Silver Spoons (TV Series)

Popcorn (1983)

Jason Bateman: Derek Taylor

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Quotes 

• Lisa : Don't you guys want to tell your kids someday that you played Beethoven at the Kennedy Center?

  Derek Taylor : I'm not gonna have any kids.

  Ricky Stratton : That's the first good news I've heard all day!

• Ricky Stratton : Kate, why are you so dressed up?

  Kate Summers : Oh, Edward and I are going to a fundraising dinner at the county art museum.

  Derek Taylor : Oh yeah, that's the dinner that costs $1,000 a plate.

  Freddy Lippincottleman : Hey. Why don't we sell our popcorn for $1,000 a bag? That way we only have to sell one.

  [looks at Derek and Ricky] 

  Freddy Lippincottleman : I know, I know. "Shut up, Freddy."

• Derek Taylor : I've got better things on my mind than selling popcorn. I'm in the middle of puberty.

• Derek Taylor : Lisa, I think it's time to check you into the Rubber Ramada.

• Derek Taylor : You know, the only reason I joined this wimpy orchestra is to take the trip to Washington. Hey, maybe I'll just join the debate team. They're going to Boston.

  Ricky Stratton : I guess it is true. The first ones to desert the sinking ship *are* the rats.