CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series)

The Fourth Man (1990)

Tim Rossovich: John Martelli

Quotes 

• Joey Martelli : ...I just won a prize at the state science fair - third place!

  John Martelli : That's great son. Any money come with it?

• John Martelli : ...Did I ever tell you about my father wanting to be an opera singer?

  Joey Martelli : The same Grandpa Tony who ran that grocery store?

  John Martelli : That's the one. He had this beautiful tenor voice; but then the Depression came along, and he did what it took to support his family. He used to sing in the car, and he kept wanted me to sing along with him; unfortunately, I did. Well, he kept hoping that there'd be a miracle, that somehow I'd learn to sing like the next Tony Martelli. Instead, I came home with every athletic award my school had to offer. What did Tony care about football? All that mattered to him was making music, and calling me tone-deaf would have been an insult to the tone-deaf.

  Joey Martelli : You mean you could never please him?

  John Martelli : No.

  [chuckles] 

  John Martelli : You'd think I would've learned something from all that, wouldn't you?