Song of the South (1946)
Johnny Lee: Br'er Rabbit
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Quotes
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[Br'er Rabbit had tricked Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear into taking him to his Laughing Place, which is actually a tree full of bees]
Br'er Bear : You said this was a Laughing Place. And I ain't laughing.
Brer Rabbit : I didn't say it was your Laughing Place, I said it was *my* Laughing Place, Br'er Bear.
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Uncle Remus : [singing] The weather's good; the fishin's fine / Now what do you do with all your time?
Brer Rabbit : [singing] Ohhh, I zigs and I zags, I tos and I fros / That's what you ask me, and that's what you know.
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Brer Rabbit : I was born and bred in the briar patch!
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Brer Rabbit : Please don't throw me in that briar patch!
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Brer Rabbit : [to the Tar Baby] What's the matter with you? I said, "Howdy!" Is you hard of hearing?
[yelling]
Brer Rabbit : I said, "HOWDY!"
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Brer Rabbit : I m-m-m-m-mean w-w-w-whatever you do B-B-B-Br'er Fox, whatever you do, but please, please Br'er Fox, pleeeaaase don't fling me into that briar patch!
[Points to the briar patch]
Br'er Fox : Uhh... Briar patch?
[Camera zooms into the briar patch]
Br'er Fox : Briar patch!
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Brer Rabbit : Don't worry about me! I can take care of myself!
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[Brer Rabbit has been trying repeatedly to get the Tar Baby to greet him back, but it doesn't. So Brer Rabbit threatens it]
Brer Rabbit : Look! If you don't say "howdy" time I counts three, I'm might bust you wide open!
Uncle Remus : [narrating] But the Tar Baby, he don't say nothin'.
[Brer Fox and Brer Bear watch from the brush on the other side of the road]
Uncle Remus : [narrating] And Brer Fox, he lay low.
[Back to Brer Rabbit]
Uncle Remus : So, Brer Rabbit, he start countin'.
Brer Rabbit : One!
Uncle Remus : [narrating] But the Tar Baby, he don't say nothin'.
[Brer Fox watches eagerly]
Uncle Remus : [narrating] And Brer Fox, he lay low with a chuckle in his stomach.
Brer Rabbit : Two.
Uncle Remus : [narrating] But still the Tar Baby don't say nothin'.
[Brer Fox watches eagerly]
Uncle Remus : Brer Fox, he lay low with the fidgets.
[Brer Fox watches ever more eagerly]
Brer Rabbit : Two and a half.
[Brer Fox slaps himself]
Brer Rabbit : Three!
[Brer Rabbit punches the Tar Baby, only to get his fist caught in it]
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[while singing "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", Uncle Remus is interrupted by the sound of a hammer pounding nails. He goes to investigate; he sees Brer Rabbit nailing boards to the door to his Briar Patch home]
Brer Rabbit : Doggone ol' Briar Patch! Doggone place like this. Doggone...
Uncle Remus : Hmm. Uh, howdy, Brer Rabbit.
Brer Rabbit : [stops hammering; stammering] Who's that callin' my name?
[He sees Remus]
Brer Rabbit : Oh, uh, uh, hello, Uncle Remus.
Uncle Remus : Appears to me that you's in a powerful bad mood to go to the party.
Brer Rabbit : [trying to board up his door] But I ain't goin' to no party, 'cause I ain't gonna be here. I'm gonna leave this ol' place.
Uncle Remus : You mean you's leavin' your old Briar Patch?
Brer Rabbit : [nailing board] That I is.
Uncle Remus : The place where you was born and raised?
Brer Rabbit : [nailing another board] That I is.
Uncle Remus : You mean you's leavin' for good?
Brer Rabbit : [nailing a third board] That I...
[He accidentally hits his thumb with his hammer and drops it]
Brer Rabbit : Ow! Now see there? That ol' Briar Patch ain't brought me nothin' but trouble...
[He kicks the hammer, only to hurt his foot]
Brer Rabbit : Ow! And more trouble. This is where my trouble is and this is the place I belongs away from.
Uncle Remus : Don't you know you can't run away from trouble?
Brer Rabbit : [chuckling; picks up knapsack] Where I'm goin', there ain't gonna be no trouble.
Uncle Remus : There ain't no place that far.
Brer Rabbit : Well... just the same I done made up my mind. And I never comin' back again.
[sadly; holds out hand]
Brer Rabbit : Well, so long, Uncle Remus.
Uncle Remus : [shaking Brer Rabbit's hand] I sure hope you knows what you's doin'.
Brer Rabbit : [chuckling] Don't worry 'bout me. I can take care of myself.
[Brer Rabbit hops away, whistling "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"]