Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series)
Everybody Hates Cutting School (2007)
Jeff Bowser: Ticket Man
Quotes
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[Greg and Chris have successfully cut school and are roaming the streets]
Narrator : The weirdest thing about being out of school on a school day was plain and simple: no kids.
Greg Wuliger : This feels strange, like everyone is watching us.
Narrator : Almost like being a black kid at an all white school?
[Chris and Greg approach the box office]
Ticket Man : [to an older gentleman] Enjoy the show.
Chris : Uh, two tickets for "Ghostbusters", please?
Ticket Man : Two dollars.
Ticket Man : [nearly hands the boys their tickets, stops and gets suspicious] Why aren't you kids in school?
Greg Wuliger : Uh, see... it's a...
Chris : A black... uh, holiday!
Ticket Man : Yeah? Which one?
Greg Wuliger : Yeah, Chris. Which one?
Chris : Uh, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Day!
Ticket Man : Great woman. She was a credit to your race.
Narrator : [regarding the ticket man's ethnicity] And Howdy Doody is a credit to yours!
Ticket Man : [turns toward Greg] What are you doing here?
Greg Wuliger : I'm an octoroon.
Narrator : In that case, only one-eighth of him should be off from school.
Ticket Man : Okay, enjoy the show. Happy holidays.
[Chris and Greg head into the theater lobby]
Narrator : If I made it past this guy, I might finally be able to see Ernie Hudson's best work!