The Miracle of Morgan's Creek - 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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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek - Reliability and Parental Expectations in Relationships
Norval Jones: [trying to think of an excuse for not getting Trudy home until 8 AM]
Maybe we went for a ride after the movie and had a flat. It's old, but it's reliable.
Trudy Kockenlocker:
Oh, I don't think Papa goes for that one. He makes you show the patch.
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National Lampoon's Vacation - The 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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