Big Hock
The Jerky Boys, Stop Staring at Me!
Title: Big Hock
Characters: Frank Rizzo, Jake
Summary:
Transcript:
0:03 Jake: ‘Hello.”
0:04 Frank: “Hello.”
0:05 Jake: “Yeah.”
0:07 Frank: “I’m calling about the ad in the Village Voice.”
0:09 Jake: “Who’s this?”
0:10 Frank: “Hello. My name is Frank.”
0:12 Jake: “Frank, who?”
0:13 Frank: “Frank [Inaudible 00:14]
0:15: Jake: “Yeah. From where?”
0:16 Frank: “I live in Brooklyn.”
0:17 Jake: “Okay.”
0:19 Frank: “I… I think I’m good enough. I could be a professional football player easy. I’m telling you, I play semi pro ball. I’m good. I’m good. I’m a full back.”
0:28 Jake: “Alright. You’re a semi pro out of where?”
0:30 Frank: “Semi pro out of [Inaudible 00:30]. Actually, I play in Queens. I play for Bayside. You ever hear the Raiders?
0:35 Jake: “Oh, you play for Kanasi.”
0:36 Frank: “No, I ain’t play for Kanasi. I play Bayside Raiders.”
0:39 Jake: “Oh, I got you. The Cornwall Dragons”
0:40 Frank: “That’s the ones.”
0:42 Jake: “Aha!”
0:43 Frank”: [Laughs] No, the Raiders, Bayside Raiders. You heard of them, right?”
0:45 Jake: “Oh, they’re a good team.”
0:46 Frank: “They’re all good. I play for them.”
0:47 Jake: “Oh, yeah?”
0:48 Frank: “I play for them. I’m their fullback. I’m the best.”
0:50 Jake: “Oh, you’re the fullback in… What was it, ’77 through ’82?”
0:54 Frank: “No. I’m the full back now. What you talkin’ about ’77- ’82? ’77- ’82, I was a kid. I was in high school in 1984.
1:02 Jake: “Big Charlie?”
1:03 Frank: “Charlie who?”
1:05 Jake: “That’s what they call you on the team, Big Charlie?”
1:08 Frank: “They call me Big Hock.”
1:10 Jake: “Hawkins?”
1:12 Frank: “No, Hock. H-O-C-K.”
1:14 Jake: “Okay. Big Cock”
1:15 Frank”:”No. Hock. That’s what they call me, Big Hock”
1:18 Jake: “Big Hock, okay. I thought it was a nickname amongst the guys, you know big cock.”
1:22 Frank: “Well that too but you know…”
1:23 Jake: “You know you guys in the locker room.”
1:25 Frank: “Nickname was Big Hock”
1:26 Jake: “Alright, c’mon.”
1:27 Frank: “Call me Big Hock. Everybody knows me. I’m the fullback on the team. I’m telling you. I’m telling you right now. If you’re an agent and you get 10%, you’re gonna make money with me because I’m gonna go pro. I’m telling you.”
1:36 Jake:”Well, I don’t doubt that but I don’t get 10%, I get 20%.”
1:40 Frank: “I’ll pay 20% if you can definitely get me on the team. You gotta understand. It’s been my dream to play in the NSL my whole life. I gotta go.”
1:48 Jake: “Alright. Then you want to talk to Mr. Silverman.”
1:50 Frank: “That’s who I wanted to call. [Inaudible 01:51] Silverman.”
1:53 Jake:”You want to call back in about maybe 5. He’ll be in from lunch.”
1:57 Frank: “He may be in from lunch. Why 5 minutes. Can I speak to him now?”
2:00 Jake: “Oh, he’s out to lunch now.”
2:02 Frank: “Who’s this?”
2:03 Jake: “This is Jake. I work for Mr. Silverman.”
2:05 Frank: “Jake. You work for Mr. Silverman.?”
2:06 Jake: “Right.”
2:07 Frank: “Can you write my information down?”
2:08 Jake: “Alright. Give me your name.”
2:10 Frank: “I told you already.”
2:11 Jake: “Go ahead.”
2:12 Frank: “My name is Frank. Frank [Inaudible 02:13]
2:14 Jake: ‘Alright, Frank.”
2:15 Frank: “Frank [Inaudible 02:17]
2:18 Jake: “Frank Mcanna.”
2:19 Frank: “[Inaudible 02:19] I’m the fullback.”
2:20 Jake: Frank [Inaudible 02:20], the fullback.”
2:21 Frank: “That’s right.”
2:22 Jake: “Alright. That’s how we should remember you or…?
2:24 Frank: “Frank [Inaudible 02:24] the full back. Let me tell you. Around my neighborhood, everybody knows me.”
2:29 Jake: “Okay.”
2:30 Frank: “Everyone knows. I’m Frank [Inaudible 02:31]. They call me Big Hock.”
2:32 Jake: “Okay. Frank [Inaudible 02:33] fullback. They call him Big Cock. Okay, go ahead.”
2:37 Frank: “They call me Big Hock.”
2:38 Jake: “Alright, Big Hock.”
2:39 Frank: “I never said Big Cock.”
2:40 Jake: “Okay. Now…”
2:41 Frank: “What you playin’ a game with me?”
2:42 Jake: “Now what do you weigh? Where do you go?”
2:44 Frank: “I weigh 245. I got hamstrings like animals.”
2:46 Jake: “Okay. And…”
2:47 Frank: “Animals… [Inaudible 02:48] I walk through walls, I’m telling you. You give me the shot, I’m going to walk through the walls for you.”
2:53 Jake: “Okay.”
2:54 Frank: “245 pounds. I’m bowling over.”
2:56 Jake: “Alright. Give me the rest of your number.”
2:58 Frank: “What number?”
2:59 Jake: “Where we can reach you.”
3:00 Frank: “718. I’m not there now but I’ll give you the number. 2…
3:03 Jake: ‘Right.”
3:04 Frank: “4…”
3:05 Jake: “Okay.”
3:08 Frank: “You call me up there, man. I’m telling you.”
3:09 Jake: “Alright.”
3:10 Frank: “You’re going to make money with me. 20% in the bank”
3:11 Jake: “Okay. Frank [Inaudible 03:11]”
3:12 Frank: “Exactly!”
3: 13 Jake: “What are you, an old Irishman?’
3:15 Frank: ““I am Irish, Irish and Scottish.”
3:17 Jake: “Attaboy!”
3:18 Frank: “That’s right. I drink ‘em down. I knock them down after the games like crazy, man. We’re gonna go nuts.”
3:22 Jake: “Oh, we know those Irish guys are tough, right?:”
3:25 Frank: “Irish guys… We’re all tough baby. We’re all tough. I put my head through walls.”
3:29 Jake: “Well, that’s the kind of guy we need to play in the big league.”
3:31 Frank: “That’s what I need. I need to play. I need to play”
3:33 Jake: “Alright. We’ll get back to you, Frank.”
3:34 Frank: “Thanks a lot, Jake.”
3:35 Jake: “Okay.”
3:36 Frank: “Bye bye!”