Memorable Quotes from Eddie Bracken
3 quotesThe Challenges of Family Road Trips
Clark
Roy... can I call you Roy? Have you even driven cross-country?
Roy Walley
Oh, hell yes. Drove the whole family to Florida. Worst two weeks I ever spent in my life. The smell from the back seat was terrible.
Clark
Ooooh. Ooooh, I know that smell. Roy, could you imagine if you had driven all the way to Florida and it was closed?
Roy Walley
Closed? Uh, they don't close Florida.
Clark
I know they don't close the state of Florida. But, you know...when we got here, to Roy Walley World...and it was closed down, Roy. If you had seen the look on my kids faces. I just went a little haywire.
Roy Walley
You went a lot haywire, if you ask me.
Clark
Well, I'm very sorry, sir. And I'm sorry to all these people. I didn't mean any harm. I just want you to ask yourself one thing. If you were....If you were me, wouldn't you do the same thing for your children?
Roy Walley
No.
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Reliability and Parental Expectations in Relationships
Norval Jones
Maybe we went for a ride after the movie and had a flat. It's old, but it's reliable.
[trying to think of an excuse for not getting Trudy home until 8 AM]
Trudy Kockenlocker
Oh, I don't think Papa goes for that one. He makes you show the patch.
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The Importance of Names in Conversation
Norval Jones
W-what was his first name?
Trudy Kockenlocker
You mean Ratzkywatzky?
Norval Jones
N-n-naturally.
Trudy Kockenlocker
Does he have to have a first name?
Norval Jones
Of course he has to have a first name. Everybody has a first name. Even dogs have first names, even if they don't have any last names.
Trudy Kockenlocker
Well, I don't know. I had an uncle named Roscoe.
Norval Jones
Roscoe, Roscoe, he eats them alive!
Trudy Kockenlocker
What?
Norval Jones
That - that's a snake eater's name.
Trudy Kockenlocker
Well, it was my uncle's name.
Norval Jones
Well, how about Hugo?
Trudy Kockenlocker
Oh, phooey!
Norval Jones
Well, how about Otis? That was...
Trudy Kockenlocker
Oh, phooey!
Norval Jones
That was my father's name.
Trudy Kockenlocker
Oh, I'm sorry.
Norval Jones
Well, it doesn't matter. You can call him Montmorency for all I care.
Trudy Kockenlocker
Oh, phooey!
Norval Jones
Well, what goes good with Ratzkywatzky?
Trudy Kockenlocker
Nothing!
Norval Jones
How about Ignatz?
Trudy Kockenlocker
Ignatz? You'd have to take a b-b-bicarbonite with that.
Norval Jones
Ignatz Ra-ra-ratzkywatzky. That - that fits alright.
Trudy Kockenlocker
Oh, phooey!
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