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What could have been.

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On this date in 1970, "Five Easy Pieces" was released. Bobby: "I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes, tomatoes instead, a cup of coffee and wheat toast." Waitress [points at his menu]: "No substitutions." Bobby: "What do you mean? You don't have any tomatoes?" Waitress: "Only what's on the menu. You can have a number two, a plain omelette, it comes with cottage fries and rolls." Bobby: "Yeah, I know what it comes with, but it's not what I want." Waitress: "Well, I'll come back when you make up your mind." Bobby: "Wait a minute, I have made up my mind. I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes on the plate, a cup of coffee and a side order of wheat toast." Waitress: "I'm sorry, we don't have any side orders of toast. I'll give you an English muffin or a coffee roll." Bobby: "What do you mean you don't make side orders of toast? You make sandwiches, don't you?" Waitress: "Would you like to talk to the manager?" Palm Apodaca: "Hey, mac..." Bobby: "Shut up." [to the waitress] "You've got bread and a toaster of some kind?" Waitress: "I don't make the rules." Bobby: "OK, I'll make it as easy for you as I can. I'd like an omelette, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce, and a cup of coffee." Waitress: "A number two, a chicken salad sand. Hold the butter, the lettuce, and the mayonnaise, and a cup of coffee. Anything else?" Bobby: "Yeah, now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules." Waitress: "You want me to hold the chicken, huh?" Bobby: "I want you to hold it between your knees." Waitress [points at a sign behind her]: "You see that sign, sir? Yes, you'll all have to leave! I'm not taking any more of your smartness and sarcasm!" Bobby: "You see this sign?" [he sweeps all the glasses off the table onto the floor] The moment at the end of the diner scene where Bobby sweeps all the glasses off the table after arguing with the waitress was inspired by Jack Nicholson actually doing this himself once at a coffee shop, when the manager took his coffee away despite him only having just arrived, because the group of fellow actors he'd joined had been there for hours and were being told to leave.

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