Shag (1988)

Phoebe Cates: Carson

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• Luanne : Come back, they'll see you!

  Carson : What does it matter, Luanne? Your folks obviously know Pudge.

  Luanne : I'm going to tell my parents that Pudge went crazy and that she ran off and we didn't know what to do, so we called the police, and the police tracked her here to Myrtle Beach.

  Carson : Luanne, why don't we just go up there and say "This was our last weekend together, and we didn't feel like going to Fort Sumter and touring goddamn colonial homes. We wanted to go to the beach and meet boys and go to wild parties and dance." I mean why can't we tell them the truth?

• Carson : You want me to go all the way up there, to a Yankee school, just so I can come over every weekend and practice "free love" with you?

  Buzz : Well, not every weekend.

• Buzz : I'm Buzz Ravenal. Let's dance.

  Carson : I'm sorry, I'm engaged.

  Buzz : Well, I'm sorry you're engaged, too.

• Carson : Luanne, that was our turnoff!

  Luanne : Oh damn, guess we just have to go to Myrtle Beach!

• Buzz : This is intimate.

  Carson : Let me out.

  Buzz : What are you doin' with that guy? I'm insulted. He's completely wrong for you.

  Carson : You don't know me, you don't love me, you sure as all damn don't want to marry me, so why don't you leave me the hell alone?

  Buzz : I don't think I can.

• Carson : Y'all really think I'm doing the right thing?

  Malaina : [nonchalantly]  Yeah, sure.

  Luanne : Of course, Harley Ralston is a wonderful man from a well rounded family, and I know you're gonna be very happy.

  Malaina : And if you're not, there's always divorce.

  Luanne and Pudge : [disgusted]  Malaina!

• Luanne : I wanna lay down some rules.

  [Pudge sits on the couch] 

  Luanne : I don't want anybody sitting on the furniture.

  [Pudge gets up] 

  Luanne : If you have to sit then just sit on the floor. Also, don't anybody use the telephone.

  Malaina : Oh come on, Luanne!

  Luanne : The house is supposed to be empty, if we run up that phone bill and Daddy sees someone was here, why he'd...

  Carson : What about calling Harley?

  Luanne, Malaina and Pudge : You're not calling Harley!

• Buzz : You girls want a beer?

  Pudge : They don't sell beer.

  Carson : I have a soda.

  Buzz : Bartender, four Beevos.

• Carson : Okay everybody, How Mature Are You? The night before the prom your steady breaks his leg. Do you A, stay home with him and watch TV all night and let your new prom gown go to waste, or B, drag him to the prom broken leg and all and dance with his best friend?

  Malaina : Well what's the best friend look like?

  Luanne : Malaina! A, sit home and let your new prom gown go to waste.

  Carson : Luanne is mature, okay, question 2, you're at a party and your date offers you an alcoholic drink, do you A, politely refuse and ask for a soft drink?

  Malaina : Or B, get knee walking drunk and let him go to third base.

• Carson : I love y'all so much, and uh, y'all are going off to college and everything, and you're gonna forget me. I know I shouldn't be jealous, but I am.

  [cries] 

  Malaina : She's wrecked her face.

  Luanne : Carson, I swear, I swear on the Bible I will write you every week from college, and so will Pudge, and so will Malaina.

  Malaina : I'm not going to college.

• Carson : You are not like anybody I have ever met.

  Buzz : Well you are like every girl I've ever met. You're stuck up tight-assed and conventional.

• Carson : You're outta your mind if you think I'm goin' parkin' with you. I don't even know you.

  Buzz : I don't know you either; but, I don't consider that an impediment.

• Carson : His Daddy put him right in the front office. I guess it's kind of expected by his family. I mean, Ralston, you naturally think of tobacco. He's already got some ideas about improving filter tips. What about you? What are your plans?

  Buzz : I figure I'll bum around Italy or somewheres. Look at statues and pick up women.

  Carson : That's a lofty aspiration.

  Buzz : Well, it's a damn sight better than manufacturing cigarettes for your Daddy.

  Carson : Al least, Harley is doin' somethin' with his life.

  Buzz : Harley is trained seal.

• Buzz : Bevo?

  Carson : I don't drink in the middle of the day.

  Buzz : Well, you sure have a lot of rules for yourself, don't you, Carson.

  Carson : Would you kindly put your shirt back on?

  Buzz : No.

• Luanne : [to Carson]  What happened to you?

  Pudge : Did you go all the way?

  Malaina : Oh, my God.

  Luanne : Oh, are you sure? You poor thing, put your feet up, okay.

  Pudge : What did it feel like?

  Luanne : Don't ask her that!

  Malaina : Wait. Did it hurt?

  Luanne : Malaina! You must really love him.

  Carson : I hate him to death.

• Carson : Buzz, I can't go around sleepin' with every boy that likes me.

• Carson : Y'all, I'm wild. I guess I've been wild all along, I just didn't know it 'til now.

  Pudge : Way out.

• Carson : Maybe I don't believe in practicin' free love. Who does?

  Buzz : I do.

• Carson : Are you going to behave?

  Buzz : I'm sorry. I'm sorry! I'm sorry. I won't touch you again.