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Buck Cantrell: I like my convictions undiluted, same as I do my bourbon.
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Preston Dillard: [tasting Uncle Cato's mint julep] You haven't forgotten how.
Uncle Cato: Me, sir? The head might forget, but the hand remembers. Anyhow, Miss Julie, she's right in behind me all day to fix them just the way you used to like them.
Preston Dillard: Uncle Cato, how is Miss Julie?
Uncle Cato: Miss Julie? Why, she's just Miss Julie.
Preston Dillard: Just the same?
Uncle Cato: Well, I reckon princesses, they just naturally grows up to be queens, that's all.
Preston Dillard: Uncle Cato, we've known each other a long time. I'm back now. Home. It's a special occasion.
[asking him to have a drink]
Preston Dillard: Will you join me in one?
Uncle Cato: [flustered] Why, why, Mr. Pres, it ain't hardly proper, but I'll kindly take one out in the pantry and bless you and Miss Julie.
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Rochester, a black comedian in American films, television, radio, and musicals. His main works include " Moving the Shadows ". He was born in Oakland, California. His father was a black actor, and his mother used to be a tightrope walker in the acrobatic troupe.
Performing Experience
At the age of fourteen, he began to perform in a choir, then participated in an impromptu satirical troupe all performed by blacks, and he also formed a three-person light-hearted musical tour group with a brother and a friend. In 1937, he was hired by the comedian Jack Benny to perform on the "Easter Sunday" radio show. At that time, he was only a minor actor and occasionally played supporting roles in movies. He has played Benny's footman Rochester countless times in radio dramas, TV and movies. After the success of the show, the two comedians have been performing together from 1937 to 1964 and are sought after by audiences.
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