Jason Robards credited as playing...
Frank Buckman
- Larry Buckman: [after he rolls from a moving car, he stands up and brushes himself off] Hi, Dad. Dinner ready?
- Frank: [bewildered] What was that?
- Larry Buckman: Huh? Oh, some - friends were just dropping me off.
- Frank: Friends? Friends slow down, they even stop!
- [Larry walks away chuckling as Cool catches up to him]
- Frank: You know, when you were two years old, we thought you had polio. Did you know that?
- Gil: Yeah, Mom said... something about it a couple of years ago.
- Frank: Yeah, well, for a week we didn't know. I hated you for that.
- [Gil looks surprised and hurt]
- Frank: I did. I hated having to care, having to go through the pain, the hurt, the suffering. It's not for me.
- Frank: [after Larry has returned Frank's car to the garage] Don't bullshit me! It belittles us both.
- Frank: Gil, you have a good memory. Uh, was it yours or Helen's or Susan's wedding I got drunk at?
- Gil: It was all three, Dad. Congratulations.
- Frank: Well, which one did I punch the band leader?
- Gil: That was mine. We have photos. I'm having them blown up for the commitment hearings.
- [Susan laughs]
- Frank: [mimics Susan laughing] Well, you think he's funny. Well, when he was a kid, he wasn't as funny. Stayed in his room all day. Boy, you were a moody little son of a bitch.
- Gil: [sarcastically] Gee, I wonder why.
- Larry Buckman: [approaching Grandma] Is that Grandma?
- Frank: Yeah, she's still alive.
- Larry Buckman: [Larry and Grandma laugh and embrace] Jeez Grandma, you got short.
- Grandma: I'm shrinking!
- Larry Buckman: [briefly chuckles] Bummer!
- Larry Buckman: Dad, I can't get a break. I have been so close so many times I could touch it.
- Frank: Did you ever think about getting a job?
- Larry Buckman: Oh great. Oh that is just great now. What did you always tell me? "Make your mark, don't be one of the numbers."
- Frank: You misunderstood me. You weren't listening.