Rochelle Quote #14
Quote from Rochelle in Everybody Hates Basketball
Adult Chris: [v.o.] When my mother wasn't working, sometimes we would rent out a room upstairs to make ends meet.
Rochelle: Are all of these children yours?
Woman: Um, six of them are. But I don't know where these other kids came from. Do y'all take food stamps? [glass shattering]
Rochelle: Hey, hey.
[cut to Julius and Rochelle sitting in front of an arguing couple:]
Woman: I'm tired of this. We've been here 15 minutes, and you already acting up-
Man: I'm never gonna take you nowhere.
Woman: You gotta be...
Man: Go comb your hair and brush your teeth.
Woman: Comb my hair? We don't got no daggone brushes.
Man: Why don't you go wait in the car? Go wait in the car.
Woman: We ain't got no car. We took the bus.
Man: Y'all take food stamps?
[cut:]
Julius: So, you work at the church?
Preacher: [shouts] Yes! [sings] Yes, I do! And I just need a place, ha To lay my weary head, huh Not trying to pay more Than $300 a month, ha And all I need to know, ha Do you take ... [high-pitched] Food stamps?
Everybody Hates Chris Quotes
‘Everybody Hates Basketball’ Quotes
Quote from Rochelle
Rochelle: That man is not from Philly. People from Philly don't shut up about Philly. All they want to talk about is cheese steaks and Bill Cosby and Patti LaBelle. Mm-hmm. Who you know from Philly don't want to talk about Patti LaBelle? "Patti LaBelle this, Patti LaBelle that."
Quote from Chris
Coach Brady: I know you probably play up at the courts in Harlem.
Chris: Uh, no, I'm from Bed-Stuy.
Coach Brady: They're different? Look, we were five and 20 last season, but with you... I'm asking you, give my program a shot.
Chris: Give your program a shot? I can't play.
Coach Brady: Yeah, right. Look, kid, I'm not blind.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I tried to play basketball once. But I sucked.
[flashback:]
Chris: Ball! Ball! Ball! [Drew throws the basketball to Chris, hitting him in the head]
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I sucked at every sport I tried. Baseball. [Chris gets hit in the head] Football. [Chris gets hit in the head] Like a fool, I even tried bowling. [A bowling ball hits Chris in the head]
Quote from Greg
Ms. Martella: Good morning, gentlemen.
Chris: [to Greg] What was that?
Greg: We got a social studies quiz.
Chris: How do you know? All she said was "Good morning."
Greg: Trust me on this, man. The word is, she only speaks to the students when she's giving them a pop quiz. I got to warn the others so we can study.