History of the World: Part I (1981)

Gregory Hines: Josephus

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Quotes 

• Oedipus : [walking around collecting donations]  Give to Oedipus! Give to Oedipus! Hey, Josephus!

  Josephus : Hey, motherfucker!

• Empress Nympho : Bob?

  Bob : Yes, Your Highness?

  Empress Nympho : Oh, Bob, do I have any openings that this man might fit?

  Crowd : Whooooaaaaaaa!

  Bob : Well, we could use another wine steward.

  Josephus : I got a great corkscrew!

  Crowd : Whoooaaaaaaa!

  Josephus : Damn, this a hip crowd!

• Auctioneer : What country are you from?

  Josephus : Ethiopia.

  Auctioneer : What part?

  Josephus : 125th Street!

• Jaques : Josephus! How did you get here from the Roman Empire?

  Josephus : Don't be square, mon cher! Movies is magic!

• Josephus : Not to worry, not to worry... we are now armed with *mighty joint!*

• Josephus : [pouring the Empress some wine]  Say when.

  Empress Nympho : [she looks him up and down]  8:30.

• Marcus Vindictus : [When a feather on Josephus' fan rises depicting an erection]  The jig is up!

  Josephus : And gone!

• Miriam : We've got to get out of Rome!

  Josephus : But how? The streets are crawling with soldiers! See?

  [they look down and see soldiers crawling, literally, across the street] 

• Josephus : You're the first white person I even *considered* liking.