Scatman Crothers Biography

African- American entertainer Scatman Crothers supported himself as a drummer throughout his high-school years. He formed a popular dance band, playing successful engagements even in the whitest of white communities, regaling audiences with his free-form "scat singing." In the formative years of television, Crothers became the first black performer to host a TV musical program in Los Angeles. He made his movie debut in the 1951 minstrel-show pastiche Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951). The best of his 1950s film appearances was as Dan Dailey's medicine-show partner in Meet Me at the Fair (1952). For the next three decades, Crother's movie roles varied in size; he was seen to best advantage as the concerned handyman in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). Adult TV fans will remember Scatman Crothers as Louie the garbageman on the 1970s sitcom Chico and the Man; Crothers also did voice-over work in the title role of the Saturday morning cartoon series Hong Kong Phooey. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

• 1. Dick Hallorann: How'd you like some ice cream, doc?
  From The Shining. Submitted by Isaac P (5 months ago)

• 1. Pappy/Old Man Bone: She got the clap!
  From Coonskin (Bustin' Out) (Street Fight). Submitted by Daniel S (15 months ago)

• 1. Dick Hallorann: Larry, just between you and me, we got a very serious problem with the people taking care of the place. They turned out to be completely unreliable a**holes.
  From The Shining. Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)

• 1. Danny Torrance: Is there something bad here?
  2. Dick Hallorann: Well, you know, Doc, when something happens, you can leave a trace of itself behind. Say like, if someone burns toast. Well, maybe things that happen leave other kinds of traces behind. Not things that anyone can notice, but things that people who "shine" can see; just like they can see things that haven't happened yet. Well, sometimes they can see things that happened a long time ago. I think a lot of things happened right here in this particular hotel over the years. And not all of them was good.
  3. Danny Torrance: What about Room 237?
  4. Dick Hallorann: Room 237?
  5. Danny Torrance: You're scared of Room 237, ain't ya?
  6. Dick Hallorann: No I ain't.
  7. Danny Torrance: Mr. Hallorann. What is in Room 237?
  8. Dick Hallorann: Nothing. There ain't nothing in Room 237. But you ain't got no business going in there anyway. So stay out. You understand? Stay out.
  From The Shining. Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)

• 1. Dick Hallorann: I can remember when I was a little boy. My grandmother and I could hold conversations entirely without ever opening our mouths. She called it "shining." And for a long time, I thought it was just the two of us that had the shine to us. Just like you probably thought you was the only one. But there are other folks, though mostly they don't know it, or don't believe it. How long have you been able to do it? Why don't you want to talk about it?
  2. Danny Torrance: I'm not supposed to.
  3. Dick Hallorann: Who said you ain't supposed to?
  4. Danny Torrance: Tony.
  5. Dick Hallorann: Who's Tony?
  6. Danny Torrance: Tony is a little boy that lives in my mouth.
  7. Dick Hallorann: Is Tony the one that tells you things?
  8. Danny Torrance: Yes.
  From The Shining. Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)

• 1. Dick Hallorann: How'd you like some ice cream, Doc?
  From The Shining. Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)