The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series)
To the Chicago Abyss (1989)
Harold Gould: Old Man
Quotes
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Old Man : And in the midst of the smell of popcorn and Orange Crush, my show begins.
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Old Man : All I am, really, is a trash heap of the mediocre, the third-rate, the hand-me-down, useless and chromed-over slush and junk, of a race track civilization that ran last over a precipice and still hasn't struck bottom.
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Young Man in Park : What's wrong with you?
Old Man : I remember limes and lemons, that's what's wrong with me.
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Old Man : My gift is smaller than both, and perhaps contemptible. But--I must dream myself worthy.
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Old Man : And I found the more I remembered, the more I could remember.
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Old Man : But roses grow from blood manure, and mediocre must be so that most excellent fine can bloom. And I shall be the best mediocre there is. And I'll fight all those who say, slide back, slip under, dust wallow, let brambles scurry over your living grave. No, I shall protest!
