The Pooch (1932)

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard: Stymie

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• Stymie : [praying to save his dog from the pound]  Dear Lord, that Petey is the only friend I've got. I just gotta have five dollars somehow.

  [a five-dollar bill blows out of a woman's hand and, floating about a block down the street, lands a few feet in front of where Stymie is sitting] 

  Stymie : Boy, that's what I call service!

• Woman : Is he a vegetarian?

  Stymie : Unh-uh. He's just like me, he's a Methodist.

• Stymie : Ya ain't got any loose food layin' around that ya ain't usin', has ya, Mrs. Lady?

• Diner attendant : What do you want to eat?

  Stymie : I wanna double order of ham and eggs, and I want a piece of pie, and I want a cup a... cup a coffee.

  Diner attendant : You must be hungry.

  Stymie : Boy, and how, I could eat a rubber boot!

  Diner attendant : Got any money?

  Stymie : Nope.

  Diner attendant : Well, then how do you expect to eat?

  Stymie : Well, we don't expect to, we just want to!

• Stymie : [on the verge of crying]  Please don't take my dog, Mister.

  Budd - Dog Catcher : Well, where's his license?

  Stymie : He ain't got no license, he's just got fleas.

  Budd - Dog Catcher : So YOU'RE the one who let those dogs loose, huh?

  Stymie : Yes, sir, but I'm sorry.

  Budd - Dog Catcher : Just for that, if you don't have $5 at the dog pound in a half an hour, I'm gonna KILL that pooch.