Air Force (1943)

George Tobias: Corporal Weinberg - 'Mary Ann' Asst. Crew Chief

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• Radio Operator Peterson : [looking down]  That's an awful big town, San Francisco.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Strictly a one whistle stop. There's only one city in the U.S.A. and that's New York.

  Sgt. Robbie White : Oh, you're just a hometown hick, Weinberg. What's wrong with California?

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : California? The sun shines and nuthin' ever happens. Before you know it, you're 60 years old.

  Sgt. Robbie White : It's no different from New York. My sister's been tryin' to get out of Brooklyn for the last 40 years.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Brooklyn? That ain't New York, chief. Once you cross that Brooklyn Bridge, you're outta this woild. The only noise you hear is the hardening of your arteries. You know when I used to drive a hack, I had a pal who crossed that bridge in 1929. Ain't ever heard from him since.

  Radio Operator Peterson : Me, I'll take Minneapolis.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Minneapolis? Why, the grass still grows in the streets. Besides, that ain't your hometown, Peterson. The hayseed's still stickin' outta your hair.

  Radio Operator Peterson : Yeah, but I can still milk a cow. I bet you can't.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : I'll get mine outta a bottle. That's the closest I ever wanna be to a cow.

  Sgt. Robbie White : You are handy with the old bull.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : [laughs] 

• Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Fried Jap going down!

• Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Funny thing, I never thought there was nothin' west of Manhattan except Jersey.

• Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : [looking at map]  Is this here Wake Island?

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Yeah.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : How far is it?

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Oh, it's about 2300 miles from Honolulu.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : [whistles]  And we're gonna land on that dot?

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Yeah, it's not very big, is it?

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Like trying to find a buckshot in Central Park. Gee, I wish there were some traffic signs around.

  Navigator Monk Hauser : There are, but you can't see them.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : I mean like numbers and streets.

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Yeah, but they call them latitudes and longitudes.

  Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg : Oh, and they're just like signs, hunh?

  Navigator Monk Hauser : Yeah, if the wind doesn't change them.