- Roger Ebert: [on "Return to the Blue Lagoon"] Get the bathing suit issue of "Sports Illustrated" and be done with it.
- Gene Siskel: [on "Stepping Out"] Liza Minnelli transforms a bunch of shy, clumsy misfits into a high-stepping chorus line just in time for the big, city-wide talent show.
- Roger Ebert: You're kidding! Just in time?
- Gene Siskel: Just in time!
- Gene Siskel - Host: The next picture on my list of the worst films of the year, and it has the ridiculous title, "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead". Now THERE'S a premise you really want to explain to your small children before they go off to the picture: Your babysitter could DIE at any moment!