Michael Quote #358
Quote from Michael in Flight of the Phoenix
Barry: Well, I missed the hearing.
Narrator: ...and then passed.
Barry: Oh, it just snuck up on me, and then they called, and they wanted me there at eight bells. I thought that was their 5:00 p.m. By the time I got back, the courtroom was reverted back to the crab restaurant.
Michael: "Eight bells" refers to a watch length. It's maritime law.
Narrator: Yes, Michael returned after all. One bell is struck after 30 minutes...
Narrator: It seems Michael had been interested in maritime law since playing a lawyer in an original school play titled The Trial of Captain Hook.
[flashback:]
Young Michael: [sings] You're a crook, Captain Hook...
Narrator: Prior to this, his only dream had been to possess the power of flight. But that one turned out to be not as much fun as he thought.
Young Buster: Watch out for the seal! Loose seal! Loose seal!
Young Lucille: I'm watching!
[present:]
Michael: That's why, at sea, a watch with no incidents is described as "eight bells and all is well."
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Lucille: So the family got a little stimmy. Don't make a federal case out of it.
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Narrator: [gravelly] It was May- [clears throat] It was May 4th, and in the bayside town of Newport Beach, the annual celebration known as Cinco de Cuatro was underway. The holiday started as a particularly vicious response by a young Lucille Bluth to the Mexican holiday...
[flashback:]
Young Lucille: This still isn't made?
Narrator: ...of Cinco de Mayo.
Young George Sr.: No, no, it's not.
Young Lucille: Rosa, why is this still a mess?
Young George Sr.: She said it's Cinco de Mayo. She's taking the day off.
Young Lucille: She said that?
Young George Sr.: Yeah.
Young Lucille: She called it Cinco de Mayo?
Young George Sr.: She did, yeah.
Young Lucille: Oh, why can't they just call it May 5th? This is what I was talking about. It's all part of the Mexican war on May 5th.
Young George Sr.: War on May 5th, I know, yeah.
Young Lucille: It is.
Narrator: But even a skeptical George Sr. soon found himself feeling similarly embattled.
Young George Sr.: Where the [bleep] are my socks?
Quote from Narrator
[flashback:]
Young Lucille: We should start our own holiday.
Narrator: You see, the Hispanics of Newport liked Cinco a lot, but high up on Coast Highway, Lucille Bluth did not.
Young George Sr.: Doesn't look like they'll be done any time soon.
Narrator: And then Lucille had a horrible thought, a thought that was thoughtless and better to not. "What if," she thought with a sneering grin...
Young Lucille: Next year, what if the party didn't even begin?