Frankie Quote #111
Quote from Frankie in Thanksgiving
Frankie: Okay. Got the new Thanksgiving schedule. It's a little funky. We're gonna have to eat dessert on the way home. And there's one patch midday where I'm gonna have to be in two places at the same time. But I think a test drive or a long bathroom break will take care of it. So, yeah, I think I pretty much nailed it.
Brick: I don't see the corn maze on here. It's only open in the morning, then they're plowing it down.
Frankie: Brick, I'm gonna teach you a little phrase that I think will come in very handy. I call it, "Oh, well."
Axl: You know, we went to Disneyland before you were born. It was awesome.
Frankie: [v.o.] Poor Brick. He was the forgotten third child. But there was no way I could go back in to Mr. Ehlert. He was gonna have to understand that.
[cut to Frankie in Mr. Ehlert's office:]
Frankie: Now the kidney is coming on an earlier flight. I need to switch to the morning so I can drive the kidney to the hospital. It's an HMO.
Features in the collection: Thanksgiving Quotes.
The Middle Quotes
‘Thanksgiving Quotes’
Quote from Brick in Thanksgiving IV
Brick: This book is life-changing. Mom dropped me at the library to find the perfect holiday read, and out of nowhere, it just appeared to me. "The real true behind-the-scenes story of the making of Erich Segal's 1970's classic, Love Story."
Mike: Really? All the books they got in the library, and that's the one you picked?
Brick: Have you read it? It's fascinating. How did I go so long without finding this? It's a Thanksgiving gift, I tell you. A gift.
Mike: You know, the only thing that would have made that better is if strangers were here to see it.
Quote from Big Mike in Thanksgiving II
Mike: When was I supposed to know this? I only found out 'cause I went by the house to invite you to Thanksgiving.
Big Mike: Oh, no. You don't want an old man with a broken hip at your Thanksgiving.
Mike: That's true, but my wife does. Please, Dad. Please, please, please come to Thanksgiving.
Big Mike: Oh, I don't want to be a bother.
Mike: It's not a choice, Dad. The nurses say you gotta be discharged tomorrow, and they can't let you go home alone. Don't worry. We got TV and crummy food at our house, too.
Big Mike: You don't exactly roll out the red carpet, do you?
‘Thanksgiving’ Quotes
Quote from Big Mike
Mike: Anyway, Frankie is putting together a nice dinner. You should come.
Big Mike: I don't wanna be a bother.
Mike: You're not a bother, Dad.
Big Mike: Don't go making turkey on my account.
Mike: We're making it, anyway. All of America is.
Big Mike: Well, if I come, you'll just have to get another chair out of the garage. All that hassle.
Mike: Okay, Dad. We're eating at 4. Come if you want, don't if you don't.
Big Mike: That's not much of an invite, is it?
Quote from Big Mike
Frankie: [v.o.] So Mike finally went to ask his dad to Thanksgiving. Which sounds easier than it is, because Big Mike's kind of a hoarder who doesn't like to leave his house. Maybe because he's got too much pride to accept an invitation. Or maybe because there's too much crap blocking the door.
Mike: [knocks] I know you're home, Dad. Montgomery Ward went out of business 10 years ago.
Big Mike: That's good to know. [replaces the "Gone to Montgomery Ward. Back in 5." Post-It on his door with one reading "Gone to Circuit City. Back in 5 min."]
Mike: So Thanksgiving is coming up.
Big Mike: Is it, now? Oh, well, the calendar says it's today.
Mike: Yeah. Well, the calendar is 4 years old, Dad.
Quote from Mr. Ehlert
Mr. Ehlert: All right, team, bring it in. Take a knee. Sales are at an all-time low. That is why I'm switching to a 365-day schedule. Like that diner out on Route 7. They do very well.
Frankie: Wait, wait, wait. Are you saying that we're working on Thanksgiving? [scoffs] Mr. Ehlert, that is just wrong.
Mr. Ehlert: Well, so is taking the country away from a bunch of Indians, but aren't you glad we did?