Daily Dialogue — June 8, 2016

JOCK: They resemble humans.
TRUSTY: But I’d say a might smaller.
JOCK: Aye, and they walk on all fours.
TRUSTY: And, if I remember correctly, they beller a lot.
JOCK: Aye, and they’re very expensive. You will not be permitted to play with it.
TRUSTY: But, they’re mighty sweet.
JOCK: And very, very soft.
TRAMP: Just a cute little bundle (chuckles)…of trouble. Yeah, they scratch, pinch, pull ears…ah, but shucks, any dog can take that. It’s what they do to your happy home. (Bumps Jock out of the way.) Move it over, will ya, friend? Home wreckers, that’s what they are.
JOCK: Look here, laddie, who are you to barge in?
TRAMP: The voice of experience, buster. (Chuckles) Boy, just wait’ll Junior gets here. You get the urge for a nice comfortable scratch and, “Put that dog out! He’ll get fleas all over the baby!” You start barking at some strange mutt (Tramp barks) “Stop that racket, you’ll wake the baby!” And then, then they hit you in the room and board department. Oh, remember those nice, juicy cuts of beef? Forget ’em. Leftover baby food. And that nice warm bed by the fire? A leaky doghouse.
LADY: Oh, dear!
JOCK: Dunna listen, lassie, no human is that cruel.
TRUSTY: Of course not, Miss Lady, why everybody knows a dog’s best friend is his human.
TRAMP: (Laughing) Oh, come on now, fellas. Oh, you haven’t fallen for that old line, now have ya?
JOCK: Aye, and we’ve no need for mongrels and their radical ideas. Off with ya, now! Arf with ya! Arf with ya!
TRAMP: Okay, Sandy.
JOCK: My name’s Jock.
TRAMP: Okay, Jock.
JOCK: Heather Lad O’ Glencairn to you!
TRAMP: Okay, okay, okay! But remember this, pigeon: the human heart has only so much room for love and affection. When a baby moves in, the dog moves out.

— Lady and the Tramp (1955), screenplay by Joe Grant, Dick Huemer, and Louis Pollock, story by Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright and Don DaGradi, based on the story by Ward Greene.

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Dog. Today’s suggestion by Will King.

Trivia: The studio’s first officially self-penned story since Dumbo (1941).

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “Lady is beset by two changes in her life: the addition of a baby to her home, and the introduction of Tramp into her life. Here, Tramp is the Trickster who arrives to counter the viewpoints of Jock and Trusty, warning that Lady’s life is destined to be upset. Even after he’s gone, the damage is done, leaving Lady feeling less secure.”