Reunion (1932 film)

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It's kind of surreal but at the same time it feels like no time has passed. Everybody still has that core "Rascal" inside of them. It's a little hot in here. (singing) "We got a dollar. We got a dollar. We got a dollar..hey, hey, hey hey." That was actually improv. I'm just so amazed that it still follows me around till this day. But that and, "I got 2 pickles" was like improv on the spot. They've actually even made some rap songs sampling that. (rap song version) You know, I'm still waiting on that check, but I won't hold my breath. I had this grown woman come up to me once and start yelling at me. She goes, "My son won't stop saying 'ahhh bite me' because he saw you in the movie and you shouldn't have said that." And I just went, "AHHH BITE ME!" I liked working with Mel Brooks. It was great and he's an icon. But he's got like a juicy mouth... So I remember we were sitting in the bank and he kept saying, "Leave the premises. Post haste!" And every time he said it, I would get a little spritz. My favorite thing to say was when Stymie did his vows to the club. "I, Stymie, solemnly swear... "...to be a He-Man and hate women and not play with them or talk to them unless I have to and especially, never fall in love." If you watch the movie back in that scene where he goes, "OK" and the rest of us, and I'm doing this and I go..... (deep breath) And I freeze up because I forgotten the lines completely. And so I'm listening and I let somebody else go first. And then I start saying the lines after them and trying to like step in they never cut that out...so that was fun. Our favorite memory that we share together was the dock scene. "I got something! I got something!" "Me too, a big fat one!" So our feet are attached to the dock and they had these scuba divers under the water who were pulling down on the wire. So we just kinda had to keep our backs straight and lean forward... ..like Michael Jackson. And hold the fishing rod. I liked wearing that red, sparkly dress. The whole movie was a dream. Probably my favorite memory on set was the day that Bug and Travis did the ballet scene. That was improvised. But we went for like 3 weekends in a row to this dance studio to learn the actual routine. But then they were like, "oh no, no...just run around and goof off. Being that it was the first big event in any of our lives. It locked in so tightly that when we saw each other it was like it was yesterday. This was the most fun thing I've done in years! We all picked up right where we left off. It was brilliant. Everyone was so much fun and it was like we were an old gang back together again. "I guess things just have to change sometimes!"