Grand Canyonscope (1954)

Bill Thompson: Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore

Quotes 

• Ranger Woodlore : Spread out a little, folks. This is CinemaScope

• Ranger Woodlore : [describing the Grand Canyon]  And mind you, at this point, it's a mile deep.

  Donald Duck : [looking down into the canyon; voice echoing]  A mile deep?

  [Donald takes a rock and drops it toward the bottom, but Ranger Woodlore catches on quickly and catches the rock with a net] 

  Ranger Woodlore : [to Donald]  Ah-ah-ah, no throwing of rocks into the canyon. If we all threw rocks into the canyon, pretty soon, we wouldn't have a canyon, would we?

• Donald Duck : [Looking for his burro, sees a tail sticking out of a cave]  Ah, she's hiding.

  Ranger Woodlore : Now, now, let me handle this.

  [Pulls on tail; out comes an old mountain lion] 

  Ranger Woodlore : All right, come on, now. Straighten up there. Most unbecoming a burro. Why, you're getting to look a little shaggy, like an old lion. A lion? That's impossible.

  [Looks through a guide book] 

  Ranger Woodlore : The last lion seen in the canyon was during the Civil War. So that couldn't be you. Or could it?

  [Lion puts on a Confederate cap; Ranger whistles Dixie and salutes; the lion roars and Ranger runs] 

  Ranger Woodlore : It's a lion!

  Donald Duck : Where?

  [Takes a picture as lion nearly eats him] 

  Donald Duck : Wow!

• Ranger Woodlore : I should have stayed in the postal service.

• Ranger Woodlore : Well, I hope your satisfied. You two have, in a matter of minutes, messed up what it took Mother Nature millions of years to create. The National Park Rule Book states, and I quote, "When a natural object is marred or defaced, it must be restored to its original state." So, START DIGGING!

  [He throws a couple of shovels in their faces; Donald and Louie, despite being clearly insulted by these demands, proceed with the ridiculous task of restoring the Grand Canyon... even though Woodlore himself never joins them in doing so; nor does anybody else] 

  Burro : [DELETED LINE: suddenly, the moping and sweating Donald and Louie notice a burro looking on from nearby. As they gaze back at it, as though anticipating an assist, the burro's expression becomes extremely disdainful]  Forget it, you two. I'm a burro, not a jackass.

  [He turns and prances off with his snout in the air]