Memorable Quotes from Alan Wilder
1 quoteTravel Challenges on Christmas Eve
Scranton ticket agent
Everything's full.
Kate
Everything's full?
Scranton ticket agent
I'm very sorry, but it is Christmas Eve.
Kate
What about another airline?
Scranton ticket agent
Nothing available. May I help you get a hotel room in the city? Tomorrow afternoon we can get you a flight to Chicago.
Kate
I can't wait that long.
Scranton ticket agent
I'm terribly sorry, ma'am, but we're doing absolutely everything we can.
Kate
Go ahead. I'm in your way. I'm sorry. You've got places to go, people to see. You got a ticket there. That's good. Excuse me. Look, I have been awake for almost 60 hours. I'm tired and I'm dirty. I have been from Chicago to Paris to Dallas to... Where the hell am I?
[to woman waiting; pushes woman out of the way]
Scranton ticket agent
Scranton.
Kate
I'm trying to get home to my 8-year-old son! Now you're telling me it is hopeless?
Scranton ticket agent
I'm sorry.
Kate
No, no, no, no, no! No way! This is Christmas! The season of perpetual hope! I don't care if I have to get on your runway and hitchhike. If it costs me everything I own, if I have to sell my soul to the Devil himself, I am going to get home to my son.
Scranton ticket agent
Ma'am, if there was anything at all I could do for you...
Kate
Do it. Do anything.
Scranton ticket agent
I can get you a hotel room.
Kate
What?
Gus
Can you excuse us for a sec? Can I see you for a second, please? Excuse us. You got a bit of a dilemma. We got a crisis ourselves. Allow me to introduce myself. Gus Polinski. Polka King of the Midwest? The Kenosha Kickers? No? That's okay. I thought you might have recognized I had a few hits a few years ago. That's why I just... "Polka, Polka, Polka"? "Twin Lakes Polka"? "Yamahoozie Polka" a.k.a. "Kiss Me Polka"? "Polka Twist"?
[pulls Kate aside; singing]
Kate
These are songs?
Gus
Yeah, we... Some fairly big hits for us. You know, in the early 70s. Yeah, we sold about 623 copies of that.
Kate
In Chicago?
Gus
No, Sheboygan. Very big in Sheboygan.
Kate
Did you say you could help me?
Gus
Anyway, I'm rambling on here. Our flight was canceled, so we gotta drive. See the guy in the yellow jacket over there by the Budget sign? He's gonna rent us a nice big van, and we're gonna drive to Milwaukee. I heard you had some problems getting to Chicago to see your kid or something?
Kate
Uh, my son. We left, and he's there.
Gus
Aw, geez. If you have to get to Chicago, we'll gladly drive you. It's on the way to Milwaukee.
Kate
You'd give me a ride?
Gus
Sure, we will. Why not? You've gotta get home to see your kid.
Kate
A ride to Chicago?
Gus
Sure. Why not? It's Christmastime.
Kate
Thank you. Oh, thank you.
Gus
If you don't mind going with some polka bums.
Kate
No, I'd love to.
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