Sports Night (TV Series)

Dear Louise (1998)

Peter Krause: Casey McCall

Quotes 

• Casey McCall : If you've had half as much fun watching the show as we've had doing it, well, then we've had twice as much fun doing the show as you've had watching it.

• Dan Rydell : Come out with me.

  Casey McCall : Where?

  Dan Rydell : El Perro Fumando.

  Casey McCall : "The Smoking Dog"?

  Dan Rydell : Yes.

  Casey McCall : Why?

  Dan Rydell : If you wear something blue, you get $2 off a giant blue margarita.

  Casey McCall : You know, I make a pretty good living. I can actually afford to wear what I want and pay full price.

  Dan Rydell : I'm not promoting the economic upside as much as I am the opportunity to drink something giant and blue.

• Natalie Hurley : On page 66, halfway down in the NFL injury report, it says "Collins is expected to miss practice this week, the result of a bulging disk."

  Dan Rydell : Yeah?

  Natalie Hurley : There's a typo on the TelePrompter. They left out the 's.'

  Casey McCall : Collins is expected to be sidelined a week to 10 days with a bulging di-Uh Oh.

  Dan Rydell : Whoa. That's a big 10-4.

  Casey McCall : My next line in the script was "Let's go to the videotape."

  Natalie Hurley : We might have gotten some phone calls.

• [to assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern district Gordon Gage B.A., M.A., J.D. - aka Dana's boyfriend] 

  Casey McCall : You know... it really wasn't my intention to discuss any Dana-related matters. No, I was just reading this "New York Times" piece on the forensic evidence, the ballistics match, the eyewitnesses, and the 78 hours worth of wiretaps, a portion of which included the defendant saying, "I killed him. I killed him. I killed him dead"... and was wondering what the heck a fella has to do to get thrown in jail on your watch.

• Casey McCall : Kim said there was an emergency.

  Dan Rydell : It *is* an emergency.

  Casey McCall : Is it your mom?

  Dan Rydell : What's wrong with my mom?

  Casey McCall : I'm askin'.

  Dan Rydell : It's not my mom.

  Casey McCall : Well, what is it?

  Dan Rydell : Why did you say it was my mom?

  Casey McCall : I didn't say it was your mom.

  Dan Rydell : Yeah, but you jumped to that right away, which makes me think there's something wrong with my mom. Casey, what's wrong with my mom?

• Casey McCall : Hey, look who's here.

  Gordon : Hey Casey.

  Casey McCall : Hey Gordon. Look, Dana told me you were a little down about the verdict in your trial, so I just wanted you to know I'm not gonna do any jokes. I'm not gonna give you a hard time.

  Gordon : I appreciate it.

  Casey McCall : So, this party at Gracie Mansion, must be going pretty late.

  Gordon : Yeah, we'll catch the tail end of it.

  Casey McCall : Do you think the Mayor's gonna chew you out for so spectacularly blundering the case?

  Gordon : I don't actually work for the Mayor. I work for the US Department of Justice.

  Casey McCall : And a hell of a year you guys have been having.

  Gordon : You know Casey, I really won't deny this hasn't been my finest hour. But there's really nothing you can say that's gonna rattle me. I'm just happy to be here, happy to be talking to you, happy to be having sex with Dana every night.

  Casey McCall : You know, it really wasn't my intention to discuss any Dana related matters, no. I was just reading this New York Times Piece on the forensic evidence, the ballistics match, the eyewitnesses, and the seventy eight hours worth of wiretaps, a portion of which included the defendant saying, "I killed him. I killed him. I killed him dead." And was wondering what the heck a fella has to do to get thrown in jail on your watch.

  Gordon : Well, about I run you through an IRS audit and we find out?

  Casey McCall : You got nothing on me, counselor. I live my life clean as my mother's kitchen floor.

  Gordon : Is that your name up on a Monday Night Football office pool?

  Casey McCall : Yeah.

  Gordon : Are you familiar with Federal Section Code 4 of the Rico Act?

  Casey McCall : No.

  Gordon : Then before I decide to subpoena your whole family, why don't you go write your television show and leave the smarty-boy remarks to those of us with postgraduate degrees?

  Casey McCall : Ok.