- Announcer: You don't mean to tell me that you are well-versed in the intricacies of the art of Terpsichore?
- Paul Whiteman: No, but I can dance.
- Quartet Lead Singer ('Nellie'): [singing] The lights were brightly gleaming, On the Great White Way, Where there's a light for every broken heart, A lonely lad was gazing, On the scene so gay...
- Announcer: America is a Melting Pot of music; wherein, the melodies of all Nations are fused into one great new rhythm. Jazz!
- Announcer: This book is Paul Whiteman's Scrap Book. It's pages are crowded with melodies and antidotes which we are going to bring to life for you by the magic camera. Here we have Paul himself. By the way, you may be interested to knowing how he came to be crowned the "King of Jazz." Once upon a time, Paul, tired of life in the great city, had a grand idea. He would go big game hunting. No sooner said than done. So in the action of the camera, we find him a few weeks later in darkest Africa.
- Meek Husband ('Do Things For You'): [singing] I like to touch your hair, hold your hand, play with your fingers, you understand, I like to do things for you. I like to cuddle up, Close to you, Be Mama's baby, Hoochie Koo, Cause I like to do things for you. If anything I do, Pleases you to send me, When I'm bad, place me on your knee, Spank me!
- Boyfriend ('A Bench in the Park'): [singing] Romeo and Juliet, I'm quite sure didn't have to pet, Upon a hardwood bench in a park, Like this is...
- Boyfriend ('A Bench in the Park'), Girlfriend ('A Bench in the Park'): [singing] What more do we need, You and I in the dark, On a bench in the park.
- Paul Whiteman: No record of American music could be complete without George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, which was written for the Whiteman Orchestra and first played at the Aeolian Hall, in 1924. The most primitive and most modern musical elements are combined in this rhapsody.
- Goldfish Owner ('Oh! Forevermore!'): You know what's the matter with this country? It's a Tariff! That's who.
- Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!'): Partly tariff and partly income tax. Now, you take my wife...
- Goldfish Owner ('Oh! Forevermore!'): All right. Who are you gonna take?
- Jeanette Loff: A good show, like a good sauce, requires just a little dash of spice. So, we ask you to peek through this keyhole on our next page. If you see anything *spicy*, remember: you should never, never peek through the keyhole.
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