Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Jack Soo: Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana
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Quotes
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Yemana : Then Fish runs in the alley and he leaps over us like one of those, what do you call those things in Africa that run and leap in the air?
Detective Ron Harris : Slaves.
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Yemana : Barney, divorce is like a horse with a broken leg. You can shoot the horse, but that don"t fix the leg.
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[Nick is talking to Internal Affairs]
Yemana : I"m not Chinese, you know.
Captain William Donnelly : That doesn"t matter, Detective.
Yemana : Now it doesn"t matter; but in 1942...
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Barney Miller : [searching the files for a bombing suspect] Who else you got?
Yemana : [looks at file folder] Sheldon "Boom-Boom" Hockster.
Barney Miller : "Boom-Boom"?
Yemana : You"d be amazed at how many of these guys are named "Boom-Boom".
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Det. Sgt. Chano Amenguale : Hey, Barney, do you think Kelly"s just a big mouth? Or, is he really going to try to make trouble?
Barney Miller : I think Kelly is just a big mouth... who"s really going to try to make trouble.
Yemana : He"s probably after me. Kelly"s always had a thing about Orientals being on the police force. He says we screw up the look of the Saint Patrick"s Day Parade.