Family (TV Series)
Pilot: The Best Years (1976)
Gary Frank: Willie Lawrence
Quotes
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Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : Do you think Daddy's ashamed of me? He thinks I'm stupid.
Willie Lawrence : Uh,Uh. He knows you're stupid. Anybody who'd leave the table before they've had their dessert has got to be stupid!
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Willie Lawrence : [starts out the door with Doug and Jeff, who are going to search for Buddy] I'm going with you guys.
Doug Lawrence : You go to your room and spend the evening figuring out how you can have an IQ of 140 and not use any of it!
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Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : Is Timmy gonna live here, too?
Kate Lawrence : What do you mean, live here, too?
Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : Well, Nancy's gonna be living here, too, is she? She's run away from Jeff, hasn't she?
Kate Lawrence : Nancy's gonna spend a few nights here. She hasn't run away from anyone.
Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : [sarcastic] Hmph.
Doug Lawrence : [irritably] Letitia, you are making my palm positively itch.
Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : Well, I don't appreciate being treated like I'm stupid.
Kate Lawrence : It's "as if I were stupid", not "like I'm stupid".
Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : Big deal.
Doug Lawrence : Behaving rudely is VERY stupid!
Letitia 'Buddy' Lawrence : Well, EXCUSE me!
[she storms away from the dinner table]
Kate Lawrence : Willie, would you like some more pie?
Willie Lawrence : Yeah, I'll eat Buddy's.
[he continues eating the pie as Kate and Doug sit in despair, thinking they failed as parents]