NewsRadio (TV Series)

Presence (1996)

Stephen Root: Jimmy James

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• [Mr. James loses big in a poker game] 

  Dave : Please tell me you didn't lose our antenna.

  Jimmy : No - Bill.

  Bill : What?

  Jimmy : Bill.

  Bill : Right here.

  Jimmy : I don't think you're understanding me. I lost Bill.

• Dave : Wait a minute. You carry your contract around?

  Bill : At a time like this, it doesn't seem so crazy, does it?

  Jimmy : Page 15, article 4, paragraph 1.

  Bill : "Contract transferable to third party in case of sale, merger, corporate restructuring, liquidation, bankruptcy and/or act of God" - it doesn't say anything about...

  Jimmy : Read your act of God clause and notation.

  Bill : "Jimmy James will hereafter, and for the purposes of this contract only, be referred to as God..."

  Dave : Sir, can I see you in my office for a moment?

• Dave : You cannot bet another human being in a poker game!

  Bill : You certainly can not!

  Jimmy : I'm afraid, in this case, I can; check your contract.

  [Bill pulls out his contract] 

  Dave : Wait a minute. You carry your contract around?

  Bill : At a time like this, it doesn't seem so crazy, does it?

• Jimmy : OK - so you know the opponents.

  Lisa Miller : Check.

  Jimmy : You know the odds.

  Lisa Miller : Check.

  Jimmy : And you know the stakes.

  Lisa Miller : Check... Now, how do you play poker?

• Catherine Duke : If you need good luck, then let me help you out.

  Jimmy : What, monkey paw? Cathy, that's bad hoodoo.

  Catherine Duke : It's a rabbit's foot.

  Jimmy : Ooooh! That's good hoodoo!