Wings (TV Series)
The Story of Joe (1990)
Steven Weber: Brian Michael Hackett
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Quotes
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[Norm and Cliff from Boston, are taking a flight to Nantucket to go fishing. Brian is preparing for take-off]
Norm Peterson : I can't wait to get out on the water. Do you know how the fishing is over on Nantucket?
Brian Michael Hackett : Oh, yeah, I hear they're biting like pitbulls at a mailman convention.
Norm Peterson , Brian Michael Hackett : Hahahaha!
Cliff Clavin : [scowling at Brian] That's supposed to be funny?
Brian Michael Hackett : I guess not.
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[Cliff, sitting in the co-pilot's seat, starts tapping on the covers of the plane's console's indicators]
Brian Michael Hackett : Don't do that.
Cliff Clavin : Ah, your altimeter is stuck at zero there.
Brian Michael Hackett : We're on the ground.
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Cliff Clavin : I'm about ready to take off, there. How about you, Sky King?
Brian Michael Hackett : Just one more pre-flight adjustment to make.
Cliff Clavin : What's that?
Brian Michael Hackett : Would you two guys mind switching seats?
Cliff Clavin : Ah, I get it. Weight distribution of payload. Right you are.
[Gets up to change seats with Norm, all the while muttering]
Norm Peterson : Is this for safety reasons?
Brian Michael Hackett : Oh, yeah. If he'd stayed up here, I'd've killed him.
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Norm Peterson : So, um, what time's the cocktail service start?
Brian Michael Hackett : We don't have cocktail service.
Norm Peterson : You do now.
[grabs a can of beer out of his pocket and pulls the tab]
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Brian Michael Hackett : [about Cliff] Hey, does he talk to people like that all the time?
Norm Peterson : Oh, he doesn't need people.
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Joe Montgomery Hackett : [Reading from Ted's notes] "Joe Hackett, best pilot I've ever known... Cool in a crisis... Taught me everything I know... Once turned down an offer to sing with the Doodletown Pipers?" They never made me a job offer...
Brian Michael Hackett : Yes, but I like to think that if they had, you would have had the good taste to turn them down.