Calogero 'C' Anello: Mommy! Mommy! Look what I got! Some peaches...for...free.

[he sees his parents about to confront him]

Lorenzo: [showing C the wad of cash] What's this?

Calogero 'C' Anello: What's what, Dad?

Lorenzo: Where'd you get this? Your mother found it behind your drawer.

Calogero 'C' Anello: It's my savings, Dad.

Lorenzo: 600 dollars you've been saving? What'd you do, become a brain surgeon overnight, son?

Rosina Anello: Tell your father where you got the money!

Calogero 'C' Anello: I worked for it.

Lorenzo: Doin' what?

Calogero 'C' Anello: Things.

Lorenzo: Things? Whadaya mean 'things'? What things?

Calogero 'C' Anello: Things. Y'know, things.

Lorenzo: Don't lie to me. Just tell the truth and I won't get upset.

Calogero 'C' Anello: Promise?

Lorenzo: I'm your father. Would I say it if I didn't mean it?

Calogero 'C' Anello: I worked the crap games and the guys gave me tips.

Rosina Anello: Crap games?

Lorenzo: Crap games? What crap games?

[C looks down]

Lorenzo: What crap games? What tips?

[still no answer]

Lorenzo: WHAT CRAP GAMES?

Calogero 'C' Anello: I thought you weren't gonna get upset, Dad.

Lorenzo: I lied! Now tell me everything!

Calogero 'C' Anello: I told you. I worked for Sonny and the guys gave me tips.

Lorenzo: I knew it!

Rosina Anello: Didn't we tell ya a thousand times not to go near that bar?”
Tagged: brain surgery, craps

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