Zenobia

Dr. Tibbett:
Dehlia, come out of that oven and tell me what's going on in this house.

Dehlia:
I sorry, Dr. Tibbett, I got so much work to do and Miss Tibbitt's told me to directly, that I was to talk to nobody, not even to myself.

Dr. Tibbett:
Oh, Mary! Oh, Mary! Mary! Mary! Oh, Mary, I want to talk to you.

Jeff Carter:
I beg your pardon, Dr. Tibbitt, there is something I wanted to ask you.

Dr. Tibbett:
I can't stop now, Jeff.

Jeff Carter:
But, Doctor.

Dr. Tibbett:
Sorry, Jeff, not right now. I-I, this is very important.

Jeff Carter:
But, this is pretty important too, sir

Dr. Tibbett:
You'll have to see me later Jeff. I want to talk to Mary.

Jeff Carter:
But, that's just it, I want to marry her.

Dr. Tibbett:
I'm the happiest father in the state of Mississippi.

Mrs. Tibbett:
So am I.

Zero:
Is-Is this what you want?

Dehlia:
No, that ain't it.

Zero:
If that chicken don't look good enough to eat, I'll eat it.

Dehlia:
No you won't!

Zero:
Not even the gizzards?

Dr. Tibbett:
Oh, Zeke, where are you?

Zeke:
Here I is.

Dr. Tibbett:
You get the boots shined?

Zeke:
Ya sah

Dr. Tibbett:
Oh, that's fine. Let's put 'em on.

Zeke:
Dr. Tibbett, will I ever turn white?

Dr. Tibbett:
Oh, I'm afraid not, Zeke. Why?

Zeke:
Well, I'm never gonna be nothin' else 'cept just what I am, only bigger?

Dr. Tibbett:
Well, what's wrong with being just what you are?

Zeke:
Just that all the other little boys around, they can go to parties, like the party tonight. Cause they're white. And I can't, cause I'm not.

Dr. Tibbett:
Listen, Zeke, you don't go to white folks parties. I don't go to colored folks parties. But, that makes no real difference. You understand?

Zeke:
No sah.

Dr. Tibbett:
Well, Zeke, its like this, you know that medicine kit down in my office?

Zeke:
Ya sah.

Dr. Tibbett:
Well, there's black pills in it and there's white pills in it. And they're both good kinds of pills. Some people couldn't do without one kind and some couldn't do without the other. You understand?

Zeke:
No sah.

Dr. Tibbett:
Well, I'll put it another way then. You know next to that medicine kit, what hangs in that big frame over the desk?

[Referring to a copy of the Declaration of Independence]

Zeke:
Ya sah.

Dr. Tibbett:
Well, that just isn't about countries. That's about people, all kinds. Like black pills, white pills, red, yellow, all colors. What that tells us is, that ALL people can find life, liberty and happiness. You understand now?

Zeke:
No sah, not exactly.

Dr. Tibbett:
Come here Zeke. Did you ever own a quarter?

Zeke:
No sah.

Dr. Tibbett:
Well, you go down in that office and learn a little bit of that everyday and when you get it all learned by heart, I'm going to give you this quarter. Do you understand that?

Zeke:
Yes sir!

Zero:
[Observing the elephant Zenobia stampeding through a city street] That's the biggest rabbit I ever saw.

George:
Better hang on to that horseshoe Doc. You may need it for luck.

Dr. Tibbett:
George, if you never do anything to be ashamed of, you don't have to worry about being lucky.

Mrs. Tibbett:
Zero, have you seen the Doctor?

Zero:
I seen him at dinner time out early this mornin', Miss Tibbett.