Night on Earth (1991)
Giancarlo Esposito: YoYo (segment "New York")
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Quotes
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Yoyo : What's your name, man?
Helmut Grokenberger : Helmut Grokenberger.
[pointing to his cab license]
Helmut Grokenberger : Here, you can read it. That's me.
Yoyo : Helmet?
Helmut Grokenberger : Helmut.
Yoyo : That's your name?
Helmut Grokenberger : Yeah.
Yoyo : Ha ha ha ha ha. That's a fucked up name to be namin' your kid! Helmet! See, 'cause in English, a helmet would be like, you know, like somethin' you would wear on your head, you know? You a... a helmet! Ha ha ha! In English, that would be like callin' your kid, uh, oh shit, "Lampshade" or some shit like that: 'Hey, Lampshade! Come here and clean up your room!' Ha ha ha ha ha!
Helmut Grokenberger : So, what's your name?
Yoyo : Yoyo.
Helmut Grokenberger : What?
Yoyo : Yoyo. That's my name.
Helmut Grokenberger : Is your Name? Yoyo?
Yoyo : What? Yoyo!
Helmut Grokenberger : Yoyo. Yoyo.
[laughing]
Helmut Grokenberger : Yoyo. Ist Spielzeug für Kinder.
Yoyo : It ain't got nothin' to do with that. It's my name. Yoyo.
Helmut Grokenberger : It's a toy for kids, Yoyo.
Yoyo : Ain't got nothin' to do with that, man.
Helmut Grokenberger : Okay. Your name Yoyo, my name Helmut. Yoyo, Helmut. It's good.
Yoyo : Helmet?
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Angela : Well, fuck you, fuck you, and fuck you!
Yoyo : Look, Angela, just shut up!
Angela : No, you shut up! Don't you be tellin' me to shut up!
Yoyo : Shut up!
Angela : You shut up!
Yoyo : No, you shut up!
Yoyo : [frustrated] Shit!
[he unzips his jacket]
Angela : You know what your fuckin' problem is, Yoyo? You don't realize you're wearin' your ass on your head!
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Helmut Grokenberger : [objecting to Yoyo asking to drive the cab] No, no, it's...
Yoyo : What chu mean 'No'?
Helmut Grokenberger : It's not allowed. Not allowed.
Yoyo : Look, yeah, it's allowed! This is New York!
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Helmut Grokenberger : [Yoyo and Helmut happen to be wearing markedly similar winter hats] We have the same... we have the same hat.
Yoyo : What?
Helmut Grokenberger : The same hat.
Yoyo : No, no no, mine's different.
Helmut Grokenberger : Oh no, it's the same hat!
Yoyo : Mine's different, man!
Helmut Grokenberger : [pointing to the front of the hat] This is different, here.
Yoyo : Mine's-mine's the newest/latest, m-mine's fresh!
Helmut Grokenberger : No, the ear things here. The same! Here...
Yoyo : Naw, naw man, look mine is the, the hype!
Helmut Grokenberger : What is this? Hype?
Yoyo : The hype.
Helmut Grokenberger : What's a hype?
Yoyo : It's fresh!
Helmut Grokenberger : Fresh? Fresh hat?
Yoyo : It's the jammin', the newest/latest.
Helmut Grokenberger : Fresh hat! That sounds good, fresh hat!
Yoyo : ...right.
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Helmut Grokenberger : It's nice.
Yoyo : It's New York. It's cool.
Helmut Grokenberger : No, it's cold. It's cool.
Yoyo : Nah, nah, nah, It's hip!
Helmut Grokenberger : It's cool.
Yoyo : It's happening!
Helmut Grokenberger : Ah, I understand.
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Yoyo : Taxi! Yo, man! Right here. Right here. Whoa! Right! Hey, what's up? Brooklyn.
[cab driver drives off without letting Yoyo in the cab]
Yoyo : Brooklyn! Yo! Yo, man! You suck, man! I got your plate number. I'm gonna call the TLC! Come on, man. Somebody pick me up! Yeah, come on, pick me up! What? Look at all the fuckin' cabs out here. Shit. Get my ass home, man. I got cash, man! Taxi! Look, I got the cash right here! Taxi! Come on, man. Come on, man! Fuck all, you all!
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Helmut Grokenberger : It goes good. Goes good.
Yoyo : Yeah, yeah. It goes good. In English we say, "It's good to go."
Helmut Grokenberger : It's good to go!
Yoyo : Yeah.
Helmut Grokenberger : It's good to go. It's good. It's good to go! It's good. Good to go.
