Francis Pierlot credited as playing...
Frank
- Houlihan: Must be something you can do, Mel. Haven't you any talents at all?
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: I have many talents, but uh, not definitely.
- [Cronies ask questions]
- Frank: Ain't you even a lawyer?
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: I am not a lawyer.
- Politico: Can you type?
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: Not with both hands.
- Houlihan: Give us some kind of clue, Mel. What can you do?
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: Be a senator.
- Frank: Look, what did you do before you went into politics?
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: I was a public highway safety deviser.
- Frank: What the Sam Hill was that?
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: I painted those white lines down the middle of paved roads. But those roads are all painted now, Fred, even if I could bend over that far any more.
- Frank: Well, I'll say this for the senator. He's got more 'Don't know how' than any guy I've met in some time.
- Houlihan: What about basketball.
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: Oh, know basketball very well. Played that in high school - fullback.
- Houlihan: Football?
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: Football? Oh, uh... 28, 82, 26, 78, hike. Heh, heh, I remember. You really think you could arrange that?
- Houlihan: I believe so. I think the duties would be relatively simple.
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: Oh, never mind the duties what does it pay?
- Houlihan: About a hundred and fifty thousand, I should imagine.
- Senator Melvin G. Ashton: A hundred and fif... Say, that's more than the president.
- Frank: It's a bigger job. Youth of the nation. Hope of the future. You know.