Valerie (TV Series)
Oedipus Wrecks (1987)
Valerie Harper: Valerie Hogan
Quotes
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Valerie Hogan : Did you say tapioca?
Mrs. Patty Poole : Ooh - yes! With a capital T; that rhymes with P - and that stands for Poole!
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Valerie Hogan : [to David] You drove your father's Gusmeroli? You demolished your father's Gusmeroli?
Valerie Hogan : [to doctor] Did you X-ray his head?
Dr. Ervin : Yes - there wasn't a trace of a concussion.
Valerie Hogan : Was there a trace of a brain?
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Valerie Hogan : Here's what happened, Mike. He took the car out for a short ride...
Michael Hogan : He *what*?
David Hogan : Yeah. And I was in an accident.
Michael Hogan : An accident?
Valerie Hogan : Yes. A bad accident. And although he's fine, the car was totalled.
Michael Hogan : Totalled? How totalled?
Valerie Hogan : Totally totalled.
Michael Hogan : Totally totalled?
Valerie Hogan : Wrecked, Mike. Bashed. Gone. Pfft. The car is no more.
David Hogan : [suddenly hugging him with Valerie in between them] I'm sorry, Dad!
Michael Hogan : Oh, wait a minute. OK - ha ha ha; bad joke, guys.
Valerie Hogan : Oh, no - we're not joking. We're not, honey; would that it *were* a joke. We have pictures here that we took for the insurance company.
Michael Hogan : [he looks at the photos she hands him] What is this?
David Hogan : It's your car.
Michael Hogan : This? *This*? This is not my car. No, how can this be my car?
Valerie Hogan : Well, if you sort of put the pictures together like that, then you can see that it, uh - it's, uh...
Michael Hogan : [with grief in his voice] My car!
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Valerie Hogan : [checking Willie's temperature] And you are... 98.6!
Willie Hogan : That's normal?
Valerie Hogan : Yes. Tomorrow, back to school.
Mark Hogan : It will be so good to take a test again.
Willie Hogan : That's not normal. Come on - let's go.
Mark Hogan : Good idea. We'd rather not be here when David tells Dad about the car. I'd hate to see him cry.
Valerie Hogan : Yeah - well, yeah; it won't be easy for David.
Mark Hogan : I was talking about Dad.
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Valerie Hogan : Because I love you, I'm telling you to go to bed. Quickly.