- [Robert has just helped Ray by using some well placed words to insult Jerry Musso]
- Ray Barone: Hey you know thanks.
- Robert Barone: Yeah, yeah.
- Ray Barone: That guy called me dumb.
- Robert Barone: You're not dumb Raymond.
- Ray Barone: I mean even if I am is that any reason to hate me?
- Robert Barone: Of course not. There's so many better reasons.
- Ray Barone: Yeah. Hey by the way that's not a pimple. That's an ingrown hair
- Robert Barone: Well it's weird and it won't go away.
- Ray Barone: I know.
- Jerry Musso: Look what do you want from me?
- Ray Barone: So it's true? You *do* hate me?
- Ray Barone: Well hey I mean it's no big deal. I just want to know why.
- Jerry Musso: All right. You have to push it. Okay. Well there's just something about you. I've read your column, I've heard you speak, I look at you and I go, "I just don't get it". I guess you don't have to be smart to have a career in this business. Now if you know me you know I have pretty high standards and a very low threshhold for dumb. Now look I didn't want to say it. I was trying to be nice but you wouldn't let it go so why don't you go have a shrimp puff and leave me alone okay?
- [Ray is hurt. Robert, who has been watching slowly walks up to Jerry]
- Robert Barone: Hold it right there you little twerp.
- Jerry Musso: Who are you?
- Robert Barone: Who am I? I'm someone who can crush you into a fine powder. That's who I am. Now, Ray Barone has more talent in the weird pimple on his neck that won't go away then you have in your entire body you oily, two-faced hack. You only wish you could be Ray Barone because you will never come close to him as a writer, as a father, as a friend, or as a person.
- [Robert takes the napkin he used to spit out food and places it in Jerry's front pocket]
- Ray Barone: Come on Raymond.
- [Ray and Robert walk away and Jerry goes up to Andy]
- Jerry Musso: Hey, who let those guys in here?
- Andy: I don't know but I'm sure as hell gonna find out!