Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Phil Foster: Joe
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Quotes
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Henry Wiggen : These are Fifth and Two. Fifth and Queen.
Joe Jaros : Red Rooster.
[long pause, then Tegawar Player lays a 3. Joe slams down his cards]
Joe Jaros : BANJO! Ha-HAAAA! That's the first natural Banjo since the days of Joe Dimaggio in St. Petersburg.
Henry Wiggen : Hey, wait a minute. Fifteen and Fifteen's Thirty-One.
Tegwar Player : Hey, what's the name of this game?
Joe Jaros : Fifteen and Fifteen is Thirty-TWO!
Henry Wiggen : Thirry-T... oh, that's right.
[to Tegwar player]
Henry Wiggen : That's a Double Honeybees.
Tegwar Player : I'm not too sure if I'm clear on some of these new rules.
Joe Jaros : What new rules? There hasn't been any rules changes since the Black Sox Scandal, 1919. Big League Tegwar's Big League Tegwar known to every big-time ballplayer from Boston to California.
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Joe Jaros : Can you beat a Coney Island Thirty?
Bruce Pearson : What about this Double Ace Deucer?
Joe Jaros : I wish ya a lot of luck with it.