Went right off the top of the scale.Buried the needle!" Before leaving, Venkman suggested an 8 o""clock date with the female student, and congratulated her: "You are a legitimate phenomenon.In response, the hard-working waitress questions the untamed leader of the gang about where the bikers are going, and what they do when they ride around.In Gleason""s Boxing Club, Jake spars with Joey in the ring, making his brother his punching bag.Salvy and his friends Patsy (Frank Adonis) and Guido (Joseph Bono) watch Jake, who is irritated about their presence, beat up his brother.A group of independent black filmmakers released director Emmett J.Scott""sThe Birth of a Racein 1919, filmed as a response to Griffith""s masterwork, with a more positive image of African-Americans, but it was largely ignored.