Dinosaurs (TV Series)

How to Pick Up Girls (1991)

Stuart Pankin: Earl Sinclair

Quotes 

• Baby Sinclair : [watching TV with Earl]  Ha ha ha ha ha! Puppets! Ha ha ha ha!

  Purple female puppet : To which Lord Bellington replied "Madam, that is not my wife, that is the arch-bishop."

  Green male puppet : Toh! That would explain his reluctance to dance with me! Yes, yes...

  Purple female puppet : That, and his dreadful taste in hats!

  [both laugh] 

  Earl Sinclair : [laughs]  Hey, hey, Frannie - you gotta see this puppet show. It's terrific!

  Baby Sinclair : Uh-huh!

  Fran Sinclair : Earl, that's for kids.

  Earl Sinclair : Yeah, you'd think that because they're puppets - so the show seems to have a children's asthetic.

  [turns to camera] 

  Earl Sinclair : Yet the dialouge is unquestionably sharp-edged, witty and thematically skewed to adults.

  Purple female puppet : Here comes our neighbor, Mr. Argyle.

  Green male puppet : Dah!

  Mr. Argyle : Ah! Good day to you, lassie and laddie! And where is that athletic son of yours?

  Purple female puppet : Well he's...

  Son : Hello, Mummy and Daddy!

  Purple female puppet : He's here.

  Son : Look who I brought home for dinner!

  [two decorated female sock puppets come in] 

  Purple female puppet : Oh! Don't you bring that pair of hos into this house!

  [they gasp] 

  Earl Sinclair : [laughs]  I'm telling you Fran, this show works on two levels!

  Fran Sinclair : [questioning and incredulous]  They look like puppets. I'm not watching.

• Earl Sinclair : [after Fran grounds Robbie]  Frannie?

  [Fran turns glaring at Earl scaring him] 

  Earl Sinclair : You know, I'm sure Robbie didn't notice, but it's, uh, kind of embarrassing when you undercut my authority like that.

  Fran Sinclair : [furiously]  Grrr...

  Earl Sinclair : You're making that noise again, sweetheart, just like the last time you were right and I was really, really wrong.

  Fran Sinclair : [louder]  GRRR!

  Earl Sinclair : I'm on the couch again tonight, aren't I, sweetheart?

  Fran Sinclair : [leaves angrily]  GRRR! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LET HIM GO OUT...

  Earl Sinclair : [quietly]  Night-night...

  [Fran continues yelling and slams the bedroom door loudly] 

  Earl Sinclair : Oh, jeez...

• Earl Sinclair : [after Robbie and Spike leaves, thinks about what Spike told him]  I see it all now - it's all so clear!

  Fran Sinclair : [comes in the kitchen]  Earl, is everything all straightened out now?

  Earl Sinclair : You bet it is! It was YOU!

  Fran Sinclair : Me?

  Earl Sinclair : You foul temptress; weaver of spells!

  Fran Sinclair : [offended]  What?

  Earl Sinclair : Don't try to cloud my mind! These boys are mere victims of the treachery of you females.

  Fran Sinclair : [furiously]  Where's Spike?

  Earl Sinclair : He's right, uh...

  [Earl turns around only to see Robbie come back in] 

  Fran Sinclair : Did you let Spike just walk out of this room?

  Earl Sinclair : [stammers]  Uh, well, I, I, I...

  Fran Sinclair : [goes even more furious]  Did you lose control of the entire situation!

  Earl Sinclair : Why lose control? I'm the mighty Megalosaurus!

  [Fran growls at him] 

  Earl Sinclair : [nervously]  Yes, dear...

  Fran Sinclair : Grr... Robbie, go to your room!

  Robbie Sinclair : But dad said I...

  Fran Sinclair : I don't care what your father said! You're grounded until further notice!

  Robbie Sinclair : Okay, okay, yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am!

  [Robbie rushes to his room] 

  Robbie Sinclair : [distantly]  Grouch!