Watermelon Man (1970)

Kay E. Kuter: Dr. Wainwright

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• Dr. Wainwright : What's your wife's name?

  Jeff Gerber : Althea Jemima Gerber.

  Dr. Wainwright : You're kidding me. What are your children's names?

  Jeff Gerber : Beulah and Rastus. You're trying to prove that i'm a negro, and i'm trying to prove that i'm not!

• Dr. Wainwright : I don't see how it could be the sun lamp. Anything unusual in your diet?

  Jeff Gerber : Crow. I've laid a lot of crow, Doc.

• Dr. Wainwright : It's more apt to be something in your family lineage.

  Jeff Gerber : You mean like insanity?

  Dr. Wainwright : It's quite possible that somewhere in your lineage, there is a negro strain.

  Jeff Gerber : You're lookin' at a strained negro right now, Doc.

• Dr. Wainwright : Heff, it's no longer a joke. It has nothing to do with allergies, blood counts or electrocardiograms. And it has nothing to do with soy sauce. We've run 18 different test on soy sauce and the opinion is that soy sauce is more apt to make you oriental than negro.

• Dr. Wainwright : Jeff, i'm not one of those doctors who believes in keeping the truth from a patient. Did you know that the first man to die in an American war was a black man, Crispus Attucks? What i'm getting at is, Jeff, you're a negro.

  Jeff Gerber : When do you want to see me again?

  Dr. Wainwright : I don't think it's necessary.

• Dr. Wainwright : Perhaps we'll bump into each other again some day.

  Jeff Gerber : Maybe at the Newport Regatta.

• Dr. Wainwright : It would seem logical that your parents would have said something to you about it.

  Jeff Gerber : They never called me a nigger. No matter how angry they got, They never called me a nigger.