Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)

Bill Cosby: Mother

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• Harry Fishbine : This is STILL the United States of America, god damn it! Los Angeles, California! Land of the free, home of the...

  Mother : Rams and the Dodgers!

• Jugs : I held a bloody baby in my arms and watched the mother...

  [pause] 

  Mother : And what you witnessed was a massive hemorrhage that NO doctor in the world coulda stopped with the equipment we carry in that rig. Ya did your best, ya saved the kid. But that doesn't count?... Ya know, if every driver that lost two patients in one day quit, we wouldn't have any drivers. You go stompin' around demanding rights and responsibility... well, you got it. And this is as good as it gets.

• Mother : [At the golf course]  Put him down idiot!

  Dermatologist : It's okay. I'm a doctor.

  Mother : Christ! Today's Wednesday, you must all be doctors!

• Mother : [takes his order from restaurant counterman Barney]  So where's the mayo?

  Barney : On the side.

  Mother : Why don't you put it on the burger?

  Barney : I lied four times in my life; I stole apples when I was a kid; I cheated on my wife once; I even prayed for the death of my in-laws. But putting mayonnaise on a bacon cheeseburger with peanut butter and onions is a sin you alone will have to be responsible for!

• Murdoch : You know Mrs. Fishbein, you are a hell of a good-looking woman.

  Mother : [overhearing on the radio]  He really IS stoned.

• Dermatologist : I happen to be the finest dermatologist in this city!

  Mother : Well, if acne breaks out, we'll let you know.

• Mother : One of these days, Murdoch, we're gonna pool together and get you something that won't fight back. Like a quadruple amputee.

• Mother : [to Harry, after Harry yells at him on the radio to take a call]  Yes'm, Massa Harry, you son of a bitch.

• Mother : [repeated line when about to drive off]  Showbusiness!

• Albert : Damn, Mother! You ain't gonna shaft this nigga twice in one week!

  Mother : Please, Albert. Not in mixed company.

• Mother : [talking into ambulance radio]  Tell Harry...

  [belches]