The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)
The Plots Thicken (1964)
Carl Benton Reid: Mr. Meehan
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Quotes
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Sam Petrie : Are you saying that my burial plot is some kind of a joke?
Mr. Meehan : What would you say to being buried in the middle of a golf course?
Sam Petrie : I'd say it was sporting!
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Mr. Meehan : [as the argument ramps up] A commitment is a commitment.
Laura Petrie : Dad...
Sam Petrie : A toast is a toast!
Rob Petrie : Dad...
Mr. Meehan : A priority is nothing?
Laura Petrie : Dad!
Sam Petrie : Priority, my foot! A son is a son.
Rob Petrie : Dad.
Sam Petrie : Shut up!
Mr. Meehan : And a daughter is a daughter.
Laura Petrie : Dad...
Mr. Meehan : Shut up!
Laura Petrie : Rob...!
Rob Petrie : Shut up.
Sam Petrie : WHO YOU TELLIN' TO SHUT UP!
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Mr. Meehan : [speaking to Rob privately in the kitchen, away from his wife and Laura] You made a reference in there about your father and me playing golf together.
Rob Petrie : Ye-yes, I did.
Mr. Meehan : And you specifically mentioned the fifteenth hole.
Rob Petrie : Yeah.
Mr. Meehan : You're obviously alluding to the matter that was discussed between your father and me.
Rob Petrie : Yeah, Dad, as a matter of fact I was.
Mr. Meehan : I'm glad you brought it up, because it gives me the opportunity right here and now to tell you that I don't wanna talk about it.
Rob Petrie : Well, I... You don't wanna talk about it?
Mr. Meehan : That's right. I don't wanna talk about it.
Rob Petrie : Well, w-why did you bring me in here?
Mr. Meehan : To tell you I don't wanna talk about it. It's too painful a subject - not for me, but I want to spare that woman in there. That poor woman.
Rob Petrie : Well, look, Dad, I didn't wanna talk about it either, but after seein' the way it's affected you two, I think we ought to talk about it.
Mr. Meehan : I don't wanna talk about it.
Rob Petrie : Well, I mean, that piece of land my dad bought...
Mr. Meehan : You're talking about it!
Rob Petrie : Well, how are we gonna settle anything if we don't talk about it?
Mr. Meehan : Rob, as far as that woman in there and I are concerned, it IS settled.
Rob Petrie : Obviously it isn't settled or we wouldn't be talkin' about it.
Mr. Meehan : We're not talking about it.
Rob Petrie : Well, what're we talkin' about?
Mr. Meehan : Something I never wanted to talk about.
Rob Petrie : What's that?
Mr. Meehan : Something that woman has felt for years.
Rob Petrie : Well, can we talk about it?
Mr. Meehan : Maybe it's time we did.
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Mr. Meehan : They're steak and we're chicken!