Chico's billing plan (from Animal Crackers): |
Signor Emanuel Ravelli (Chico): Couldn't come tomorrow. That's too quick. Captain Spaulding (Groucho): Say, you're lucky they didn't come yesterday. Ravelli: We were busy yesterday, but we charge just the same. Spaulding: This is better than exploring. What do you fellows get an hour? Ravelli: Ah, for playing we getta ten dollars an hour. Spaulding: I see. What do you get for not playing? Ravelli: Twelve dollars an hour. Spaulding: Well, clip me off a piece of that. Ravelli: Now... for rehearsing, we make a special rate, that'sa fifteen dollars an hour. Spaulding: That's for rehearsing. Ravelli: That'sa for rehearsing. Spaulding: And what do you get for not rehearsing? Ravelli: You couldn't afford it.You see if we don't rehearse we don't play. And if we don't play, that runs into money. . . . Well, let's see how we stand. . . . Yesterday we didn't come. You remember yesterday we didn't come. Spaulding: Oh, I remember. Ravelli: That's three hundred dollars. Spaulding: Yesterday you didn't come, that's three hundred dollars. Ravelli: Yes, three hundred dollars. Spaulding: Well, that's reasonable. I can see that, alright. Ravelli: Now today we did come, that's - Spaulding: That's a hundred you owe us. Ravelli: Hey, I bet I'm gonna lose on the deal. |