Fish Hooky (1933)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard: Stymie
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Quotes
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Mickey Daniels : Have you ever heard anything about a reform school?
Dickie : Yeah, I've heard about it. What's it like?
Mickey Daniels : Oh, it's terrible. A great big heavy iron ball around each ankle, and all stoop-shouldered from carrying a great big heavy sledgehammer.
Stymie : What's the sludgehammer for?
Mickey Daniels : They use it on the rockpile. They break great big rocks into little bitsy ones.
Dickie : Well, why don't they run away?
Mickey Daniels : Oh, they can't. Too many guards. And there's a big river runs all the way around it. And it's just chuck full of crocodiles.
[he mimes a crocodile's jaws opening and closing]
Wheezer : How 'bout Sunday?
Mickey Daniels : Well, they give 'em a treat on Sunday. They feed 'em spinach instead of bread and water.
Spanky : How 'bout Christmas?
Mickey Daniels : Oh, they're swell to 'em on Christmas. Everybody gets a brand new sledgehammer.
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Joe : Hi, punks. Goin' to school, huh?
The Gang : Yeah.
Farina : Why don't you play fish hooky, and come fishin' with us?
Joe : Yeah, boys. They're sure bitin'.
Stymie : [in a mock prayer] Get thee behind me, Satan, and don't push!
Dickie : I'd like to play hooky, but I'm afraid.
Joe : We'll write you some excuses.
Farina : We used to pull that on Miss Crabtree. She never knowed.
Dickie : What do you think, Stymie?
Stymie : Well, if you had pneumonia, it might be all right.
Joe : I can't spell that. I'll give you a bad cold.