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If you want things done for you, you've got to speak nice to the janitor.

4 seconds sound clip from The Honeymooners (1955) - Dial J for Janitor sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:07:30.667 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

[...]

- Yeah. Well, let him try. Let him go ahead. Get a lawyer. I don't care. I'll fight fire with fire. I'll get a lawyer.

- You ever heard of Sam Wiggims?

- No.

- Oh, boy. Best lawyer in town. He specializes in those cases where a landlord threatens to throw out a tenant. If I only knew how to get ahold of him.

- Don't you know his office number?

- I knew his old number. He was evicted last week.

- Well, everything's fixed.

- What do you mean, everything's fixed?

- Everything's fixed.

- Now, look, the tenants in this building have to realize this: that a janitor is a human being. He's got to be treated with respect. He's not a slave, not a horse.

- If you want things done for you, you've got to speak nice to the janitor.

- And another thing. When the janitor does you a favor, tip him a couple of bucks, show him that you're on his side.

- As a matter of fact, I think everybody should chip in around Christmas time, and give him sort of a bonus or something. Maybe around Easter time too.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute. $150 a month, free rent, tips, Christmas, Easter bonuses. Boy, if the job was that good, I'd take it myself.

- You're too late. I beat you to it.

- I am the new janitor of this building.

[...]

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Actors: Jackie Gleason (Ralph Kramden), Audrey Meadows (Alice Kramden), Art Carney (Ed Norton)

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