Lacey: Pretty slick, Emma. Emma: What are you talking about? Lacey: Oh, come on. You knew that if you could get these guys to do their act, they'd patch things up. Emma: That or they'd have duked it out. Either way, it would have been entertaining.
Oscar: Listen Wes, if you want to ruin a perfectly good business relationship, that's your business. My business is... your business is... my business is your business!
Wanda: Now I just need to finish the set design. I'm thinking something sparkly. Bright colors. Red, green, flashing lights. Brent: So, old Christmas decorations? Wanda: Yeah. Brent: Fine. You deck the halls, but I'm not donning any gay apparel.
Emma: I don't know how we all missed it, but Carl is kind of a... dink. Brent: Well, I've always had a very sensitive dink meter. Lacey: I wish I hadn't heard that. Brent: YOU wish?
Brent (about Oscar's homemade beer): Honest to God, Dad, it tastes like you beat a skunk to death with a salmon!
Carl: Look, you think we can have one pleasant meal with your mom without you getting all weird and defensive? Brent: I'm not weird and defensive. Carl: All right. See you at five. Brent: What's that supposed to mean?
Wanda: This show is brought to you by Chuck Dragner's pre-owned farm equipment. Stand up, Chuck. "If you can't trust the Chuck you're talking to, you're talking to the wrong guy named Chuck. " Geez Chuck, you gotta get a better slogan.
Mrs. Jensen: It's unjust, it's unfair, and I demand restitution! Brent: Mrs. Jensen, I can't be giving you your money back every time you rent a bad movie. Do you know how many bad movies there are out there?
Emma: I'm going out to get plant food, Oscar, do you need anything? Oscar: What are you getting plant food for? Emma: Because my tomatoes are pathetic and wrinkling, and when things are pathetic and wrinkly, they need food. Eat your sandwich.
Mrs. Jensen: When your father ran the place, the customer was always respected. Oscar (to Brent): Hey jackass, stop talking to this old wing nut and pump my gas! Brent: Well, he's a people person.
Rob W. King was nominated for "Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series" Gemini Award for this episode.
Mrs. Jensen: The Last Action Hero? The Last Action Hero is a 1993 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mrs. Jensen complains about the quality of the movie and the fact that the gas station doesn't have the non-existent movie The First Action Hero.
Lacey: Were you guys on The Gong Show or something? The Gong Show was probably the original reality talent show. It aired in the mid-70s, and contestants performed in front of a 3-person panel, which could gong the performer, ending their chances at winning.
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