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Elke Sommer: Elke Sommer • Maria Poppenini

The Jack Benny Hour

Elke Sommer credited as playing...

Elke Sommer • Maria Poppenini

Quotes4

  • Jack Benny: Whenever I went to Italy, I kept hearing one phrase all the time. I kept hearing people say to me, "Quanto può quell gouno essere tanto tirchio?" What does that mean?
  • Elke Sommer: Let me see, "Quanto può quell gouno essere tanto tirchio?", huh? That means "How can a man be so cheap?"
  • Jack Benny: I don't know, it sounded so nice in Italian.
  • Rosano: You? You a governess?
  • Maria Poppenini: Yes, but I'm sorry, I don't have any references.
  • Rosano: Oh, well, we don't care about that, because I can call your last employer.
  • Maria Poppenini: That's impossible. He's in prison for shooting his wife.
  • Rosano: He's-a shot his wife? You sure?
  • Maria Poppenini: I was there being interviewed when he did it.
  • Rosano: That must have been shocking.
  • Maria Poppenini: Yes. Usually, they wait a few days.
  • Rosano: You see, my wife, she's gonna be gone three whole months, and that's a long, long time.
  • Maria Poppenini: [Maria takes off her coat, revealing a sexy outfit] How long did you say your wife is going to be away?
  • Rosano: Only three months.
  • Maria Poppenini: [to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious] Mozzarella provolone parmesan ricotta./ You should eat it every day and you should eat a lotta./ It is great with vino and it's even good with wat-ta.
  • Rosano: Mozzarella provolone parmesan ricotta.
  • Maria Poppenini: Mozzarella provolone parmesan ricotta./ You can eat it icy cold and you can eat it hot-a.
  • Rosano's son: Cook it in a tiny pan
  • Rosano's daughter: Or in a great big pot-a./
  • Rosano: Mozzarella provolone parmesan ricotta.
  • Maria Poppenini: Mozzarella provolone parmesan ricotta./
  • Rosano's son: Any vitamins you'll need
  • Rosano's son, Rosano's daughter: You'll find it has a lotta./
  • Maria Poppenini: Even makes a worn-out horse into a champion trott-a
  • Maria Poppenini, Rosano: Mozzarella provolone parmesan ricotta./Mozzarella provolone parmesan ricotta.

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