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"Attention, ladies and gentlemen! Todays game will be delayed because of my aunt Blanches headache..."

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The play is a coming of age comedy focused on the main character of Eugene Morris Jerome, a Jewish teenager from a Polish immigrant family. It is set in September 1937 in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York, during the Great Depression. According to Simon, the play tells its story "through the eyes of a 15-year-old
"Attention, ladies and gentlemen! Todays game will be delayed because of my aunt Blanches headache..."
"(On his father) "He was born at the age of forty-two..."
"But mostly, you live for your children. Your children keep you going."
"Sure, it hurts, but if you love someone, you forgive them."
"You earn your independence. You dont take it at the expense of others."
"Believe me, there is no leg thats twisted or bent that is more crippling than a human being who thrives of his own misfortunes..."
"I am tired of apologizing. After a while it becomes your lifes work and it doesnt bring any money into the house."
"Ive already buried someone I love. Now its time to bury someone I hate."
"Im staring into space. I cant help it if your body interferes."
"I had to chop the ice. Im all out of breath."
"Howd you like an official American League Baseball in your mouth?"
"Eugene Morris Jerome...It is the second worst name ever given to a male child. The first worst is Haskell Fleischmann..."