Dinosaurs (TV Series)
Charlene's Tale (1991)
Stuart Pankin: Earl Sinclair
Quotes
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Earl Sinclair : [happily] Good morning, my family who loves me!
Baby Sinclair : [pointing] Not the Mama!
Earl Sinclair : All right, that ends right now! I have had it up to here with this "Not the Mama". I am not "Not the Mama", I'm your daddy. And you only get one, buster, and that is what you're gonna call me. Daddy. Now say "Daddy".
[Baby refuses]
Earl Sinclair : Say "Daddy"!
[Baby still refuses]
Earl Sinclair : Okay. All right, all right, say "da".
Baby Sinclair : Da.
Earl Sinclair : Say "dee".
Baby Sinclair : Dee.
Earl Sinclair : Da.
Baby Sinclair : Da.
Earl Sinclair : Dee.
Baby Sinclair : Dee.
Earl Sinclair : Daddy!
Baby Sinclair : Daddy!
Earl Sinclair : Frannie!
Baby Sinclair : Daddy!
Earl Sinclair : [chuckles] Fran!
Baby Sinclair : Daddy!
Earl Sinclair : He loves me, listen to him!
Baby Sinclair : [sings] Daddy, Daddy!
[sings]
Baby Sinclair : Daddy, Da-daddy, D-Daddy, Daddy, Daddy. Not the Mama!
[Earl glares at Baby]
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[Charlene comes home feeling sad]
Earl Sinclair : You are not going on any more dates!
Charlene Sinclair : [sadly] Well that's fine with me.
Earl Sinclair : Then we're in complete agreement.
Charlene Sinclair : Yes, we are.
Earl Sinclair : Why?
Charlene Sinclair : [voice breaking] Well, because it was the most humiliating experience of my life.
Earl Sinclair : [worried anger] What did he do to you?
Charlene Sinclair : He dumped me.
Earl Sinclair : [whispers to Fran] Is that what the kids are calling it now, Fran?
Charlene Sinclair : He met a girl with a tail that was bigger than mine and he went off with her. I walked all the way home.
[Earl frowns in pity]
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[Charlene's tail has finally grown in]
Robbie Sinclair : [laughs in disbelief] What did you do, buy the variety pack?
Charlene Sinclair : [as Robbie touches her tail] You're wasting your time, Moron-a-saurus. It's real!
Earl Sinclair : [aghast] 'Real'!
Robbie Sinclair : [in disgust] What! Oh, no, man! Ugh, I touched my sister's tail!
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Earl Sinclair : [loses it, about Charlene's new tail] She's a tomato!
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[Earl is consoling Charlene after her date dumps her]
Earl Sinclair : How'd I do, Fran?
Fran Sinclair : Well... "not the mama", but you'll do in a pinch.