1:25:03
"put his little birthday hat on
and he looked at all the children.
1:25:06
"He had a tear in his eye
and he said,
1:25:08
'Which one of you kids sat down
1:25:09
'and ate a whole fucking game
of Monopoly by yourself?'
1:25:14
"And I ate it all, Eddie!
1:25:15
"Boardwalk, Park Place,
lllinois Avenue,
1:25:18
"the shoe, the boat,
the hat, the cannon,
1:25:21
"Connecticut Avenue,
Luxury Tax,
1:25:24
"Eddie, I even ate those cheap
purple motherfuckers after 'Go'...
1:25:27
"...that nobody buys.
I ate them.
1:25:29
"I ate Baltic and Ralph Avenue.
Yes, I did.
1:25:31
"I did, and I sat down and ate
my father's birthday cake too.
1:25:34
"No, we couldn't afford a cake.
1:25:35
"lt was two Etch-A-Sketches
on top of each other.
1:25:38
"Two Etch... Etch-A-Sketch cake.
That's right.
1:25:40
"We couldn't afford no icing,
1:25:42
"so my mother would write 'Happy
Birthday Pop' on the Etch-A-Sketch.
1:25:45
"Know how you made a wish?
You shook it till the words disappeared,
1:25:47
"then you ate the Etch-A-Sketch.
1:25:49
"And that was your birthday cake.
And we never complained.
1:25:52
"We were happy to get that.
All for one and one for all.
1:25:54
"We would get dressed to go to school.
Let me tell you about our clothes.
1:25:57
"We had to wear whatever my father
brought home from work, Eddie.
1:26:01
"We wore the toys!
1:26:02
"Each day my mother would wake up
and open 1 1 Twister games, Eddie.
1:26:06
"She would roll the Twister mats
on the floor.
1:26:08
"Me and my 1 1 brothers and sisters
1:26:10
"would wrap the Twister mats
around our body like a suit.
1:26:12
"Then we get a Hot Wheels racetrack
and put that around our waist as a belt.
1:26:15
"And if there was no Hot Wheels,
we used Johnny Lightning.
1:26:17
"And if there was no Johnny Lightning,
we ripped up a Hula Hoop
1:26:20
"and put that around our waist.
But we went to school, goddamn it.
1:26:22
"Other children would make fun of us
because we got on Twister suits.
1:26:24
"And it's no fun to get your ass
kicked in a Twister mat.
1:26:27
"Right foot, blue. Left hand, red, Eddie.
lt was a goddamn game to these kids.
1:26:30
"I'm standing on the corner,
1:26:32
"a motherfucker is spinning the
spinner and kicking my ass, Eddie.
1:26:35
"Then I gotta go to school and watch
the other children eat real food.
1:26:38
"I gotta watch them eat peanut butter
and jelly, bologna and Swiss,
1:26:41
"ham and cheese. I got a goddamn
Silly Putty sandwich.
1:26:45
"Then, for dessert, they're gonna
pull out a Hostess cupcake
1:26:48
"and I gotta eat a goddamn Slinky?
1:26:50
"A Slinky spring?! And, Eddie,
I ate so many Slinkys,
1:26:53
"every time I hear the motherfucking
Slinky song,
1:26:56
"it make me sick to my stomach.
1:26:57
"They walk downstairs
Alone and in pairs
1:26:59
"And make a clinkety sound