Desk Sergeant scene


Last night during another re-watching of this movie, it jumped out at me how funny the "Desk Sergeant" scene is after Eliot melts down at work when the Devil appears on his computer screen. The actor, Jeff Doucette, plays his character as an exasperated fatherly figure as he hears Eliot ramble on about his squabble with the devil. The delivery of some of his lines are priceless, especially after Eliot demands: Look, I know my rights. I don't have to say a thing to you without a lawyer present. So you either book me or let me go.

Desk Sergeant (with wide open eyes): Book you or let you go? Oooh, what to do? What to do? Book him! Drunk and disorderly."

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