“You better give Elmo and Charlie a blast, and bump everything up to...” – Turgidson, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ... Movie Quotes Database

Turgidson

You better give Elmo and Charlie a blast, and bump everything up to Condition Red and stand by the blower. [to Miss Scott] I just thought I might mosey over to the War Room for a few minutes. The Air Force never sleeps.

Miss Scott

Buck, honey...I'm not sleepy either.

Turgidson

I know how it is, baby. Tell you what you do. You just start your countdown, and old Bucky'll be back here before you can say...Blast Off!

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General "Buck" Turgidson George C. Scott More Turgidson quotes →

Miss Scott Tracy Reed

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