Snooks. That’s some cigar.
Jerry. I got a lot of them. I don’t smoke that kind myself, but I got a lot of them.
Snooks. That’s swell.
Jerry [becoming boastful]. See that tree? [The white tree.] Look, that’s a special tree. You never saw a tree like that before. Nobody’s got one but me. That tree was given to me by some natives.
Snooks. That’s swell.
Jerry. See this cane? The band around it’s solid gold.
Snooks. Is that right? I thought maybe it was to keep the squirrels from crawling up. [Abruptly.] Need any liquor? I get a lot, you know, on account of bein’ an ambassador. Gin, vermuth, bitters, absinthe?
Jerry. No, I don’t.... See that sign? I bet you never saw one like that before. I had it invented.
Snooks [bored]. Class. [Switching the subject.] I hear you made your old man Secretary of the Treasury.
Jerry. My father used to work in a——