- Well, Mr. Tibbs, do you know anything about orchids?
- Well, not very much, but I do like them.
- Well, let me show you... Endicott's folly.
12 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:02:12.572 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- May I have Henry fetch you somethin'? Uh, some light refreshment?
- No, thank you. We're all right the way we are.
- Oh, I'll have something cold. Something soft. Anything.
- Henry, bring in a pitcher of lemonade.
- Oh, I didn't know it was possible to grow this species locally.
- I do.
- Well, Mr. Tibbs, do you know anything about orchids?
- Well, not very much, but I do like them.
- Well, let me show you... Endicott's folly.
- It's beautiful. It's breathtaking.
- Have you a favorite, Mr. Tibbs?
- Well, I'm partial to any of the epiphytics.
- Maybe it would be helpful if you'd tell me.
- Because, like the Negro, they need care, feedin', cultivatin'. And that takes time.
- That's something you can't make some people understand.
- That's somethin' Mr. Colbert didn't realize.
[...]
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