JOEY : What I remember … what I remember was that time we were at Ka-Ga-Wak we took Howie Greenberg outside.
BOBBY : Was that Howie Greenberg?
JOEY : Yeah …
BOBBY : No …
JOEY : No? Who was it, then?
BOBBY : It …
JOEY : It was Howie Greenberg.
BOBBY : Red hair …
JOEY : Yeah. Red hair. Braces.
BOBBY : That was Howie Greenberg?
JOEY : Yeah.
BOBBY : From Temple Zion?
JOEY : No. He never went to Zion?
BOBBY : No?
JOEY : No. Hey, Bob, no, you never went to Zion.
BOBBY : What’s that mean, I don’t know who went there …?
JOEY : No. It doesn’t mean that. But you know the time I’m talking of?
BOBBY : We tied him to the bed. We put him in the snow.
JOEY : Yeah.
BOBBY : I got to tell you something, Joey, it was not Howie Greenberg. Howie never went to Winter Camp.
(Pause)
Am I right?
(Pause)
Am I right? Jeff went to Winter Camp. Tell me I’m wrong.
(Pause)
You fuckin’ asshole …
JOEY : You, you, what the fuck would you know, never even get a Christmas card from you: “What happened to who.” It was Jeff …?
BOBBY : Yeah.
(Pause)
JOEY : Isn’t that funny … I’m not sure you’re right …
(Pause)
Huh …
BOBBY : Whatever happened to Howie?
JOEY : Howie.
BOBBY : Yeah.
JOEY : Are you ready for this …? Howie turned out to be a fag.
BOBBY : You’re kidding.
JOEY : No.
BOBBY : You’re kidding.
JOEY : No.
BOBBY : He’s a fag.
JOEY : That he is.
BOBBY : How about that.
JOEY : Isn’t that something.
BOBBY : Yeah.
(Pause)
His parents?
JOEY : Moved to Florida.
(Pause)
BOBBY : I always liked him.
JOEY : I did, too.
(Pause)
BOBBY : Huh.
(Pause)
JOEY : Yeah.
(Pause)
BOBBY : What ever happened to Jeff?
JOEY : He’s still here …
(Pause)
JOEY : I was thinking I was up on Devon.… You ’member when we used to take the Ravenswood …?
BOBBY : When? See the Cubs …?
JOEY : Yeah.
BOBBY : Oh yeah … Is that joint still there?
JOEY : What? Frankels …?
BOBBY : On Devon …?
JOEY : The roast beef …?
BOBBY : Yeah.
JOEY : Yeah. It’s still there. It isn’t on Devon.
BOBBY : No?
JOEY : It’s on Petersen. It’s in Rogers Park.
(Pause)
BOBBY : You ’member those two broads we had?
JOEY : The Rogers Park broads?
BOBBY : The folk dancing broads …
JOEY : … yeah …
BOBBY : The two Debbies …
JOEY : Debbie. Yeah. Right.
BOBBY : Rubovitz and Rosen.
JOEY : Debbie Rubovitz and Rosen.
BOBBY : For five bucks, which one was mine?
JOEY : I don’t know.
BOBBY : For ten bucks?
JOEY : Rosen.
BOBBY : You’re full of shit.
JOEY : Rosen. You owe me ten bucks.
BOBBY : It wasn’t Rosen.
JOEY : You don’t know, you fuck, you’re bullshitting me. You don’t remember.
BOBBY : I remember. Mine was Rosen.
JOEY : That’s what I said.
BOBBY : No.
JOEY : You said, “Which one was Rosen.” I said yours.
BOBBY : She was?
(Pause)
JOEY : I don’t remember …
BOBBY : Which was the short one …?
JOEY : Yours. Right? With the curly hair …?
BOBBY : And which one was her name?
JOEY : I don’t know.
(Pause)
BOBBY : Whatever you think happened to those broads?
JOEY : I don’t know.
BOBBY : You ever think about them?
JOEY : Very seldom. When I go through Rogers Park.
(Pause)
BOBBY : You think they were dykes?
JOEY : I don’t know. D’you think that?
BOBBY : I kind of did.
JOEY : I kind of did, too.
BOBBY : At the time?
JOEY : No. Are you kidding me …? Who knew? I tell you what I think: They were before their time.
BOBBY : Oh yeah … they were …
JOEY : They were before their time.…
BOBBY : Fucking broads.
JOEY : I tell you how I always knew the broad was yours, the broad she couldn’t find her way outta the bathroom, that was yours …
BOBBY : And what were you, a head man …?
JOEY : Except for Deeny, of course.
BOBBY : … what …?
JOEY : Except for Deeny. Yes, I was a head man, yeah …
BOBBY : You wanted to discuss, what …?
JOEY : … and the broad, she couldn’t find the light switch,
BOBBY : Was that Howie Greenberg?
JOEY : Yeah …
BOBBY : No …
JOEY : No? Who was it, then?
BOBBY : It …
JOEY : It was Howie Greenberg.
BOBBY : Red hair …
JOEY : Yeah. Red hair. Braces.
BOBBY : That was Howie Greenberg?
JOEY : Yeah.
BOBBY : From Temple Zion?
JOEY : No. He never went to Zion?
BOBBY : No?
JOEY : No. Hey, Bob, no, you never went to Zion.
BOBBY : What’s that mean, I don’t know who went there …?
JOEY : No. It doesn’t mean that. But you know the time I’m talking of?
BOBBY : We tied him to the bed. We put him in the snow.
JOEY : Yeah.
BOBBY : I got to tell you something, Joey, it was not Howie Greenberg. Howie never went to Winter Camp.
(Pause)
Am I right?
(Pause)
Am I right? Jeff went to Winter Camp. Tell me I’m wrong.
(Pause)
You fuckin’ asshole …
JOEY : You, you, what the fuck would you know, never even get a Christmas card from you: “What happened to who.” It was Jeff …?
BOBBY : Yeah.
(Pause)
JOEY : Isn’t that funny … I’m not sure you’re right …
(Pause)
Huh …
BOBBY : Whatever happened to Howie?
JOEY : Howie.
BOBBY : Yeah.
JOEY : Are you ready for this …? Howie turned out to be a fag.
BOBBY : You’re kidding.
JOEY : No.
BOBBY : You’re kidding.
JOEY : No.
BOBBY : He’s a fag.
JOEY : That he is.
BOBBY : How about that.
JOEY : Isn’t that something.
BOBBY : Yeah.
(Pause)
His parents?
JOEY : Moved to Florida.
(Pause)
BOBBY : I always liked him.
JOEY : I did, too.
(Pause)
BOBBY : Huh.
(Pause)
JOEY : Yeah.
(Pause)
BOBBY : What ever happened to Jeff?
JOEY : He’s still here …
(Pause)
JOEY : I was thinking I was up on Devon.… You ’member when we used to take the Ravenswood …?
BOBBY : When? See the Cubs …?
JOEY : Yeah.
BOBBY : Oh yeah … Is that joint still there?
JOEY : What? Frankels …?
BOBBY : On Devon …?
JOEY : The roast beef …?
BOBBY : Yeah.
JOEY : Yeah. It’s still there. It isn’t on Devon.
BOBBY : No?
JOEY : It’s on Petersen. It’s in Rogers Park.
(Pause)
BOBBY : You ’member those two broads we had?
JOEY : The Rogers Park broads?
BOBBY : The folk dancing broads …
JOEY : … yeah …
BOBBY : The two Debbies …
JOEY : Debbie. Yeah. Right.
BOBBY : Rubovitz and Rosen.
JOEY : Debbie Rubovitz and Rosen.
BOBBY : For five bucks, which one was mine?
JOEY : I don’t know.
BOBBY : For ten bucks?
JOEY : Rosen.
BOBBY : You’re full of shit.
JOEY : Rosen. You owe me ten bucks.
BOBBY : It wasn’t Rosen.
JOEY : You don’t know, you fuck, you’re bullshitting me. You don’t remember.
BOBBY : I remember. Mine was Rosen.
JOEY : That’s what I said.
BOBBY : No.
JOEY : You said, “Which one was Rosen.” I said yours.
BOBBY : She was?
(Pause)
JOEY : I don’t remember …
BOBBY : Which was the short one …?
JOEY : Yours. Right? With the curly hair …?
BOBBY : And which one was her name?
JOEY : I don’t know.
(Pause)
BOBBY : Whatever you think happened to those broads?
JOEY : I don’t know.
BOBBY : You ever think about them?
JOEY : Very seldom. When I go through Rogers Park.
(Pause)
BOBBY : You think they were dykes?
JOEY : I don’t know. D’you think that?
BOBBY : I kind of did.
JOEY : I kind of did, too.
BOBBY : At the time?
JOEY : No. Are you kidding me …? Who knew? I tell you what I think: They were before their time.
BOBBY : Oh yeah … they were …
JOEY : They were before their time.…
BOBBY : Fucking broads.
JOEY : I tell you how I always knew the broad was yours, the broad she couldn’t find her way outta the bathroom, that was yours …
BOBBY : And what were you, a head man …?
JOEY : Except for Deeny, of course.
BOBBY : … what …?
JOEY : Except for Deeny. Yes, I was a head man, yeah …
BOBBY : You wanted to discuss, what …?
JOEY : … and the broad, she couldn’t find the light switch,
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