Memorable Quotes from Keith Coogan
7 quotesThermostat Tensions Between Siblings
Sue Ellen
Did you turn the air conditioner on?
Kenny
Yeah, well I was hot.
Sue Ellen
Look I'm stuck with the bills, I would like to keep that thermostat at seventy-six, okay?
Kenny
Wow, you take these things so personally.
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Misunderstandings About a Babysitter's Condition
Zach
We told you to talk to her. We didn't want you to send her to the glue factory.
Sue Ellen
I didn't kill her, Zach. She died in her sleep.
Melissa
Probably choked on her whistle.
Walter
She doesn't look dead.
Zach
That's cause it just happened. So, you can't really tell, like on ].
[[w: MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]
Kenny
Um... what should we do with her body?
Sue Ellen
Call an ambulance, call the cops, I don't know. Well, I mean they're gonna come and get her and they're gonna ask us a lotta questions...
Kenny
They'll probably blame us.
Sue Ellen
They'll definitely call Mom.
Melissa
SHE'LL blame us.
Kenny
Yeah, she'll hop the next flight home and then she'll be in our faces.
Sue Ellen
I don't want Mom to come home.
Zach
I don't either.
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Miscommunication Among Siblings About the Kids
Sue Ellen
Where are the kids?
[asking about her brothers and sister]
Kenny
Zach's at Cynthia's, Melissa's upstairs, and Walter's asleep. ] into the oven and shuts the door]
[Throws the can of [[w:Reckitt|Easy-Off]
Sue Ellen
What's wrong with you?
Kenny
Nothing is wrong with me.
[pulls the gloves off and throws them on the counter]
Sue Ellen
Did you burn something?
[opens the fridge and takes out a can of [[w:Diet Coke|Diet Coke]
Kenny
Yeah, well, maybe if you'd called and told me you were gonna be, like... three-and-a-half hours late, I could've planned my dinner better.
[annoyed]
Sue Ellen
I had to work late, OK?
Kenny
You still shoulda called. I sat and I waited. I went ahead and I fed the kids. I worked all day on that casserole.
Sue Ellen
Sorry.
Kenny
You haven't even said how nice the house looks. You're off at the office all day doing interesting office things. I'm stuck here. Cooking and cleaning and mowing, helping Melissa with her fastball, being a role model for Zach, spending quality time with Walter, doin your party shit! You've got the car and you don't even take me anywhere anymore. And when was the last time we went out to dinner together, huh? Y'know what? I'm sick and tired of not bein appreciated.
Sue Ellen
I appreciate you.
Kenny
Eat shit!
[storms into the living room and starts whisking the couch]
Sue Ellen
I don't believe this! I get to get up at 5:30 every morning so I can beat rush hour traffic and go sit behind a desk for eight hours and miss ] every day on my summer vacation. And then, I get to drive home in gridlock in a VOLVO with no air conditioning just so I can take care of you guys and put food on the damn table! It's a rat race and it sucks, Kenny. So what do you want, a medal?... Oh come on, you don't have to do all this. I mean, I never asked you to whisk the couch.
[[w:The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah Winfrey]
Kenny
Well, it needed it.
[stopping, wistfully]
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A Farewell to Mom's Extended Absence
Friend
Isn't your mom like leaving for months?
Kenny
Oh, you're right. BYE MOM, HAVE A BLAST!
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Measuring for Uncertainty in New Experiences
Kenny
Sure she's gonna fit?
Sue Ellen
How should I know? I've never done this before.
Kenny
Well, neither have I.
Zach
I think we should measure her first.
Melissa
Let's hack off her head!
Walter
Yeah!
[in agreement with Melissa]
Sue Ellen
Uh, alright, go get that, uh, metal tape measure thing out of the garage.
Kenny
Would you stop ordering us around, you're not the babysitter.
Sue Ellen
That's right Kenny, the babysitter is dead. Now just do it.
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A Witty Exchange on Intelligence
Sue Ellen
Kenny, why don't you save your last three brain cells, you might need them.
Kenny
I won't!
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Summer Struggles and Unconventional Solutions
Kenny
This place is a crock. We're never gonna make it through the summer. Man, I'm gonna hole up at Lizard's.
Sue Ellen
Oh, that's real brotherly of you, Kenny. Always taking the easy way out. Don't you have any pride?
Kenny
No.
Melissa
I got an idea. When our food runs out, we can eat Elvis.
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