Quantum Leap (TV Series)
The Color of Truth - August 8, 1955 (1989)
Scott Bakula: Dr. Sam Beckett, Jesse Tyler
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Quotes
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[Sam and Miz Melny are discussing civil rights issues]
Miz Melny : Nobody's gonna change the way things are.
Sam : But they will. Blacks are gonna unite...
Miz Melny : "Blacks"?
Sam : Blacks. That's what they'll- That's what we'll be called instead of Negroes.
Miz Melny : What's in God's name's wrong with being called a Negro?
Sam : Maybe it's just a little too close to nigger.
Miz Melny : [sternly] I've *never* used that word, Jesse. Not to your face or behind your back.
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Miz Melny Trafford : [Being attended] What are you doin'?
Dr. Sam Beckett : I'm just checkin' to see if you're all right.
Miz Melny Trafford : Since when did you get a medical degree?
Dr. Sam Beckett : Well, I've done some doctoring in my time.
Miz Melny Trafford : Well, I'll thank you to please keep your colored voodoo to yourself!
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Nell : You promised to cook chitlins for the church picnic.
Sam : [narrating] I'd heard of chitlins, of course. I thought they were one of those rare Southern delicacies that taste as good as they sound... I never realized they were pig intestines. The smell was like something that had been kept around too long in autopsy class