My Favorite Year (1982)
Bill Macy: Sy Benson
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Quotes
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[an obviously drunken Swann meets the writing staff]
Sy : He's plastered!
Alan Swann : So are some of the finest erections in Europe.
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Leo Silver : [reading from a newspaper] "To the question, 'What were you doing naked in Central Park, in Bethesda Fountain, at 3 in the morning?' Swann replied, 'The back stroke.'" Now, is this your idea of watching him, Benji?
Benjy Stone : The police are treating it like a parking ticket. It's no big deal.
Sy : No big deal? We've got kids watching this show. We're talkin' generations to come, here! We're discussin' morals, here!
Alice Miller : [for Herb] You're not qualified to discuss morals, Sy.
Sy : Up your hole with a Mello Roll, Alice! And yours too, Herb!
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Sy : Leo, it gets me sick to think we gotta put up with some washed-up jaboni who's gonna be running around Central Park with his schlong hangin' out!
Alan Swann : My dear fellow, what I choose to do with my schlong is my business.
Sy : [who didn't know Swann had entered] How's business?
Alan Swann : Never better.
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Sy : A week's salary, Swann takes a dive. Hey, Swann dive! Bam-Boom!
Benjy Stone : You're on!
Swann : [Wakes up, stands up] Double the lad's bet for me, you toad!
[Passes out]
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Sy : California? You can't write comedy in California! It's not depressing enough!
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Sy : You call what Swann does acting? That's not acting. Its kissing and jumping and drinking and humping!
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Sy : Swann's never going to show up anyhow.
Alice Miller : We'll find him, Sy.
Benjy Stone : What happened?
Alice Miller : He landed fine last night. That much we know.
Benjy Stone : So where is he?
Sy : Where else? Drinking and humping!
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Sy : Benjy, you want to see movies, get a job as an usher. The rest of us are here to write professional show-business comedy!
Herb Lee : [whispers to Alice]
Alice Miller : [to Sy, for Herb] In your case, semi-professional.
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Sy : [to woman wearing an Old Gold cigarette pack costume] Hey, Janine! When are you going to let me into your 'box'?
