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Skriven 2006-05-25 17:03:00 av Robert E Starr JR (1160.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Volume 7
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Methuselah Jones <methuselah@altgeek.org> wrote in
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>>>> 
>>>> Never Surrender Dreams.
>>> 
>>> Just to be a jerk, I called and asked how much less it'll cost to
>>> send volume 7 without the postcard. Apparently it's 5 dollars extra
>>> without the postcard. So I asked how much is it not to send the
>>> whole book, they said I couldn't afford it.
>>> 
>>> Damn, I guess I'll get the postcard.
>> 
>> Excellent!  A Marx Brothers reference.  A nice change of pace from
>> the Python or other SF show references....besides, I know where this
>> one comes from for a change !!  :)
> 
> A Marx Brothers reference? I wasn't aware of that, but it definitely
> is a B5 reference.
> 
Now I'm going to have to watch through all of my B5 DVDs to find that 
again... but I know exactly where & what Marx Bros. it came from..... a 
definite reference from Animal Crackers. 
Here, I found some references and the relevant scene:

http://www.marx-brothers.org/external.htm?
external_page=http://www.filmsite.org/anim.html&source_page=

Spaulding: What do you fellas get an hour?
Ravelli: For playing, we get-a ten dollars an hour.
Spaulding: I see. What do you get for not playing?
Ravelli: Twelve dollars an hour.
Spaulding: Well, clip me off a piece of that.
Ravelli: Now for rehearsing, we make special rate. That's-a fifteen 
dollars an hour...That's-a for rehearsing.
Spaulding: And what do you get for not rehearsing?
Ravelli: You couldn't afford it. You see, if we don't rehearse, we a 
don't play, and if we don't play (he snaps his finger) - that runs into 
money.
Spaulding: How much would you want to run into an open manhole?
Ravelli: Just-a the cover charge! Ha, ha, ha.
Spaulding: Well, drop in some time.
Ravelli: Sewer.
Spaulding: Well, we cleaned that up pretty well.
Ravelli: Well, let's see how-a we stand.
Spaulding: Flat-footed.
Ravelli: Yesterday, we didn't come. (To Mrs. Rittenhouse) You remember, 
yesterday we didn't come?
Spaulding: Oh, I remember.
Ravelli: Yes, that's three hundred dollars.
Spaulding: Yesterday, you didn't come, that's three hundred dollars?
Ravelli: Yes, three hundred dollars.
Spaulding: Well, that's reasonable. I can see that alright.
Ravelli: Now today, we did come. That's-a (pause)..
Spaulding: That's a hundred you owe us.
Ravelli: Hey, I bet I'm gonna lose on the deal. Tomorrow we leave. 
That's worth about (pause)..
Spaulding: A million dollars.
Ravelli: Yeah, that's alright for me, but I've got a partner.
Spaulding: What?!
                                    
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