Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
John Sayles: Howie
Quotes
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[they sit in a row in the bar mimicking a sports racing announcer]
Mike Donnelly : Sunday!
Ron Desjardins : Sunday!
Howie : Sunday!
Mike Donnelly : At Washington Valley Speedway: thrills, chills, and spills!
Ron Desjardins : [starts making racing car noises] Varoommmm!
Howie : Nitro-burning funny cars!
Mike Donnelly : Joey Chitwood and his Auto Daredevils!
Howie : Special appearance by Big Daddy Roth!
Mike Donnelly : You'll laugh, you'll scream, you'll cry!
Ron Desjardins : Sunday!
Mike Donnelly : Stocks and dragsters burning rubber in the biggest event of the season! This very Sunday!
Ron Desjardins : Sunday!
Howie : Sunday!
Mike Donnelly : Sunday!
Bartender : [voice-over] Howie!
Howie : What?
Bartender : It's your wife. The hotel's been calling.
Howie : Oh... I gotta go. Catch you guys later.
[he stands up and leaves]
Mike Donnelly : [waving to him] Sunday!
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Ron Desjardins : [rings the bell on the hotel desk to wake up Howie] Me and the missus just drove in from Peoria and the guy at the filling station says...
Howie : [walks in] Jesus, Ron!
Ron Desjardins : "These are the finest accommodations in town".
Frances Carlson : [to Howie] Hi.
Howie : Hi. Look, Ron... we only got two rooms left.
Ron Desjardins : Me and the missus don't need but one. As long as it's got them Magic Fingers in there. It drives the missus wild, them thangs.
Howie : And you gotta be quiet.
Ron Desjardins : [serious, pulling the notebook toward himself] Where do we register?
Howie : [closing the notebook on Ron's fingers] 203.
Howie : [he holds the key out to Frances] See if you can make him behave, okay?
Ron Desjardins : [Ron grabs the key first] Have room service send up a tub of goose grease and two bottles of Moxie.
[he winks at Howie]
Frances Carlson : Ron!
