The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | "So, Fuzzy Pants? Wanna Talk?"

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]As I can see, there's only three ways to spend the taxpayers' hard-earned money when it comes to prisons.

[00:00:03]>> Permission. I'll write a letter a week.

[00:00:05]They can't ignore me forever. Sure can.

[00:00:07][snorts] You write your letters if it makes you happy.

[00:00:10]I'll even mail them for you. How's that?

[00:00:12]So, Andy started writing a letter a week.

[00:00:14]Just like he said. And just like Norton said, Andy got no answers.

[00:00:20]The following April, Andy did tax returns for half the guards at Shawshank. Year after that, he did them all, including the warden's.

[00:00:29]Year after that, they rescheduled the start of the intramural [music] season to coincide with tax season. Guards on the opposing teams all remembered to bring their W-2s. So, Moseby Prison issued you your gun, but you actually had to pay for it. Damn right. The holster, too. See, that's tax deductible. You can write that off. Yes, sir. Andy was a regular cottage industry. [music] In fact, it got so busy at tax time, he was allowed a staff.

[00:00:54]Hey, Red. Can you hand me a stack of 1040s?