Gator (1976)

Jerry Reed: Bama McCall

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• Bama McCall : [Bama is introducing Gator to his seven-foot-tall bodyguard]  Ask him why they call him "Bones."

  Gator McKlusky : Why they call you "Bones?"

  Bones : Because I TELL them to!

• Bama McCall : Well, Big George. Go down there and tell J.J. I've come for my sugar.

• Bama McCall : Nice ass. A little uppity.

• Bama McCall : Don't nobody like to watch that junk on television, anyway. It's depressing, ain't it?

  Aggie Maybank : Mr. McCall, television is independently owned and there's an FCC regulation that forbids interference by local political authorities.

  Bama McCall : Honey, now look, if you want to have a drink with us, you're welcome to stay. But if you come over here to piss and moan at me, excuse my French, then I don't want to hear your women's lib, poverty-program bullshit! Not while I'm enjoying my meal here with my friend and payin' for it with my own money.

• Bama McCall : Don't you ever knock on the door or nothin'? I mean, you could've caught a fella with his britches down.

• Bama McCall : What you can hold in your hand, you got, son. And what you can taste, you got. And all the poontang you get, well that's yours, see. Can't nobody - can't nobody can take that away from you. I hate to be the one to tell you this. But everybody out there - everybody's a taker. I mean it. From the top, son, to the bottom. They're all takers. And you have got to reach out there, and you've got to take it. Well, if you don't, somebody's gonna reach out there like that and they gonna take you.

• Gator McKlusky : She can't be more than 15.

  Bama McCall : Hell, I don't go by age, I go by weight, anyway. I mean, hell, your momma and my momma both done married, done had young'uns and the whole shootin' match when they wasn't a damn bit older than she was.

• Bama McCall : Gator, look. Son, I don't hook these chicks. I don't hustle these chicks. I damn sure don't go out on the street and drag them in here. They come in to pay for that habit they got.

  Gator McKlusky : Well, there's money, and then there's money, Bama.

  Bama McCall : I didn't make the world the way it was, Gator.

  Gator McKlusky : No, you just collect off it.

• Gator McKlusky : What's she on?

  Bama McCall : She's on Quaaludes. She's on Mandrax. She's on Parest. She's on coke. You name it, son. I mean, if they make it, then that chick'll take it.

• Bama McCall : I don't want to forget this stuff. I kind of like this stuff.

• Bama McCall : Now, son, before you is a young, beautiful, tender flower of passion. So I'll tell you what. Now, you get over there and I'll bet that pretty little thing will make you forget whatever's gnawing at you. Come on, sport, you need to get your pipes cleaned out anyway.

• Gator McKlusky : I want to go home.

  Bama McCall : There ain't nothing waitin' on you at home except a whiskey bust.

• Bama McCall : I love you, boy. So don't make me hurt you.

• Bama McCall : I'm gonna show you how we do a little collectin'. And I'm gonna give you the Black section to start with, Gator. There's only two things you've gotta remember about Blacks. And that's this. That one day they can be real easy and then the next day they can be - *bad*.