Semi-Tough (1977)

Roger E. Mosley: Puddin

Quotes 

• Puddin Patterson Sr. : You got is a bad case of Barbara Jane Bookman.

  Billy Clyde Puckett : I've always had that. I just didn't know how bad.

  Puddin Patterson Sr. : [realizing what Billy Clyde is up to and laughing]  Oh. Oh, shit. Oh, man. You don't think you're going to pull this hustle off?

  Billy Clyde Puckett : I'm sure gonna give it my best shot.

• Puddin Patterson Sr. : Boy, if I don't miss my guess, you're getting darker every time you catch the ball. In fact, you look darker now than before you started the game.

  Marvin 'Shake' Tiller : It's true. I'm getting this urge to tap-dance and play the saxophone.

• Puddin Patterson Sr. : Hey, this is Puddin Patterson, remember? I'm the one that knows when you zig and when you zag without turnin' around. Man, you ain't no more got B.E.A.T. than I got fleas.

  Billy Clyde Puckett : In the immortal words of Gene Autry, "How come you know me so good when I'm really a stranger to myself?"