Gene Ruffini: Old Consigliere
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Quotes
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Sonny Valerio : What the fuck is his name?
Louie : Ghost Dog.
Sonny Valerio : What?
Louie : Ghost Dog.
Sonny Valerio : Ghost Dog?
Old Consigliere : He said Ghost Dog!
Louie : Yeah. He calls himself Ghost Dog. I don't know, a lot of these Black guys today, these gangster-type guys, they make up names like that.
Ray Vargo : Is that true?
Sonny Valerio : Sure. He means like the rappers, you know, All the rappers, they got names like that: Snoop Doggy Dogg, Ice Cube, Q-Tip, Method Man. My favorite was always Flavor Flav from Public Enemy. You got the funky fresh fly flavor.
[rhymes hip-hop verse]
Ray Vargo : I don't know about that, but it makes me think of Indians. They got name like, uhh, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Running Bear, Black Elk.
[makes elk noise]
Sonny Valerio : Yeah. That kind of shit.
Old Consigliere : Yeah. Indians, Niggers, Same thing.
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[Ghost Dog storms in and aims his guns at Vargo and his Consigliere]
Old Consigliere : JESUS, IT'S THE FUCKING BIRD MAN!
[has heart attack and dies instead of getting shot]
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[Deleted scene; accountant exits after sharing some bad news]
Ray Vargo : [stunned] Is he gay?
Sonny Valerio : He drives a Porsche...
[pause]
Old Consigliere : He's gay!
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Louie : It's a pigeon. It must be a carrier pigeon or whatever.
Old Consigliere : Passenger pigeon! They've been extinct since 1914!
Sonny Valerio : Am I fucking dreaming here or what? All right, Louie, forget about the bird, okay?
