Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) Poster

P.J. Soles: Riff Randell

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  • Riff : Yeah, well, this is is Rock & Roll High School.

    Joey Ramone : Rock & Roll High School?

  • Kate : Look at your math book; it looks brand new. Bet you've never even opened it.

    Riff : I only use it on special equations

  • Riff : On behalf of the students from Vince Lombardi High who are here tonight, I'd just like to say one thing: Screw you, Principal Togar, we made it to the concert anyway!

  • Kate : She's my friend.

    Miss Togar : A friend that will lead you down the road to expulsion.

    Riff : [air guitar]  I'm a teenage lobotomy.

  • Riff : [Togar has cut the wire on her broadcast equipment]  Hey, Kate, I'm getting some static.

    Kate : Not as much as you're going to get.

  • Riff : I'm Riff Randell, rock-and-roller.

  • Miss Evelyn Togar : Just what do you have to say for yourself - young lady?

    Riff Randell : I've seen the errors of my ways. I'd just like to say to all students everywhere. That you may think the school is yours for awhile. But, it's always run by the Principal and her administration. Vince Lombardi High is - is your school Miss Togar. So you can have it.

    Miss Evelyn Togar : Well, I'm very happy to see that you've come to your senses. And what would you have done with the school anyway?

    Riff Randell : Rock the roof off it. Hit it, Marky!

    Joey Ramone : [singing]  Rock, rock, rock, rock, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Well I don't care about history, Rock, rock, Rock 'n' Roll High School, 'Cause that's not where I wanna be, Rock, rock, Rock 'n' Roll High School, I just wanna have some kicks, I just wanna get some chicks, Rock, rock, rock, rock, Rock 'n' Roll High School...

    [BOOM! The school blows up] 

  • [the Ramones pull up to the high school, where Principal Togar is burning rock and roll albums, and get out of their car] 

    Riff : Hey, come on, you guys, follow me into the school! Come on!

    Mr. McGree : I regret that I have only one life to give for rock and roll!

    Riff : Come on, go with us, Mr. McGree. Come on.

  • Miss Togar : And just what do you have to say for yourself, young lady?

    Riff : I've seen the errors of my ways. I'd just like to say to all students everywhere that you may think the school is yours for a while, but it's always run by the principal and her administration.

    Miss Togar : [to the police and parents]  Oh, that's nice.

    Riff : Vince Lombardi High is your school, Miss Togar. So you can have it.

    Miss Togar : [gloating]  Well, I'm very happy to see that you've come to your senses. And what would you have done with the school, anyway?

    Riff : Rock the roof off it. Hit it, Marky!

    [the Ramones burst into playing "Rock and Roll High School"] 

  • Riff : [classy]  Come on, sexy.

  • Riff Randell : Hot equals Joey Ramone.

  • Miss Evelyn Togar : You have managed to upset the entire school with this god forsaken noise.

    Riff Randell : Noise? That's the Ramones best album. Number one with a bullet.

  • Riff Randell : Hi Everybody. I'm Riff Randell and *this* is "Rock 'n' Roll High School"!

  • Riff Randell : I've written a song for the Ramones. Wait till he hears this.

    [singing] 

    Riff Randell : Rock, Rock, Rock, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Well I don't care about history,

    Riff Randell , Girls in Gym Class : Rock, rock, Rock 'n' Roll High School

    Riff Randell : 'Cause that's not where I wanna be

    Riff Randell , Girls in Gym Class : Rock, rock, Rock 'n' Roll High School

    Riff Randell : I just wanna have some kicks...

  • Riff Randell : She doesn't even know the Beatles broke up.

  • Kate Rambeau : Do you think Tom Roberts is cute?

    Cheryl : Yeah. But, he's such a dork.

    Kate Rambeau : No he's not! I think he's a fox.

    Riff Randell : A fox? Tom Roberts is so boring his brother is an only child. He's not half as hot as Joey Ramone.

    Kate Rambeau : Who's Joey Ramone?

    Riff Randell : Where have you been? Mars?

  • Riff Randell : Come on, let's go get dressed.

    Kate Rambeau : But, I am dressed?

    Riff Randell : Yeah, but not for the Ramones! I got clothes that'll make you fit right in. Come on, sexy.

  • Riff Randell : Hey, did you realize they're all really brothers? Imagine being the only sister in the Ramones family.

  • Kate Rambeau : You know how hot I am for him.

    Riff Randell : Hot?

    Kate Rambeau : Yeah, hot!

    Riff Randell : Hot? Whoa, hot! Off the lips of Kate.

  • Kate Rambeau : [walking into the Ramones concert]  Ow! He just pinched me.

    Riff Randell : Did it feel good?

  • Riff Randell : I like Joey Ramone 'cause he's tall and handsome. He looks like a poem to me.

    Kate Rambeau : A poem?

  • Riff Randell : Quick! Where's a phone? Where is a phone? We gotta get to a phone!

  • Riff Randell : What do you think of my school guys?

    Marky Ramone : Boy, when you have recess, you really go all out.

    Riff Randell : Consider yourself officially enrolled in Rock 'n' Roll High School. The facility are yours. Do whatever you want.

    Joey Ramone : [singing]  Do you want to dance and hold my hand? Tell me baby I'm your lover man, Oh baby, do you want to dance? Well do you want to dance under the moonlight? Squeeze me baby all through the night, Oh baby, do you want to dance? Do you do you do you do you want to dance...

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