Alvin Childress: Amos

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  Amos Jones : [narrating]  This is Amos. To a lot of people, eight o'clock in the morning is time for gettin' up, gettin' dressed, and going. But to the Kingfish, eight A.M. is just a halfway mark in a good night's sleep. At least, that's the way it was 'til this morning.

• Andrew 'Andy' Hogg Brown : I'm goin' home and wait for the end.

  Amos Jones : Uh, wait a minute, Andy. I don't know what's wrong with you, but if you's as sick as you act, you oughta go see a doctor.

  Andrew 'Andy' Hogg Brown : I think it's too late, Amos. I feels like they're riggin' up my mortis already.