Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Ronald Colby: Buzz Collins
Quotes
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Buzz Collins : Well, you'll like working here, Boy. I've hired all the senator's butlers for the past ten years. Hundreds of them. He's a little intolerant at times, but that's just his blood pressure. Now, let's see you serve that julep.
[Howard serves it]
Buzz Collins : Oh, no. Rawkins won't like that, that's no way to serve a julep. It's too fast. Get some shuffle into it. You've seen some of the new movies like 'Birth of a Nation' and 'Gone With the Wind,' haven't you? Here, like this, George.
Howard : Howard.
Buzz Collins : Yeah, okay, Jackson.
[He does a splay-legged shuffle and imitates Rochester]
Buzz Collins : Yo' julep suh, Massa Rawkins, suh, all frossy an' minty, yawk! Yawk! Yawk! You see, George?
Howard : Uh... why do I have to shuffle?
Buzz Collins : Oh, I don't have to explain that to you. It makes for kindly feelings between employer and employee. Now try it again, only not so fast this time.
Howard : Uh... how did you do that again?
Buzz Collins : I don't understand you Jackson. I mean, you don't walk like your supposed to, you don't talk like you're supposed to, you don't even know how to serve a julep like you're supposed to! Are you educated or something?
Howard : Well, I'm working on my Masters.
Buzz Collins : Working on your master's what?
Howard : It's a college degree!
Buzz Collins : Oh! Don't mention the word 'college' around the Senator! It upsets him. But that's beside the point, George. Do you want a job here or don't you?
Howard : Well, yes sir I do, I... Ah needs da money.
Buzz Collins : [cheerful] Oh! Well, that's all the more reason for you to make good here. Then when you get your... college degree, you've got a job here for life!
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Henry : Susan wants to tell you something!
Buzz Collins : Well, I'm listening!
[Susan dances]
Older Man : What's she saying?
Henry : She says you've got to wait for Woody! He's bringing the money!
Buzz Collins : I didn't hear her say anything!
Woman : Naturally. She was born silent.
Husband : One of the few women ever was.
Henry : Sure, Mister! She don't do talk-talk, she does foot-talk!
Buzz Collins : 'Foot-talk?' That's ridiculous! What's she saying now?
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Buzz Collins : [Howard rings the doorbell, opens the door, is tackled onto the ground by a bloodhound] Don't take that personal. He's trained to do that to anyone that ain't white.