Mystery Train (1989)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Night Clerk (segment "Far from Yokohama")
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Quotes
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Night Clerk : Well, what about on Jupiter?
Bellboy : At the time of his death, if he were on Jupiter, Elvis would've weighed six-hundred and forty-eight pounds.
Night Clerk : Six-hundred and forty-eight. Damn.
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Night Clerk : [after hearing the bellboy complain about his uniform] Well, you should do like I do, shit, go over and buy your own damn clothes over at Lansky's, somewhere like that; I mean, you know it's like they say: the clothes make the man. I mean look at that damn hat on your head, you look like a damn mosquito-legged chimpanzee, I mean-
[he abruptly breaks up]
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Mitzuko : Hi! Good night!
Night Clerk : Good night. How may I help you?
Mitzuko : Umm... We would like most cheap room please do you have?
Night Clerk : All our rooms for two people are the same rate.
Mitzuko : Oh.
Jun : (speaking in Japanese) What'd he say?
Mitzuko : (speaking in Japanese) I'm not exactly sure. (In English) I'm sorry, that is too expensive.
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Night Clerk : [both stare at a plum on the counter, neither saying a thing] I don't think you should eat that thing.
Bellboy : Yeah, you're probably right.
Night Clerk : You gonna eat it?
Bellboy : No, I'm not gonna eat that thing.
[at this, the night clerk casually reaches over and eats the plum in one bite]
Bellboy : Hey...you ate my plum!
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Night Clerk : [hearing a radio ad for seafood, disgusted at what he is hearing] "Jiffy Squid"? Turn that damn thing off! "Jiffy Squid"
[grimaces in dislike and shakes his head]
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Night Clerk : Man, your breath. What have you been drinkin'? Smells like kerosene.
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Night Clerk : Man, you got a curse on you - as sure as the moon rolls around the world.