Dinosaurs (TV Series)

Nuts to War: Part 1 (1992)

Stuart Pankin: Earl Sinclair

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Quotes 

• Earl Sinclair : Fran, can you bring some more pistachios in here?

  Fran Sinclair : We're all out, Earl.

  Earl Sinclair : What?

  Fran Sinclair : That was the last jar.

  Earl Sinclair : Fran, I don't ask for much from you. A clean house, three square meals a day, gardening, raising the kids, a little light plumbing, scheduled maintenance on the car. So when I ask you to keep a few pistachios on hand, I think maybe you can take a little time to get out of your bubble bath and get down to the market.

• Earl Sinclair : [Richfield picks up a large rock]  Oh my gosh, look out, a rock!

  B.P. Richfield : Not just any rock you bonehead, this is a Peacekeeper 3000. I'm not talking about poked eyes, one of these babies can bust a head wide open.

  Earl Sinclair : You sell those to the enemy? But my son is out there, he may even be killed!

  B.P. Richfield : I didn't know that, I also don't care!

• Fran Sinclair : They're throwing dirt clods?

  Roy Hess : Let 'em, our boys are gonna be throwing sticks.

  Fran Sinclair : Sticks! Somebody could put out an eye. Earl, I want you to go there and bring Robbie home.

  Earl Sinclair : Frannie, sweetheart, that's not possible.

  Fran Sinclair : Why not? Our son could be in danger!

  Earl Sinclair : Frannie, it's a military operation. No one's allowed up there, no mommies, no daddies, just soldiers.

  Charlene Sinclair : And USO girls like me.

  [Fran looks at Earl and Roy in consideration] 

• Earl Sinclair : Hey guys, it's not that I don't blindly believe everything the government's telling us, but what do you think of the news blackout all of a sudden?

  Sid : What're you saying there, Earl?

  Earl Sinclair : I'm saying after all the good news all of a sudden, they're not telling us anything.

• Charlene Sinclair : [after the war is over]  I heard that somebody got killed.

  Robbie Sinclair : Yeah, it was some new guy... but you know we could've won!

  Earl Sinclair : Robbie, what're you saying?

  Robbie Sinclair : Well, I'm saying it's terrible that guy got killed and all, but you know we had those four-leggers on the run, we could've won it.

  Earl Sinclair : A boy died, don't you see the fighting didn't solve anything?

  Fran Sinclair : Come on, Robbie, let's get you out of that uniform, you have school tomorrow.

  Robbie Sinclair : Forget school, a bunch of the guys were talking about keeping the army together if they came back, they'll set up a base at the swamp so we'll be ready for them next time. They're working on a WHOLE NEW line of weapons, yeah!

  Earl Sinclair : Stop it! You're not a soldier, you're a kid,

  [pulls Robbie into a close hug] 

  Earl Sinclair : You're gonna go to school, you're gonna take girlfriends to dances, you're gonna drive me crazy like you always have, until it's time for you to grow up.

  Robbie Sinclair : Dad?

  Earl Sinclair : It's allright son, it's over... you're home.