City Hall (1996)

David Paymer: Abe Goodman

Quotes 

• Kevin Calhoun : You keep looking at that thing as if it weren't kosher.

  Abe Goodman : A cut of meat is kosher. A piece of fish, savory foods, and all kinds of dang things are kosher, but a probation report is not kosher. A probation report is merely a probation report.

  Kevin Calhoun : I am a good Louisiana lapsed Catholic, Abe, so just don't talk to me about kosher, just give it to me straight. What's wrong with this report?

  Abe Goodman : It's too kosher.

  [pause] 

  Kevin Calhoun : Translate that for me.

  Abe Goodman : Uhhhhh, the virgin looks pregnant to me. - Look, see, the supervisor signed this.

  Kevin Calhoun : So what?

  Abe Goodman : That's a lot of weight for a 4C. So what happened to the original little probation officer? Where is his signature?

• Kevin Calhoun : Walter Stern looked so judicial. How could he be so corrupt?

  Abe Goodman : The sweater unravels.