The Palooka
LLOYD
Now I may not be champ, but I fought a lot
of guys and I never laid down for any of
them.
ERNIE
And plenty guys that gone up against Lloyd
got sent to the hospital or worse!
VAL
Easy, everybody, easy. We’re here to offer
our friend Lloyd a job, not get people up in
a tizzy.
RENEE
You really put some guys in the ground,
Lloyd?
LLOYD
That’s not really something I like to
talk
about.
(Ernie bolts out of the chair like he
is once again a high-energy fight
promoter stoking the investment
flames.)
ERNIE
Are you kidding? This was back in
Pittsburgh; Lloyd goes toe to toe with this
bruiser, this killer. Everybody knew the guy
was bad news. What was it Benny, something,
you remember?
LLOYD
Don’t remember.
