- [Dan is told to "apologize" on the air for belonging to an organization that supports the legalization of marijuana]
- Dan Rydell: You think I should apologize?
- Isaac: No. But you're going to anyway.
- Dan Rydell: Why?
- Isaac: Because this is television and this is how it's done.
- Dan Rydell: Yeah, well, sitting in the back of the bus was how it was done until a forty-two year old lady moved up front. I'm not very impressed with how things are done, Isaac.
- Isaac: Be that as it may. We'll do it tonight. That's all, we're done.
- Gilbert: You know, you might...
- Isaac: We're done, Stanley.
- Dan Rydell: Well that was a lot of fun huh?
- Isaac: Yeah. Take thirty seconds before the second commercial break, then get us right back into the show.
- Dan Rydell: You know, I don't have any idea what I'm gonna say.
- Isaac: You'll think of something.
- Dan Rydell: I don't know what I'm supposed to say.
- Isaac: Apologize.
- Dan Rydell: To who?
- Isaac: Who cares?
- [pauses]
- Isaac: Danny?
- Dan Rydell: Yeah?
- Isaac: You know I love you, don't you?
- Dan Rydell: Yeah.
- Isaac: And because I love you I can say this: no rich young white guy has ever gotten anywhere with me comparing himself to Rosa Parks. Got it?
- Dan Rydell: Yes sir.
- Isaac: Good.
- Chase: Our sponsors expect us to project an image of good health and clean living.
- Dan Rydell: I'll think about that the next time I'm reporting on how the Miller Genuine Draft car did in the Winston Cup.
- Casey McCall: No, I think you're just making them mad.
- [he sees Isaac standing behind Dan]
- Casey McCall: I think Isaac, specifically, is mad.
- Dan Rydell: No, Isaac's on my team, Isaac understands me. Isaac has a highly developed sense of right and wrong and he is hip to my battle plan.
- Casey McCall: Danny, he's standing right behind you.
- Dan Rydell: [Dan jumps up quickly and turns to face Isaac] How ya doin'. Casey and I were just talking about your highly developed sense of right and wrong and I was saying that I -
- Isaac: Go sit your sorry ass down in that meeting!
- Dan Rydell: On my way, sir
- [runs out of the office]
- Dan Rydell: I have a younger brother named Sam. Sam's a genius. I mean, literally. As a kid, he tested off the charts. The first computer I ever had, he built from a kit he bought with money he earned tutoring other kids in math. He's energetic and articulate, curious and funny. A great source of pride to our parents. And there's no doubt that he'd be living a great life right now, except for that he's dead. Because when you're fourteen years old, all you ever really wanna be when you grow up is your sixteen-year-old brother. And in my case, that meant smoking a lot of dope. The day I went off to college was the day that Sam got his driver's license. And he celebrated by taking a drive with some of his friends. Drunk and high as a paper kite. He never saw the red light that he ran. And he probably never saw the eighteen-wheel truck that put him into the side of a brick bank, either.
- [long pause]
- Dan Rydell: That was eleven years ago tonight. And I just wanted to say... I'm sorry, Sam. You deserved better in my hands. And I apologize.
- Casey McCall: Hey Isaac?
- Isaac: What?
- Casey McCall: You think I'm cool, don't you?
- Isaac: Do I look like I'm in the mood to do this with you now?
- Casey McCall: No.
- Isaac: Well then let's assume that I'm not.
- Dan Rydell: Now, if I'm nervous about anything, it's that I think I have a stalker.
- Natalie Hurley: A stalker?
- Dan Rydell: Mm-hmm.
- Natalie Hurley: Who?
- Dan Rydell: One of the "CSC Morning" aerobics women.
- Natalie Hurley: Sandy?
- Dan Rydell: Is her name Sandy?
- Natalie Hurley: Randy?
- Dan Rydell: Mandy.
- Natalie Hurley: Mandy.
- Dan Rydell: Madeline.
- Casey McCall: Natalie!
- Dana Whitaker: There's a lawyer over here with a guy from Standards & Practices.
- Casey McCall: We have standards and practices?
- Dana Whitaker: It's a whole wing of the ...
- Casey McCall: No, I mean, we have actual standards and practices?
- Casey McCall: Can I just say one more thing about the Starland Vocal Band?
- Dan Rydell: Sure.
- Casey McCall: 1978, they win the Grammy for Best New Artist. You know who they beat? Elvis Costello. Now is it your belief that Elvis Costello isn't cool?
- Dan Rydell: No, it's my belief that the Grammy voters aren't cool.
- Casey McCall: Now they tell me.
- Casey McCall: Okay, this section here where the batter taps dirt off his shoe and spits four times...
- Jeremy Goodwin: We can't cut that!
- Casey McCall: Jeremy.
- Jeremy Goodwin: No, the storm clouds are gathering.
- Casey McCall: [sighs] Alright, just outta curiosity, what voiceover would you have me write for this moment?
- Jeremy Goodwin: What's wrong with "The Storm Clouds Are Gathering"?