Groundhog Day (1993)

Stephen Tobolowsky: Ned

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• Ned : Hey! Phil? Phil? Hey! Phil Connors!

  Phil : Ned?

  [Punches Ned in the face] 

• Ned : [recognizes Phil and runs up to him on the street]  Phil? Hey, Phil? Phil! Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you!

  Phil : [thinking Ned's just a watcher of the local news]  Hi, how you doing? Thanks for watching.

  [Starts to walk away] 

  Ned : Hey, hey! Now, don't you tell me you don't remember me because I sure as heckfire remember you.

  Phil : [bemused]  Not a chance.

  Ned : Ned...

  [takes off his hat revealing his completely bald head] 

  Ned : Ryerson. "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?

  Phil : [not even a smidgen of recognition]  Ned Ryerson?

  Ned : Bing!

  Phil : Bing. So did you turn pro with that bellybutton thing, Ned?

  Ned : No, Phil, I sell insurance.

  Phil : [deadpan]  What a shock.

  Ned : Do you have life insurance? Because if you do you could always use a little more. Am I right or am I right or am I right? Right? Right?

  Phil : [feigning politeness and failing]  Ned, I'd love to stand here and talk with you... but I'm not going to. See you.

  Ned : [laughs]  That's okay! I'll walk with you!

  [does so, to Phil's annoyance] 

  Ned : See, whenever I see an opportunity, I charge it like a bull. "Ned the Bull", that's me now. You know, I have friends who live and die by the actuarial tables and I say, "Hey! It's all one big crap-shoot anywho!" Tell me, have you ever heard of single premium life because I think that could really be the ticket for you.

  [stops Phil in admiration] 

  Ned : Oh, God! It is so good to see you! Tell me, what are you doing for dinner?

  Phil : Something else. It's been great seeing you, "Needlehead". Take care.

  [Phil steps off the curb into a deep, watery puddle. Ned laughs obnoxiously] 

  Ned : Whoa-ho-ho! Watch out for that first step! It's a doozy!

  [as Ned continues to cackle, Phil stomps away] 

• Ned : Phil, this is the best day of my life.

  Phil : Mine too.

  Rita : Mine too.

  Ned : Where are we going?

  Rita : Oh, let's not spoil it!

• Ned : So what are you doing for dinner?

  Phil : Umm... something else.

• Ned : Do you have life insurance, Phil? Because if you do, you could always use a little more, right? I mean, who couldn't? But you wanna know something? I got the feeling...

  [whistles] 

  Ned : ... you ain't got any. Am I right or am I right? Or am I right? Am I right?

• Phil : Ned Ryerson?

  Ned : BING!

• Ned : I got friends who live and die by the actuarial tables.

• Ned : Watch out for that first step, it's a doozie