- Gilligan: I can't see how you are going to figure out how I read minds by asking me what happened as a kid.
- Ginger Grant: Well, I think I can. Did your father ever beat you?
- Gilligan: Yes
- Ginger Grant: He did?
- Gilligan: All the time.
- Ginger Grant: And your mother let him?
- Gilligan: She used to beat me too.
- Ginger Grant: Oh, you poor thing.
- Gilligan: How else could I learn to play checkers?