Thank God It's Friday (1978)

Ray Vitte: Bobby Speed

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• Nicole Sims : Look it, you got your chance. Give me mine. Let me sing.

  Bobby Speed : Are you...!

  Nicole Sims : Just listen to my demo. Don't you remember when you first started? Well everybody got to start somewhere. Why not here?

  Bobby Speed : You honest, lady, don't you understand? This is going on live. There are millions of people listening to my golden tones. I ain't gonna blow it! This ain't amateur night!

  Nicole Sims : Listen, Mr. Big Shot DJ, I ain't no amateur! I've paid my dues. All I'm asking for is a chance.

  Bobby Speed : Lady, please! Hey Bear!

  Nicole Sims : Alright, alright, I'll go, but my mind's made up, and when it's made up, it stays made up!

• Bobby Speed : Hey listen man. When I, Bobby Speed, promises his audience live music, he delivers.

  Voice of Sam : You'd better, turkey, or you'll be back at the supermarket announcin' specials!

• Bobby Speed : Hey, hey, you all, this is Bobby Speed, the man in the glass booth, speaking to you live, for the first time and definitely not the last, from the Zoo Disco, over station KDC0, where: you are what you hear.

• Bobby Speed : [In the disco DJ booth]  Who are you?

  Nicole Sims : You mean, you don't know who I am?

  Bobby Speed : No.

  Nicole Sims : Why, I'm Nicole Sims, the *hottest* thing in all the New York discos. I'm surprised, that a big DJ like you wouldn't know that?

  Bobby Speed : You mean, you're not with the Commodores?

  Nicole Sims : Oh, the Comms -

  [bumps into a turntable and scratches a record] 

  Bobby Speed : Hey, hey, baby...

  Nicole Sims : Oh, I'm sorry.

  Bobby Speed : Be careful now.

  Nicole Sims : Hey, I know that one.

  [runs up to the DJ'S mike and starts singing] 

  Nicole Sims : I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I love to love you baby, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I love to...

• Bobby Speed : Hey, alright, alright. Now, we're on a hot roll! Whatever you've been holdin' back, let it go! Whatever you've been savin' up, spend it! 'Cause we're hummin' and the big dance contest is comin'!

• Bobby Speed : And now, the best thing that's happened to dancing since feet! Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for the fabulous Commodores!

  [disco crowd roars] 

  Bobby Speed : There's Walter! There's William! There's Thomas! There's Lionel! There's Milan! There's Ronald! Yeah! My men! The Commodores! Alright! Yeah! Hey! Hey!

• Bobby Speed : Until next time, this is your Zookeeper, Bobby Speed, reminding you: keep them feet movin' - or somebody'll steal your shoes.