Big Shots (1987)

Ricky Busker: Obie

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Quotes 

• Scam : So, what's your name?

  Obie : Obie. Obadiah. It's in the Bible. What's yours?

  Scam : Scam. It's in the Bible too.

• Obie : [observing Johnnie Red's ceiling mirror]  He must get dressed lying down.

  Scam : Man you dumb.

• [in Louisiana, their last lead exhausted, Scam and Obie are desperate to find Scam's Dad, so they go into a local bar to ask around] 

  Obie : Excuse me, Sir, we're lookin' for Duane T. Henderson.

  Bartender #2 : Who?

  Obie : Duane T. Henderson.

  Bartender #2 : Never heard of him. What does he look like?

  Scam : He's big. A big man.

  Obie : He's black.

  Bartender #2 : Niggers don't drink in this bar.

  [Obie climbs up on the bar, right in the Bartender's face] 

  Obie : Listen, asshole, you keep talkin' like that, some day somebody's going to come in here, and stomp on your face, and piss in your eyes.

  Scam : [as they leave the bar]  That's right!

• [with Scam sent to a group home by Social Workers, Obie decides to ask their friend Johnnie Red for help] 

  Obie : All you gotta do is go in and sign the form, 'Duane T. Henderson'. That's his Dad's name.

  Johnnie Red : I don't go nowhere near The Man.

  Obie : Please. I can't do it without you.

  Johnnie Red : I ain't nobody's daddy.

  [later, Obie breaks into Johnny Red's place to try again to convince him to help, and Johnnie Red finds him there watching TV] 

  Obie : He's my friend. He's the best friend I ever had. All you gotta do is sign the form. He's the best friend I'm ever gonna have. Are you gonna do it?

  [when Johnnie Red nods Yes, Obie jumps into his arms and hugs him] 

  Obie : Oh boy, oh boy!

• Obie : scam is the best freind ive ever had he's the best I'm ever going to have.