One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Back in 1961, Walt Disney got a little hip with 101 Dalmatians, making use of that flat Saturday morning cartoon style that had become so popular. The result is a kitschy change in animation and story. Pongo and Perdita are two lonely dalmatians who meet cute in a London park and arrange for their pet humans to marry so they can live together and raise a family. They become proud parents of 15 pups, who are stolen by the dastardly Cruella De Vil, who wants to make a fur coat out of them. Cruella has become the most popular villain in all of Disney; she's flamboyantly nasty and lots of fun. But it's the dalmatians who shine in this endearing classic, particularly those precocious pups. Telling the story from the dogs' point of view is a clever conceit, a fundamental flaw of the live-action remake. --Bill Desowitz

Year:
1961
8,698 Views
It's 'arf comedy...'arf mystery...and it's howlarious!
One great big ONEderful motion picture
It is here for a hundred and one days!

Nanny:
Now, who do you suppose...? [answers the door]

Jasper:
Good evening, ma'am. We're here to inspect the wiring and the switches.

Horace:
And we're from the gas company.

Jasper:
[prods Horace] Lectric, lectric.

Horace:
Oh. Electric company!

Nanny:
Oh, but we didn't call for any inspection.

Jasper:
Oh yes, I know. See, there's a new Act just passed in Parliament. Comes under the heading of the "Defence of the Realm Act": Article Four, Section 29. Very important - it's the law! And it's for your own safety, ma'am.

Nanny:
Well, I don't care what Parliament, Realm or whatever it is says. You're not coming in here, not with the Mister and the Missus gone.

Jasper:
Oh, now. Come off it, Ducky. We got no time to palaver. We got a job to do. EXCUSE ME! [storms through the door]

Nanny:
What's the matter with you two?! You got cloth ears? I said you're not coming in here! [falls on her bottom]

Jasper:
Ho, ho, ho! She's a regular old totter, ain't she, Horace? [laughs mockingly, then heads upstairs]

Nanny:
[chasing Jasper] Don't you dare go up there, you big long-legged lummox! Now I mean it! If you don't get out of this house, I'll call the police, I will. Now be off with you, you big... you big weasel!

Jasper:
Now you've been gone and done it. You've cut me to the quick, lady. Why, I wouldn't stay here if you asked me to. [Nanny throws a teapot at Jasper, but it misses and breaks] Not even for a cup of tea! [calling down for Horace while trapping Nanny in the attic] Oi! Horace, me lad! I've got a sneaky suspicion we're not welcome here! [we see Horace downstairs with a bag, heading for the puppies in the kitchen] Pack up, we're leaving! Sharp's the word, and quick's the action.

[An angry Cruella catches Jasper and Horace watching television]

Cruella:
I've got no time to argue. I tell you it's got to be done tonight. [switches off the TV] Do you understand? Tonight!

Horace:
But they ain't big enough.

Jasper:
You couldn't get half a dozen coats out of the whole kaboodle.

Tibbs:
[spying] Coats?! Dog-skin coats?

Cruella:
[breathes smoke at Jasper's face, and he coughs] Then we'll settle for half a dozen! We can't wait. The police are everywhere! I want the job done tonight!

Horace:
How are we gonna do it?

Cruella:
Any way you like: Poison them, drown them, bash them in the head. You got any chloroform?

Jasper:
Not a drop.

Horace:
And no ether... either.

Jasper:
[bonks Horace on the head with his wine-bottle] "Eye-ther"!

Cruella:
I don't care how you kill the little beasts, but DO IT! AND DO IT NOW!

Jasper:
Aw, please, miss. Now have pity, will ya? Can't we see the rest of the show first?

Horace:
We want to see "What's My Crime?"

[Jasper starts to drink from his bottle, but Cruella snatches it and throws it into the fireplace, where the ignited alcohol causes an explosion. The frightened puppies hide behind the furniture, and Cruella slaps both Jasper and Horace in the face.]

Cruella:
Now listen, you idiots! I'll be back first thing in the morning. And the job better be done or I'll... I'll... I'll call the police! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!

[She slams the door behind her, causing a chunk of the ceiling to come loose and fall on Horace's head.]

Horace:
I think she means it, Jasper.

Jasper:
Ah... we'll get on with it as soon as the show's over. [switches the TV back on]


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