A scene from A Day at the Races 1937
Tony

Hey, boss! C'mere! Sun-Up is the worst horse on the track!

Hackenbush

I notice he wins all the time.

Tony

Aw, just because he comes in first.

Hackenbush

Well, I don't want 'em any better than first.
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Tony

Here your ice cream. [offering a hint book for betting on the horses] One dollar and you'll remember me all your life.

Hackenbush

That's the most nauseating proposition I ever had. [buys code book]

Tony

Here your ice cream. Tootsie-frootsie ice cream. [code book says that horse Z-V-B-X-R-P-L will win the next race; Tony offers a free code book to decode the letters] …just a one dollar printing charge.

Hackenbush

Well, uh, give me one without printing. I'm sick of printing.

Tony

…just a two dollar delivery charge.

Hackenbush

What do you mean delivery charge? I'm standing right next to you.

Tony

Well, for such a short distance, I make it a dollar.

Hackenbush

Couldn't I move over here and make it uh - fifty cents?

Tony

Yes, but I'd move over here and make it a dollar just the same.

Hackenbush

[after buying many guidebooks]

All I wanted was a horse, not a public library.
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Hackenbush

[after realising he was swindled by Tony]

Get your Tootsie-Frootsie. Nice ice cream. Nice Tootsie-Frootsie ice cream.

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