Bud Abbott: Chuck Murray

Hold That Ghost

Chuck Murray

Ferdie: I called 42 Oh, Chucks and you didn't come in.
Chuck: I came in as soon as you hollered "Oh, Chuck!"
Ferdie: From now on, don't wait for me to say "Oh, Chuck!" Get in here on the "Oh!"

Driver: [Ferdie parks his car disasterously] That man should have his license taken away.
Chuck: I'll see that he does as soon as he gets one.

[Chuck and Ferdie are shown descending a flight of stairs after being informed that they have obtained Moose Matson's inheritance]
Ferdie: Hey, Chuck, we don't want no roadhouse. Anything you get for nothin' is no good. Let's go back to the gas station.
Chuck: [annoyed] Now, that's fine. Just when you get an opportunity to advance yourself, a chance to become somebody, you want to be a gas station attendant!

[Moose Matson is mortally wounded. Ferdie and Chuck watch as he reaches into the pocket of his coat]
Moose Matson: [weakly] Lefty... get a doctor... will ya?
Chuck: Lefty? Who is Lefty?
Ferdie: I don't know.
Chuck: Lefty isn't here.
[Matson reaches into the pocket of his coat and pulls out a piece of paper. He looks at it for a few seconds before he succumbs to his gunshot wound]

[Ferdie has just tossed one of Chuck's suitcases onto a bus that's heading south. He looks rather panicked.]
Ferdie: Hey! Which way are you going?
Harry Hoskins: Why, north of course.
Ferdie: You're going north? Don't you wish you were going south?
Chuck: Why?
Ferdie: That's the way your bag went.

[the day after being fired from their job at a nightclub. Chuck and Ferdie can be seen at a gas station. Both are sitting down. Chuck looks upset while Ferdie looks apologetic.]
Ferdie: I'm sorry we was thrown out of that place.
Chuck: [forlornly] Ah, keep quiet.
Ferdie: I apologize.
Chuck: [annoyed] Never mind.

[At the gas station, Ferdie can be seen pulling a balloon out of one of his pockets and putting in on a air pumper. As this is going on, Chuck can be seen writing something on a blackboard]
Ferdie: Hey, Chuck!
Chuck: Oh, don't bother me Ferdie, I'm busy.
[Chuck continues writing until he notices Ferdie's balloons]
Chuck: And stop playing with those balloons!
Ferdie: I'm only trying to blow them up.
Chuck: Put those balloons away!
Ferdie: [Puts the balloon in his pocket and stands up] Okay.
Chuck: Come on, get on the job, we're busy. What's the matter with you?

[at the gas station, Ferdie can be seen playing with a squirt bottle of oil. As he's doing this, Chuck can be seen looking displeased]
Chuck: Will you give me that?
Ferdie: You want it?
Chuck: Yes!
[Ferdie squirts Chuck in the face, covering it with oil]
Chuck: [upset] Now look what you did!
Ferdie: [innocently] I'm sorry, Chuck.
Chuck: [sarcastically] You're sorry!
[Chuck slaps Ferdie across the face, getting oil on the left side of it]
Ferdie: Look what you did to me now!
Chuck: Get to work!
Ferdie: Now we're a couple of shadows. Okay, I'll get to work.
Chuck: [wiping his face] You ought to be ashamed of yourself!
Ferdie: I am, Chuck. But I'm gonna make you proud of me one of these fine days.
Chuck: What do you mean?
Ferdie: I'm not gonna be a gas attendant all my life. I'm gonna have a nightclub of my own. Someday, I'm gonna have Ted Lewis and The Andrews Sisters work for me.
Chuck: [irate] You own a nightclub!
Ferdie: Don't look now, but your eye is dripping.
Chuck: Quiet! You just had us thrown out of one!
Ferdie: [innocently] Well, I'm sorry.
Chuck: And if you don't get on the job, they'll have to throw us out of here!
Ferdie: Okay.
[Ferdie sits down while Chuck walks over to a sign and begins writing something]
Ferdie: All right, Chuck, I'll work hard, but I don't intend to be a gas station attendant all my life.

[at the gas station, Chuck can be seen getting ready to fill up Moose Matson's car while the latter watches. Matson appears to be in a hurry]
Moose Matson: Quit stalling around, get the gas in there, will you?
Chuck: All right.

[Ferdie and Chuck are meeting with Bannister, the latter who has just read Moose Matson's will. Ferdie and Chuck appear intrigued by the fact that they've obtained Matson's inheritence]
Chuck: [looks at Ferdie] That's us.
Ferdie: Yeah.
[Ferdie looks at Bannister]
Ferdie: You mean we get his money?
Bannister: Well, there is none, as far as we know. Moose Matson always said that he kept his money in his head. We never learned what he meant. Now, the only tangible asset bequeathed you is a tavern on what used to be highway 129.
[Bannister shows Chuck and Ferdie a map]
Chuck: [looks a Ferdie] A tavern? That's a hotel.
Ferdie: Yeah.
Chuck: Now, that's funny. One minute, you work in a gas station, the next minute you own a hotel.
Ferdie: Next minute, you're back in the gas station.

[Ferdie and Chuck can be seen speaking with Bannister in the latter's office. Bannister can be seen turning on his intercom and speaking into it]
Bannister: Send Mr. Smith in.
[Bannister turns off his intercom before looking at Ferdie and Chuck again]
Bannister: I've taken the liberty of asking my associate, Mr. Smith, to accompany you to your property and officially turn over the keys.
Chuck: Sure it won't be too much bother.
Bannister: Oh, no bother at all. Just one of the conveniences we supply.