Dinosaurs (TV Series)
How to Pick Up Girls (1991)
Jessica Walter: Fran Sinclair
Quotes
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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.
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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...
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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!