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Uncle Joe Carson

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Edgar BuchananEdgar Buchanan
At the age of seven, he and his family moved to Oregon. After studying at the University of Oregon, ...

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Uncle Joe Carson Quotes

04x10 - How Hooterville was Floundered Season 4 / Episode 10: - How Hooterville was Floundered

Uncle Joe Carson: [giving his plans for the celebration] At 8:30, we march to the station to greet the governor.
Oliver Wendell Douglas: What governor?
Uncle Joe Carson: Well, I ain't sure. I invited all 52 of 'em. One of 'em outta show up.
Oliver Wendell Douglas: Oh, boy.
Uncle Joe Carson: Now we take which ever governor shows up first and march him to the town square and show him the cement slab where someday we're gonna erect a statue of Horace Hooter.
01x17 - I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman Season 1 / Episode 17: - I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman

Uncle Joe Carson: I say a man can't fight fire unless he can play a marching instrument.
Oliver Wendell Douglas: That doesn't make sense!
Uncle Joe Carson: Well it does around here. We have more parades than fires.
01x17 - I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman Season 1 / Episode 17: - I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman

Oliver Wendell Douglas: Now how do I go about joining?
Uncle Joe Carson: You gotta talk to the fire chief.
Oliver Wendell Douglas: Well allright, now who's the... [notices Uncle Joe is putting on a fire helmet]... are you the chief?
Uncle Joe Carson: I ain't wearing this white helmet to match my shoes.
01x12 - Lisa Has a Calf Season 1 / Episode 12: - Lisa Has a Calf

Uncle Joe Carson: [on phone] Well, I guess you ain't heard the news yet. The young Mrs. Douglass is having a b.a.b.i.e.
Mother Eunice Douglas: B.a.b.i.e.? What is a babie?
01x08 - Lisa, the Helpmate Season 1 / Episode 8: - Lisa, the Helpmate

Uncle Joe Carson: How would you like to play a little poker at the Elks Club tonight?
Mother Eunice Douglas: The Elks Club?
Uncle Joe Carson: I can get you in. I'll borrow a tooth.
Mother Eunice Douglas: Really Mr. Carson, I am not interested.
Uncle Joe Carson: That ain't the whole evenin'. Afterwards, we go bowling. Then we have a bite at the diner. Dutch treat, of course. I always go dutch on the first date. In case it don't work out, I ain't out nothin'.

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