Les Trois Caballeros (1944)
Frank Graham: Narrator
Quotes
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[Pablo the penguin has fulfilled his dream of moving to a warmer, more tropical climate]
Prof. Holloway : And so, as the warm, tropical sun sinks slowly in the west, we leave little Pablo, a bird in paradise, a picture of health in his new coat of tan. He should be the happiest penguin in the world.
[Pablo looks at some photographs of penguins back at the South Pole]
Prof. Holloway : Only, sometimes he gets to thinking...
Narrator : [laughs] Never satisfied. Well, that's human nature for you, even if you're a penguin.
Donald Duck : You're absolutely right.
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Narrator : What a time two toucans have making love. When they're beak-to-beak, they can't get cheek-to-cheek, because when one toucan turns his head, only one toucan can.
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[Donald is about to watch a movie on rare birds, one of his birthday presents]
Narrator : [on movie] Aves raras.
Donald Duck : ¿Aves raras?
Narrator : Si, señor. That means "strange birds".
Donald Duck : Oh, sure, sure! I know! Birds!
[he forms his hands together and flaps them like the wings of a bird]
Narrator : Yes, amigo, your feathered cousins. You know, Donald, you have more relatives here than there are coffee beans in Brazil.
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Narrator : By the way, amigo, did you know that some birds are skilled craftsmen?
Donald Duck : Uh-uh, is that so?
Narrator : [during footage of a Marrequito building a nest, by piling up sticks and twigs on top of each other] Yes, quite a builder is the little Marrequito.
[the Aracuan bird watches]
Narrator : His nest may look haphazard in design, ah, but every single stick and straw...
[the Aracuan gives the Marrequito one last twig]
Narrator : ... is scientifically placed to withstand the stress and strain of...
[the Marrequito places this twig on the pile, but the nest then collapses]
Narrator : ... well, almost anything.