The Black Donnellys (TV Series)

The Only Thing Sure (2007)

Keith Nobbs: Joey Ice Cream

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Joey Ice Cream : [narrating]  Everyone knows that Kevin Donnelly has never been lucky.

• Detective McCarthy : Tell us about Robert Kelly.

  Joey Ice Cream : Who?

  Detective McCarthy : Bob The Mouth.

  Joey Ice Cream : Never heard of him. But I gotta tell you, you gotta feel for a guy unlucky enough to get tagged with a name like that.

  Detective McCarthy : You wanna know what unlucky is? How a guy can fall off his chair like the one you're sittin' in and break his neck!

  Joey Ice Cream : You know, I suddenly remember the fellow you're talking about.

• Joey Ice Cream : Actually it's a lucky thing we stumbled into the extortion business because the book making business was about to hit a bump.

  Detective McCarthy : Stop right there. What does any of this have to do with Kelly?

  Joey Ice Cream : Bob the Mouth?

  Detective McCarthy : Yeah.

  Joey Ice Cream : Oh, well, all of that started with Kevin.

  Detective McCarthy : Kevin? Kevin Donnelly?

  Joey Ice Cream : Yes, Kevin Donnelly. Who are we talking about here?

  [gives the officer a funny look] 

  Joey Ice Cream : .

• Jimmy Donnelly : [Jimmy and Joey begin to paint the Firecracker]  What color is that?

  Joey Ice Cream : Green.

  Whitey : Jimmy?

  Jimmy Donnelly : We didn't want green, we want clover.

• Joey Ice Cream : [voice over narration]  An old Irish blessing says: Where ever you go, may the luck of Irish go with you. Father Dufelt hated old Irish sayings almost as much as he hated people asking him for favors.

• Jimmy Donnelly : [about Joey's painting]  Do the job right or don't do it at all.

  Joey Ice Cream : Can I not do it at all? Is that a real option?

  Jimmy Donnelly : Shut up!

• Joey Ice Cream : [narrating]  Nobody ever understood why Kevin thought he was lucky. I mean, we all just thought he was crazy, but like most crazy things, there was a reason for it.