American Pop (1981) - Quotes

The Struggles of Aspiring Artists

Taglines: Zalmie should have been a star, but there were complications. Benny could have been famous, but life got in the way. Tony had a brush with success, but had to let it go. So it was up to Pete...to grab it, to hold it, to make himself heard.

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Dreams of Stardom and Legacy

Taglines: All those years...All those dreams...All those sons...One of them is going to be a star.

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The Essence of American Pop Music

Taglines: Whether you dance to it, drive to it, sing with it, or swing to it...Whether you can crank it up, plug it in, or switch it on...It assaults your senses, rocks your body, and touches your soul. It's American Pop.

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Music's Legacy Through Generations of One Family

Taglines: One family, four generations, in love with the greatest music of all time.

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Delivery Dilemma in American Pop Scene

Pete: Pizza Man! We deliver!

Man: You got the coke, daddy-o.

Pete: What do I look like, man? A soda fountain?

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Feeling Like an M&M

Man: Hey, man, how do you feel?

Tony: Like a fuckin M&M: dig my thin candy shell.

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Contemplation in a Casual Conversation

Charlie: Hey, DiNoble, what are you doin'?

Tony: Thinkin'.

Charlie: Thinkin of what?

Tony: Clean thoughts.

Charlie: Then how come my dishes are dirty?

Tony: Dirty?

Charlie: Dirty.

Tony: Well, them poor dumb little bastards. They never learned the power of positive thought.

Charlie: I thought you said you was a dishwasher.

Tony: [shouts to the sky; turns; starts walking away] I'm a dishwasher. I'm a dishwasher. My hands is permanently puckered! But you know what? The thrill is gone. Hey, that's what happen when you turn pro. Even that first batch of suds, that first spreading of Palmolive over troubled waters, that first plunge through the foam, that first hopeful fish for a dish-it is gone, Charlie! It is gone. And I think it's time, that I'm movin on.

Charlie: Where? Where you gonna go?

Charlie: And what the hell you need elbow room for?

Tony: I'm thinking of taking up the accordion.

Charlie: Hey, you're not going to make it in this business, Tony. You can't sing, you play guitar like a duck!

Tony: That's cause my hands is permanently puckered!

Charlie: And anyway, this is California! There ain't no further west to go!

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Corn and Perceptions of Food

Tony: What is this?

The Blonde: Corn.

Tony: Corn? Corn comes in a little white box from Birdseye. Corn? Kansas is corny! Can ya eat it?

The Blonde: Yeah.

Tony: Can ya smoke it? Can ya drink it? Can ya lie in it?

The Blonde: Sure.

Tony: Then lie in it with me.

The Blonde: Are you crazy?

Tony: Yeah, I'm crazy. I'm crazy in love with your blue eyes... and your corn-silked hair. Your corn-silked hair. Canned corn, candy corn, popcorn, Crackerjacks! You're the prize in my box! And my box is this country. It's all tinfoil on the outside. Corn and sweetness on the inside.

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