31 quotes
A Threat of Violence and Urgency
Claude Perkins
If you're not down in my room in five minutes, then I'm gonna come up here and break your knees!
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Room Rental Duration Discussion
Abe
How long?
Brick
Is what?
Abe
How long do you want the room for?
Brick
Three or four hours should be sufficient for my purposes.
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Orgy Announcement in Room 340
Chris
There will be an orgy beginning in room 340 in exactly 4 minutes! Orgy in 340, 4 minutes!
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Perceptions of Normalcy and Queerness
Abe
People like you think the whole world is queer.
Chris
It's lucky for people like you it is!
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Returning to Unwanted Familiarity
Abe
I thought you sworn off this place.
Claude
I thought I had too.
Abe
You got homesick for us, right?
Claude
Well I didn't have much choice, I've been barred from the Appenium.
Abe
Come on, nobody gets barred from the Appenium. How'd you manage that?
Claude
Well, there was this man there.
Abe
A fat man, right?
Claude
Fat? He was the magic mountain! He drove me into one of my frenzies. I went berserk and kicked his door open, so they threw me out and told me never to come back again. I was willing to pay for it, I just wanted to talk to him, you know how I am.
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Amenities at the Nightclub
others
Abe: We've got a nightclub, movies, swimming pool, steam room, massage table, discotheque, bridge, amateur night, and free blood tests every Wednesday.
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Confrontation in a Public Space
others
Tiger: Alright, fat man, leave the little guy alone! What do you think this is, a YMCA?
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Affectionate Nickname for a Close Companion
Claude Perkins
Jelly roll, baby! You're my jelly roll man!
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Abenomics of Kindness in The Ritz
Proclo
You're a good man, uh...?
Abe
Abe.
Proclo
Abe. Abe. I'm gonna have a novena said for you when I get back to Cleveland. What's your last name? Abe what?
Abe
Leftkowitz.
Proclo
I'll still have a novena said for you when I get back.
Chris
You know, I had a novena said for me once. I asked to wake up gorgeous.
Abe
So what happened?
Chris
Well look at me!
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Unrecognized Talent and Future Fame
Googie Gomez
Some day, you're going to see the name of Googie Gomez in lights and you're going to say to yourself was that her? And you're gonna answer to yourself, that was her! But you know something, mister? I was always her, just that nobody knows it!
[''gasps''; ''gasps'']
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Strange Curse Described by Chris
Chris
It's like some strange heterosexual gypsy curse was put on this place!
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Cultural Identity and Stereotypes in The Ritz
Googie Gomez
Plastic Puerto Ricans!
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Unexpected Dinner Announcement
Claude
You'll never guess what I made for dinner tonight so I'm just going to have to tell you.
Proclo
I beg your pardon?
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Frustration with the Weather Forecast
Googie Gomez
No rain, he tells me. No rain, he says. No rain! Fucking weather man!
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Measuring Anger on a Scale of Ten
Proclo
How pissed off is he?
Chris
On a ten-scale? Ten.
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Threatening Boyfriend's Reaction to a Situation
Googie Gomez
Oh, my boyfriend Hectar see me do that, he kill you with a knife this big!
[''after kissing Proclo''; ''touches her elbow'']
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Humorous Warning About Unsanitary Environments
Proclo
You could catch athlete's foot in a place like this!
Tiger
You're lucky if that's all you catch.
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Brick's Encounter with a Transvestite
others
Brick: One of those transvestites is standing right next to me. I can't talk now, I think he's surrounding me for unnatural things! And: See anything you like, Bud?
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Customer's Experience in the Ritz Hotel
others
Customer: Did they ever put you on 4? It's Siberia up there!
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Subway Avoidance Explained in an Elevator
others
Man in Elevator: There's a reason some of us don't ride the subway. I'm looking right at it.
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Commitment to a Clear Path
Chris
I'm going straight.
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Self-Perception and Judgment in Gaetano Proclo
Gaetano Proclo
Do I look like someone who would try to pass a bad check? Yeah? Yeah, of course I do!
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Unexpected Encounter in The Ritz
Gaetano Proclo
Who the hell was that?!
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A Customer Requests Crisco at The Ritz
Customer
Crisco.
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Observations on Unusual Cowboy Chaps
Proclo
My, what unusual pants. They look like cowboy chaps.
Man
They are cowboy chaps.
[''in a gruff voice'']
Proclo
Yeah, I was just thinking they look like cowboy chaps.
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Humor in Body Size Perception
Gaetano Proclo
Chubby chaser. Hey, that's pretty funny. Unless you happen to be the chubby they're chasing.
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Unexpected Reference to Ronald Reagan
Gaetano Proclo
Ronald Reagan?!
[''amazed'']
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Self-Discovery in Unexpected Conversations
Proclo
I know what you are now! You're a chubby chaser!
Claude
I know!
Proclo
Stop it!
Claude
How?
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Concern for Hair in The Ritz
Googie Gomez
My hairs! Not my hairs!
[''screams and curses in Spanish'']
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A Request for Proclo's Arrival
Papa
Get Proclo.
Vivian
Get Proclo, Papa? Yes Papa, he's just outside! I'll bring him in for your blessing. Oh, Papa, he'll be so pleased! He thought you hated him all these years! Oh, Papa!
Papa
Get Proclo.
Vivian
Get Proclo, Papa?
Papa
Kill him! Kill the son of a bitch!
[''curses in Italian'']
Vivian
But Papa, he's my husband!
Papa
Get Proclo!
[''dies'']
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Abe's Son Is Getting Married
Chris
Abe, how is that gorgeous son of yours?
Abe
You're too late, he's getting married.
Chris
That's terrific! You give him my love, will you?
Abe
Sure thing.
Chris
Does he need someone to practice with?
Abe
He's been practicing already, that's why he has to get married.
Chris
Well compared to me, Abe, she would have to be an amateur.
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