linda: Even a chauffer has to have an incentive!

Jean: Well, you should know!"

"Eve: Pleasant little foursome. I predict a hatchet murder before the night is over."
 * When a reluctant Jean meets the dates she and Judy are going to dinner with.

"Kaye: (looking at her cake) It's so beautiful I'm afraid to cut it.
 * Even at an even meant to be heartwarming, like Kaye's birthday party, there's always a chance to snark on the cooking:

Judy: That's one of Hattie's cakes; maybe you can't cut it.

Hattie: I resent that!

Linda: Be careful you don't drop it on your foot."

"Jean: Oh. I thought it was funny that we should happen to get this job all of a sudden.
 * Jean, resentful of Anthony Powell because he's the boyfriend of her foe Linda, is ready to start something with him until Annie points out he owns half of the club they just performed in:

Annie: And then came the dawn.

Jean: You don't suppose he had anything to do with our being here?

Annie: Attagirl, Sherlock. I'll bet ya you could put two and two together and get something out of it."

"Eve: Remember, Hattie, don't do anything Butch wouldn't do."
 * The other women, especially Judy, tease Butch, the butcher and Hattie's date to Terry's play. The best part, though, is this line:


 * "I bet you could boil a terrific pan of water."