Frosty the Snowman (1969 TV Short)

Billy De Wolfe: Professor Hinkle, The Magician

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Quotes 

• Professor Hinkle : [performing his mock magic trick]  And so, I put the magic eggs into my hat. Abracadabra, to coin a phrase.

  [chuckles] 

  Professor Hinkle : And voila, the eggs have turned into...

  [the eggs drop to the floor and crack] 

  Professor Hinkle : Mess--y, mess--y, mess--y!

  [covers the mess] 

• Santa Claus : Now you go home and write "I am very sorry for what I did to Frosty" a hundred zillion times. And then maybe - just maybe, mind you - you'll find something in your stocking tomorrow morning.

  Professor Hinkle : Like - a new hat, maybe? Ohh, yes, sir! Goodbye, everyone! Sorry to lose and run, but I've got to get busy writing, bus-y, bus-y, bus-y!

• Professor Hinkle : [groaning, then kicking a nearby can in disappointment]  Ohh, that's not fair. I mean, we evil magicians have to make a living, too.

• Professor Hinkle : [after seeing that Santa Claus has brought Frosty back to life]  Wait a minute! I want that hat, and I want it now!

  Santa Claus : DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THAT.

  Professor Hinkle : And just what are *you* going to do about it?

  Santa Claus : If you so much as lay a finger on the brim, I will never bring you another Christmas present as long as you live.

  Professor Hinkle : [traumatized]  Never?

  Santa Claus : Never.

  Professor Hinkle : No more... trick cards or... magic balls or...?

  Santa Claus : No more anything.

• Professor Hinkle : I must get that hat back! Think nasty, think nasty, think nasty!

  [cackles] 

• Professor Hinkle : If that hat is magic, I want it back!

  Karen (later airings) : But it's not yours anymore; you threw it away!

  Professor Hinkle : Don't talk back to your elders, you... you naughty, naughty, little girl.

  [to Hocus, as he loads him back into the hat] 

  Professor Hinkle : And you, stay in there, or there'll be no carrots for Christmas!

• Professor Hinkle : You silly children believe everything you see. When you're grown up, you'll realize that snowmen can't come to life.

  Karen (later airings) : But we...

  Professor Hinkle : Silly, silly, silly!

• The Magician : Now I've got you! And the minute you're all melted, that hat will be mine!

  [cackles] 

• Boy #1 : But you can't take that hat back! It brought Frosty to life.

  Karen (later airings) : You saw it happen!

  Professor Hinkle : I saw nothing of the kind.

• Professor Hinkle : Now, give me that hat, or else.

  Frosty : Or else - what?

  Professor Hinkle : Ohhh, well, don't bother me with details; give me that hat!

• Professor Hinkle : Aw, a campfire! Well, isn't that all snug and comfy?

  [laughs, then blows the fire out] 

• Professor Hinkle : [looking into his hat]  Where is that rabbit? Hocus-Pocus, where *are* you? Bah! The only thing this hat's good for is the trash can!