Mike Quote #107
Mike: Frankie, do you have any idea how smart this kid is? He's light-years ahead of the other kids. They're idiots next to him. Tell her, Brick. Tell her how stupid they are.
Brick: They're pretty stupid.
Frankie: Mike.
Mike: Sorry, I'm excited. Did you know our boy won the school-wide spelling bee?
Frankie: Brick, that's great. Why didn't you say anything? Did they give you a certificate or something? [Mike mimics fanfare]
Brick: It was no big deal.
Mike: You hear this kid? No big deal? He beat fifth graders. He qualified for the Orson County Bee at the Elks this Saturday. And if he wins that, Midwest Regionals in Chicago next week. [Frankie gasps] And if he wins that, the Scripps Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. We got a champ here. Heck! Heck! Heck! [mimics crowd cheer]
Brick: Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna do it.
Frankie: What? Why not?
Brick: Well, it's Saturday. Saturday's my day to decompress.
Mike: Look, Brick, the overlap between things you're good at and things people give out trophies for is pretty small. You gotta do this, son. You have a gift.
The Middle Quotes
‘The Bee’ Quotes
Quote from Axl
Axl: I had the lowest of expectations, and I'm still disappointed.
Quote from Mr. Ehlert
Frankie: [v.o.] Americans have had a long love affair with their cars. Road trips, tailgating, family vacations... But these days, not so much.
Mr. Ehlert: America is treating its cars like an old wife it's sick of sleeping with because maybe she's gained a little weight or stopped taking care of herself. No offense, Frances.
Frankie: None taken?
Mr. Ehlert: America's bored with their cars, and we need a little PR to fix that. Everybody give a big hand to our new customer-relations supervisor, Frances Heck.
Frankie: Oh. [applause]
Mr. Ehlert: From now on, Frances, you're responsible for writing birthday cards to all the cars we've sold over the last 10 years.
Frankie: I'm writing birthday cards to cars?
Mr. Ehlert: You have until next week to do 5,000. Congratulations on your promotion.
Quote from Axl
Sue: I'm gonna get postcards from every fun thing we do for my birthday weekend, and Mom's gonna help me make a scrapbook.
Axl: Awesome. I'm gonna take pictures of every lame thing we do on this lame weekend, and then Mom can look to them for clues as to why I ran away.