Other Titles • Scrooged (1988) • Die Geister, die ich rief... (1988)
Quotes from Scrooged (1988)
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Claire Phillips: Taxi. Can you get me to the IBC building in three minutes? Ghost of Christmas Past: Which floor?
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Ghost of Christmas Past: Niagra Falls Frankie Angel.
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Lew Hayward: I was a captain of industry, feared by men, adored by women. Frank Cross: ADORED? C'mon, let's be honest, Lew. You PAID for the women.
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Frank Cross: I want to see her nipples. Censor Lady: But this is a CHRISTMAS show. Frank Cross: Well, I'm sure Charles Dickens would have wanted to see her nipples. Guy who works on set: You can barely see them nipples. Frank Cross: See? And these guys are REALLY looking.
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Ghost of Christmas Past: Let's face it, Frank. Garden slugs got more out of life than you. Frank Cross: Yeah? Name one.
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Frank Cross: I never liked a girl well enough to give her 12 sharp knives.
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[Frank is confronted by the ghost of his old boss] Frank Cross: No, you are a hallucination, brought on by alcohol. Russian Vodka, poisoned by Chernobyl.
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James Cross: You know what they say about people who treat other people bad on the way up? Frank Cross: Yeah, you get to treat 'em bad on the way back down too. It's great, you get two chances to rough 'em up.
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[Props man tries to attach antlers to a mouse] Props man: I can't get the antlers glued to this little guy. We tried Crazy Glue, but it don't work. Frank Cross: Did you try staples?
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Frank Cross: The bitch hit me with a toaster.
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Ghost of Christmas Present: Sometimes you have to *slap* them in the fact just to get their attention!
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Earl Cross: All day long I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work. My legs hurt. My back aches. I'm only four. The sooner he learns life isn't handed to him on a silver platter, the better.
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Frank Cross: [to the Ghost of Christmas Present] If you touch me again, I'm gonna rip your goddamn wings off.
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Ghost of Christmas Present: [repeating the question] On the "Addams Family", what instrument did Lurch play? Frank Cross: I may be invisible but I'm NOT DEAF!
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Ghost of Christmas Present: You know I like the rough stuff, don't you Frank?
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The Ghost of Christmas Present: Oh, what is this Frank? Oh, oh, look Frank. It's a toaster. [hits him in the forehead with the toaster]
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[after watching the promo for "A Christmas Carol"] Frank Cross: Wow, does that stink. And now... I have to kill all of you.
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Frank Cross: Hey. Are you glad to see me, or is this a shotgun in your pocket?
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Frank Cross: All right, you've heard it. How's this for a deal? I hire you back, pay you twice your original salary, and offer you a vice president position. Would you like my office? Elliot: No, I don't like your office. Frank Cross: That's SO YOU! Elliot: What's the catch? Frank Cross: The catch... [sniffs] Frank Cross: ... is that you need to shower, little man. You are RIPE! Whoo!
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Frank Cross: Quick. What time is it? Elliot: Somebody stole my watch.
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Ghost of Christmas Past: Go back to Jersey, ya moron.
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Herman: Boy that Dick sure knows how to drink huh? Frank Cross: Why do you keep calling me "Dick"? Herman: I'm sorry Mr. Burton, but I guess we don't know you well enough yet, to call you Dick.
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Frank Cross: The Jews taught me this great word. "Schmuck". I was a schmuck, and now I'm not a schmuck.
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Frank Cross: I'm gonna give you a little advice Claire. Scrape 'em off. You wanna save somebody? Save yourself. Claire Phillips: Oh well that's a really nice attitude. Merry Christmas. Frank Cross: Bah humbug.
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Frank Cross: I get it, you're here to show me my past and I'm supposed to get all dully eyed and mushy. Well forget it pal, you got the wrong guy. Ghost of Christmas Past: That's exactly what Atilla the Hun said. But when he saw his mother, Niagra Falls.
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Frank Cross: Grace, put yourself down for a towel too. Grace: What about my bonus? Frank Cross: Towel or a facecloth.
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Elliot: Hello, IBC program room. Preston: This is Rhinelander. Who's the idiot that put that nut on the air? Elliot: Oh, uh, Bryce Cummings is the idiot sir but uh, he can't talk to you right now because he's sorta tied up. Uh-huh. Oh, in fact he just said that you were a flatulating butthead? Preston: A butthead? Elliot: He said he never felt that way about a man before but you really looked good in a suit.
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Frank Cross: Would you please hold the goddamn hammering, now.
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Frank Cross: You've got a program featuring America's favorite old fart. Reading a book in front of a fireplace. Now, I have to kill all of you.
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[Frank notices a picture of Santa and Mrs. Claus on the wall] Frank Cross: Grace, what in the hell is this? Grace: Oh, it's a painting, one of my kids did. See, there's Santa Claus and there's Mrs. Claus. Frank Cross: Honey, how many fingers does Mrs. Santa Claus have here? Grace: Eleven. Frank Cross: Eleven. Right. [rips it down] Frank Cross: It's crap. Lose it. I don't want it on the wall. [tosses it in the wastebasket]
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[Elliot points a shotgun right in Frank's face] Elliot: Hello wabbit. Frank Cross: Could you give me a head start? Elliot: Sure. One thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three. [he fires]
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Daughter: Mom, when are we gonna get a real Christmas tree? Grace: When they're free.
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Frank Cross: Get me Standards and Practices in here. I want to see wreaths.
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Frank Cross: Do you think I'm way off-base here? Elliot: Yes. You're, well, you're a tad off-base, sir. That thing looked like The Manson Family Christmas Special.
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Frank Cross: It's Christmas Eve. It's-it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we-we-we smile a little easier, we-w-w-we-we-we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year we are the people that we always hoped we would be.
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Frank Cross: Claire, the whole world. Whole world, Claire.
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[Ghost of Christmas Past takes Frank to 1955] Frank Cross: Where are we? Ghost of Christmas Past: Where are we? You mean, "When are we?"
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Frank Cross: [to the abstract/impressionist portrait on the wall] Mother... Help Me.
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Frank Cross: I'm alive! Yes! I'm ALIVE! Elliot: [cocks a shotgun and aims it at Frank] Not for long.
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