Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Ben Astar: Ballet Manager

Quotes 

• Ballet manager : This ballet has historic significance. It was performed the same day as the funeral of the Tzar. Lenin himself made the arrangement.

  Albert Peterson : Lenin arranged music?

  Ballet manager : No, funerals.

• Ballet manager : Who sent you here, Senator Goldwater?

• Ballet manager : Save your life? Me? My friend, if you are sick, see a doctor.

  Albert Peterson : "If you are sick, see a doctor." You speak English?

  Ballet manager : Saves time.

• Ballet manager : [toast]  Zazdarovje Jack Kennedy.

  Albert Peterson : Oh, Long live Joseph Stalin.

  Ballet manager : Oh?

  Albert Peterson : I mean, Stalin - Stalin lived too long. Long live Khrushchev.