Enter The Dragon

[Jonathan Lighter]

In HDAS, of course, and far more common tha "jigaboo."

JL

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:25 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> > Hey! This jig's got a passport.
> > Where'r you goin', jig?
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> VS-)
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> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Garson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > Bruce Lee - Enter The Dragon - Part 3 - HD - Full Movie - English - 1973
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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKr4WpSjVuc
> > The scene starts around 7:10 of 9:42
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> > The script writer was Michael Allin according to IMDB.
> > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021363/
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> > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > is on the local tube. A cop says to the token black,
> > >
> > > "Where you goin' _jig_?"
> > >
> > > I've never noticed that before, despite my having seen the movie times
> > > a beaucoup (cooler than "beaucop times" in StL, back in the day). A
> > > clip of the rare-in-the-wild, IME, "jigaboo," no doubt.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Wilson
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