1:24:02
"I had 1 1 brothers and sisters, Eddie.
My father made 1 3 cents a week.
1:24:08
"He worked at the Coleco toy factory,
Eddie, and made 1 3 cents a week.
1:24:12
"That's not a lot of money
when you have 1 1 children.
1:24:15
"We didn't have all the fancy things
like you, Charlie and Vernon.
1:24:18
"We didn't have fancy luxuries
like food.
1:24:21
"What the fuck you gonna eat
on 1 3 cents a week?
1:24:23
"We had to eat whatever my father
brought home from work.
1:24:26
"We ate the toys, Eddie.
1:24:28
"We ate the toys
and we never complained,
1:24:30
"because my mother
could cook her ass off.
1:24:32
"My mother get some hot sauce
and some salt and pepper,
1:24:35
"make a Tonka truck
taste so delicious.
1:24:38
"The wheels will melt
in your mouth, Eddie.
1:24:41
"And you appreciate it.
You never complained.
1:24:43
"lt was all for one and one for all.
We stuck together.
1:24:45
"I only hurt my brothers
and sisters once.
1:24:47
"I came home from school
and my mother had made
1:24:49
"a birthday feast for my father.
1:24:51
"She had cooked and slaved
over the stove all day
1:24:53
"and made enough food
for 1 3 people to feast on
1:24:55
"for my father for his birthday
and I sat down and ate it all by myself.
1:24:59
"I ate it all, Eddie, by myself.
And my father came inside the kitchen,
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.