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Dickmalion

‘Dickmalion’

Season 2, Episode 20 -  Aired April 13, 1997

Dick is introduced to the elites of Rutherford as Mary tries to climb the social ladder and impress some country club folk. Meanwhile, Tommy falls in with a bad crowd at school.

Quote from Harry

Harry: Oh, that's gotta hurt.
Sally: This is an incredible sport. These guys must be the best athletes on earth!
Harry: Well, they don't call it professional wrestling for nothing.

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Quote from Sally

Dick: Do you think we live on the wrong side of the tracks?
Tommy: What are you talking about? The tracks are right over there.
Sally: Yeah, if we lived on the other side of them, we'd have to wait for the train to pass every time we went to the liquor store.

Quote from Nina

Mary: I've got so much to do. I hope I haven't left anything out.
Nina: Well, let's see. You've kissed butt, sucked up, fawned over and stroked them. A little wine and cheese and it's party time.

Quote from Dick

Dick: What is wrong with her?
Nina: She' climbing the social ladder.
Dick: The what? I'm sorry, Nina, I don't understand Ebonics.
Nina: No, you know, you try to fit in with a group of people by pretending you're just like them. You talk like them, you act like them until they think you're one of them. You know what that's like.
Dick: No! No, I don't! And neither does Tommy, Sally and Harry! No, we're not social climbers! We're humans!

Quote from Dick

Mr. St. Clair: I'll have a glass of merlot.
Dick: And I'll have a nice Hawaiian punch.
Mr. St. Clair: Don't believe we've met. Edgar St. Clair.
Dick: Don't believe we've met Edgar Allen Poe. But, um but I'm Dick Solomon.
Mr. St. Clair: And what do you do, Mr. Solomon?
Dick: I'm in... [refined accent] physics, Mr. St. Clair.
Mr. St. Clair: Physics, eh? You know, I always thought if I hadn't gone into business, I'd have done something in physics.
Dick: Yes, and if you had wheels, you'd be a bus. [chortles]
Mr. St. Clair: Actually, I own several bus lines.
Dick: Really? Then all you need is the chassis. [both chortle]

Quote from Harry

Sally: Singapore Sal, the iron maiden, circles her prey.
Harry: Her opponent, Handsome Harry, circles nervously, hoping to avoid yet another serious injury.

Quote from Dick

Mary: Dick, this is so exciting. The St. Clairs want to invite us to their club tomorrow night.
Dick: Tomorrow? I can't!
Mary: Well, why not?
Dick: Well, for openers, tomorrow is spaghetti and waffle night and the whole family is going mad with anticipation.
Mary: Can't you cancel?
Dick: And break their little hearts? No, Sally's already made the pesto syrup.

Quote from Sally

Sally: So you're saying that when a 300-pound soprano and a 250-pound tenor dress in funny costumes and take 15 minutes to die, that's art. But when the Grave Digger takes on the Caped Canadian, that's trash? I'm sorry, I don't get it.
Man: Well, my point is the cultural "histoire".
Sally: Oh, yeah, yeah, talk is cheap. Let's go outside and settle this thing.

Quote from Dick

Dick: [refined accent] Why do you call it "bacon"? You don't "bake" it, you fry it. Why the devil can't they call it "frycon"? Am I right, Eggie?
Mr. St. Clair: You know, I think he's on to something.

Quote from Dick

Dick: Surprise!
Mary: Oh, my God!
Dick: Now you have a TV on the ground floor.
Mary: That's the biggest TV I've ever seen. How did you afford this?
Dick: Well, I sold your grandmother's antique end tables.
Mary: What?
Dick: Actually, that only covered the down payment. You have 12 more monthly payments of $265.00. [turns TV on] Gunsmoke!

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