City Hall (1996)
David Paymer: Abe Goodman
Quotes
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Kevin Calhoun : You keep looking at that thing as if it weren't kosher.
Abe Goodman : A cut of meat is kosher. A piece of fish, savory foods, and all kinds of dang things are kosher, but a probation report is not kosher. A probation report is merely a probation report.
Kevin Calhoun : I am a good Louisiana lapsed Catholic, Abe, so just don't talk to me about kosher, just give it to me straight. What's wrong with this report?
Abe Goodman : It's too kosher.
[pause]
Kevin Calhoun : Translate that for me.
Abe Goodman : Uhhhhh, the virgin looks pregnant to me. - Look, see, the supervisor signed this.
Kevin Calhoun : So what?
Abe Goodman : That's a lot of weight for a 4C. So what happened to the original little probation officer? Where is his signature?
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Kevin Calhoun : Walter Stern looked so judicial. How could he be so corrupt?
Abe Goodman : The sweater unravels.