Recess (TV Series)
A Genius Among Us (1999)
Andrew Lawrence: Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler
Quotes
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Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Well, what'd he say?
Spinelli : Is he going for firepower, or high tech gizmos?
Gretchen Grundler : It's Hank's life, and whatever he decides we should be happy for him. That's what a real friend does. No what ifs, no second guessing, no slipping into a deep dark funk of bitter and relentless grief.
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Gretchen Grundler : Hey guys, great news! Hank says we mathletes can meet every day after school, even the occasional lunch hour!
Mikey Blumberg : No! I can't take another minute in the cold unyielding world of numbers!
Gretchen Grundler : What? But Mikey, I don't understand.
Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Look Gretch, we helped you find your genius. We even joined the math club -- you know, in theory. But we're kids! We belong in the wild with the fresh air and the asphalt.
Gretchen Grundler : [sighing] Of course. Far be it from me to force my friends to endure something antithetical to their very nature.
Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Uh, yeah. Glad you... understand.
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Gretchen Grundler : Hank, you solved the generalized Fermat-Wiles equation in five seconds flat!
Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Yeah, a janitor who knows math? What's up with that?
Vince LaSalle : Are you a spy?
Mikey Blumberg : Or an alien?
Gus Griswald : Out with it, man!
Hank the Janitor : A spy? An alien? Naw, I just like math is all. Sometimes teachers leave these problems on the boards, and I solve 'em. You know, for fun.
Spinelli : You mean fun like in... FUN?
Hank the Janitor : Yep. Nothing more fun than a good hard math problem.
[leaving]
Hank the Janitor : Well, you kids take 'er easy.