Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series)

Everybody Hates Cutting School (2007)

Jeff Bowser: Ticket Man

Quotes 

• [Greg and Chris have successfully cut school and are roaming the streets] 

  Narrator : The weirdest thing about being out of school on a school day was plain and simple: no kids.

  Greg Wuliger : This feels strange, like everyone is watching us.

  Narrator : Almost like being a black kid at an all white school?

  [Chris and Greg approach the box office] 

  Ticket Man : [to an older gentleman]  Enjoy the show.

  Chris : Uh, two tickets for "Ghostbusters", please?

  Ticket Man : Two dollars.

  Ticket Man : [nearly hands the boys their tickets, stops and gets suspicious]  Why aren't you kids in school?

  Greg Wuliger : Uh, see... it's a...

  Chris : A black... uh, holiday!

  Ticket Man : Yeah? Which one?

  Greg Wuliger : Yeah, Chris. Which one?

  Chris : Uh, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Day!

  Ticket Man : Great woman. She was a credit to your race.

  Narrator : [regarding the ticket man's ethnicity]  And Howdy Doody is a credit to yours!

  Ticket Man : [turns toward Greg]  What are you doing here?

  Greg Wuliger : I'm an octoroon.

  Narrator : In that case, only one-eighth of him should be off from school.

  Ticket Man : Okay, enjoy the show. Happy holidays.

  [Chris and Greg head into the theater lobby] 

  Narrator : If I made it past this guy, I might finally be able to see Ernie Hudson's best work!