Axl Quote #12
Quote from Axl in The Block Party
Frankie: [v.o.] Here in the Midwest, fall is the best time of year. Corn mazes, football booster club, and in our neighborhood, the Birchwood Avenue Block Party. If you live between 321 and 452 Birchwood Avenue, you're more than welcome. But if you don't, well, you're out of luck. But the most exciting thing about the block party is the Birchwood 500. Three nail-biting laps around the block on your riding mower. The whole neighborhood looks forward to it. Especially the kids.
Axl: Lawn-mower races are lame.
Frankie: [v.o.] Well, most of them anyway.
Frankie: Axl's in that phase right now where everyone and everything is lame.
[flashbacks:]
Axl: Birthdays are lame. [blows out candle]
Axl: TV is lame. [turns off TV]
Axl: Food is lame. [drops burger]
The Middle Quotes
‘The Block Party’ Quotes
Quote from Brick
Mike: I wasn't sure I was going to get the whole thing back together, and then Brick here came in and just... Brick, tell them the first line on page 26.
Brick: To adjust levers, stop engine and disconnect the nut from the shifter yoke. [whispers] Shifter yoke.
Mike: [chuckles] How about that, huh?
Spencer: What's the last line on page 50?
Brick: Attach the cotter pin and brake spring to the locknut before installing it in the brake lever assembly.
Frankie: [v.o.] I couldn't believe it. Brick was actually having a conversation with the Harrison boy, and dare I say it, making a friend.
Spencer: What's on page...?
Brick: Okay, I'm done talking to you now. [walks away]
Frankie: [v.o.] Baby steps.
Quote from Mike
Frankie: I think what my husband and I are wondering is why? Why does he have a hard time making friends?
Mrs. Tompkins: Oh. Who can say why anyone does anything?
Mike: You're supposed to for 500 bucks.
Frankie: Mike, let her finish.
Mrs. Tompkins: Oh, I'm done.
Mike: Let me tell you something. Brick is the happiest kid I know. Sure, he whispers to himself. Sure, he showers sitting down. [Mrs. Tompkins clicks her pen] Maybe he licked the car once or twice. Hey, don't write that down.
Quote from Mike
Mrs. Tompkins: Brick's teachers referred him for Waterman-Ginsberg testing because they observed that, although very bright, your son struggles socially. In layman's terms, he has a hard time making friends.
Mike: We needed some $500 test to tell us? I could've told you that for free.
Frankie: Mike, let her finish.
Mrs. Tompkins: Thank you. The test revealed that Brick is slightly challenged in his ability to establish appropriate peer connections.
Frankie: I see.
Mike: He has a hard time making friends.
Mrs. Tompkins: Exactly. So there you have it. [Mike sighs]