The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)
See Rob Write, Write Rob Write (1965)
Mary Tyler Moore: Laura Petrie
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Quotes
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Laura Petrie : Wow, Rob, you really changed my whole story, didn't you?
Rob Petrie : No, not... not really.
Laura Petrie : Well, yeah, really. It's not at all like the one I wrote.
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Rob Petrie : You don't have to write down to kids, honey. It's about time somebody wrote up to 'em.
Laura Petrie : Yeah, except you wrote around 'em, missed 'em completely. And I don't think you utilized any of the charm of the drawings.
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Laura Petrie : Kids aren't gonna know what "morose" means.
Rob Petrie : Are you kidding? Kids'll know what that means.
Laura Petrie : No, darling. It's much too big a word.
Rob Petrie : Any kid... I'll bet you Ritchie knows what THAT means.
Laura Petrie : No, he doesn't.
Rob Petrie : Oh...
Rob Petrie : [calling outside to Ritchie] Hey, Ritchie. Come in here a minute, will ya?
Ritchie Petrie : Wait!
[Sound of toy machine gun fires outside]
Ritchie Petrie : I got ya!
Kid : Ya did not!
Rob Petrie : He did too!
[Ritchie enters with a toy machine gun]
Rob Petrie : Ritchie, answer me this: What does "morose" mean?
Ritchie Petrie : Huh?
Rob Petrie : It's a... it's a word you hear every day. Have you ever heard of the word "morose."
Ritchie Petrie : Yeah. Lots of times.
Rob Petrie : What does it mean, Ritch?
Ritchie Petrie : Some kind of flower.
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Rob Petrie : [unhappy that Laura didn't appreciate his rewrite] You don't like that one, just, uh, write one yourself.
Laura Petrie : I already did. By the way, where is my story?
Rob Petrie : Well... with the, uh, cutting, honey, and the pasting and, uh... Uh, I... Well, I had to throw it out.
Laura Petrie : Well, thanks a lot, Rob. Thanks a heck of a lot.
Rob Petrie : Where're you goin'?
Laura Petrie : I'm gonna rewrite the original story that I already wrote.
Rob Petrie : Well, I am not gonna do any more rewriting.
Laura Petrie : Oh-ho-ho, you bet you're not.
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Ollie Wheelwright : [on the phone] Tell our lawyers to cancel the contract on Dr. Dumpling.
Laura Petrie : Oh, Dr. Dumpling. Ritchie loves him.
Ollie Wheelwright : Yes, so do most of the bartenders in town.
Laura Petrie : Aw gee, what a shame. The talking furniture books of his are wonderful. So creative.
Ollie Wheelwright : Oh, he's not so creative, my dear. He merely writes what he sees.