I wasn't in on that Pearl Harbor thing!
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Sergeant Toomey:
[puts his finger in Carney's food]
Enjoy your meal now, you hear? [walks away] Sergeant Toomey:
. Eugene Morris Jerome:
[mocking Sgt. Toomey]
Enjoy your meal now, you hear? That's good! How many pigs and black-pea eyeballs? I've got to make you men strong. Because tonight, we're gonna march the entire platoon off a 3,000-foot cliff. Dying makes a man out of you. I died in the war. They had me cremated. And they buried my ashes right here in my skull. Joseph Wykowski:
[annoyed]
You think that's funny, Jerome? Eugene Morris Jerome:
No, I think you're funny Wykowski. You forgot to eat your aluminum tray! [Wykowski attempts to attack Jerome but is stopped by Selridge] Eugene Morris Jerome:
. Joseph Wykowski:
Get off! I got three enemies now, Jerome! The Japs, the Germans, and you! Eugene Morris Jerome:
I wasn't in on that Pearl Harbor thing!
[puts his finger in Carney's food]
Enjoy your meal now, you hear? [walks away] Sergeant Toomey:
. Eugene Morris Jerome:
[mocking Sgt. Toomey]
Enjoy your meal now, you hear? That's good! How many pigs and black-pea eyeballs? I've got to make you men strong. Because tonight, we're gonna march the entire platoon off a 3,000-foot cliff. Dying makes a man out of you. I died in the war. They had me cremated. And they buried my ashes right here in my skull. Joseph Wykowski:
[annoyed]
You think that's funny, Jerome? Eugene Morris Jerome:
No, I think you're funny Wykowski. You forgot to eat your aluminum tray! [Wykowski attempts to attack Jerome but is stopped by Selridge] Eugene Morris Jerome:
. Joseph Wykowski:
Get off! I got three enemies now, Jerome! The Japs, the Germans, and you! Eugene Morris Jerome:
I wasn't in on that Pearl Harbor thing!
Full Transcript
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Enjoy your meal now you hear
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Enjoy your meal now you hear
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That's good hominy pigs and black pea eyeballs
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I've got to make you men strong
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because tonight we're going to march the entire platoon
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off of a 3 000 foot cliff
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Dying makes a man out of you
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I died in the war they had me cremated
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the ashes were buried right here in my head
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You think it's funny Jerome
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No I think you're funny Wykowski
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You forgot to eat the aluminum tray
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Come on Come on sit down
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Get off
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I got three enemies now Jerome the Japs the Germans and you
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I wasn't in on that Pearl Harbor thing
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Movie Summary
A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.
