French Connection II Quote
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: [drunk] You know, I had a tryout with the Yankees. You know what the Yankees are?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: Yes. As in Yankee go home.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Yeah. NO! No, uh... Uh... no, the Yankee baseball... baseball team. Yeah, I had a tryout with them and... they sent me down to the... the minors. And the poblem... poblem... problem was that... there was a ****in' kid there, and he was... the fastest bastard, he was ****in' FAST. And he... he played shortstop at the time, and he... he could hit the ball a ****in' ton. A ****in' TON! You know what **** means?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: Yeah.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Yeah. Well, I was in spring training... and I saw this kid... and I just immediately took the test for cops. That kid was Mickey Mantle. You know who Mickey Mantle was? You ****head?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: No, I can't say that I know.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: You don't know who Mickey Mantle was? Huh? How about Willie Mays? Say hey! Willie Mays! The mighty Willie Mays! See?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: No.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Max Lanier - a frog. Jean Kiley. You remember Jean Kiley?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: Gene Kelly?
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Gene... Not Gene Kelly! Jean Kiley! The ****in' skier!
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: Oh - you mean Jean-Claude Killy.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: That's what I said! Yes. ****, yeah. Good athlete. Well, and... Whitey Ford. Goddamn. You know who Whitey Ford was? Oh... ****. He was a dandy little southpaw. That's what we called him. He was a dandy little southpaw.
Inspector Henri Barthelemy<
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: Yes. As in Yankee go home.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Yeah. NO! No, uh... Uh... no, the Yankee baseball... baseball team. Yeah, I had a tryout with them and... they sent me down to the... the minors. And the poblem... poblem... problem was that... there was a ****in' kid there, and he was... the fastest bastard, he was ****in' FAST. And he... he played shortstop at the time, and he... he could hit the ball a ****in' ton. A ****in' TON! You know what **** means?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: Yeah.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Yeah. Well, I was in spring training... and I saw this kid... and I just immediately took the test for cops. That kid was Mickey Mantle. You know who Mickey Mantle was? You ****head?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: No, I can't say that I know.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: You don't know who Mickey Mantle was? Huh? How about Willie Mays? Say hey! Willie Mays! The mighty Willie Mays! See?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: No.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Max Lanier - a frog. Jean Kiley. You remember Jean Kiley?
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: Gene Kelly?
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Gene... Not Gene Kelly! Jean Kiley! The ****in' skier!
Inspector Henri Barthelemy: Oh - you mean Jean-Claude Killy.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: That's what I said! Yes. ****, yeah. Good athlete. Well, and... Whitey Ford. Goddamn. You know who Whitey Ford was? Oh... ****. He was a dandy little southpaw. That's what we called him. He was a dandy little southpaw.
Inspector Henri Barthelemy<
Movie: French Connection II