Robert F. Simon credited as playing...
Papa Dave Goodman
- Papa Dave Goodman: You keep away from them gang boys. Read good books. Listen to good music. Without a good education, you'll never get nowheres. Look at me. What am I? A cutter in a pants factory. Why? Because I got no education.
- Mama Goodman: No milk?
- Papa Dave Goodman: No milk.
- Mama Goodman: And what about the children? They should have milk.
- Papa Dave Goodman: And I should be John D. Rockefeller. Milk is 19 cents a quart
- Papa Dave Goodman: What about high school, Benny? You still got two years yet.
- Benny Goodman (at 16): You don't learn about music in high school, Pop. And that's what I want to do play music.
- Papa Dave Goodman: What kind of music you going to play, Benny? Mozart, maybe? Bach?
- Benny Goodman (at 16): No, Pop. Dance music. But not the same old stock arrangements. A freestyle, so you can improvise. So you can express yourself.
- Mama Goodman: I want him to meet nice girls. Go out with them. Like Harry and Freddie, dance with them. But no, all he does is tootle all the time.
- Papa Dave Goodman: From dancing with girls you don't get paid.