Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Marilu Henner: Lil Sheridan

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Quotes 

• Lil : Get this to Johnny on the grapevine. Vermin is going to kill Johnny's brother at the savoy theater tomorrow night. Got it?

  Polly the parrot : Got it.

  [flies away] 

  Polly the parrot : [arrives at prison mess hall and lands on the shoulder of a prisoner]  Vermin is going to kill Johnny's brother at the Savoy theater. Pass it on.

  Prisoner : [to the next prisoner sitting next to him]  Vermin is going to kill Johnny's brother at the Savoy theater tonight. Pass it on.

  Prisoner : [to the next prisoner, "telephone" style]  Vermin is going to kill Johnny's mother at the Savoy theater tonight. Pass it on.

  Prisoner : [to the next prisoner]  Vermin's mother is going to kill Johnny tonight at the Savoy theater. Pass it on.

  Prisoner : [to the next prisoner] 

  [unintelligible] 

  Prisoner : ... at the Savoy. Pass it on.

  Prisoner : There's a message through the grapevine, Johnny.

  Johnny Dangerously : Yeah? What is it?

  Prisoner : Johnny and the Mothers are playing "Stompin' at the Savoy" in Vermont tonight.

  Johnny Dangerously : Vermin's going to kill my brother at the Savoy theater tonight.

  Prisoner : I didn't say that.

  Johnny Dangerously : No, but I know this grapevine.

• Johnny Dangerously : The name's Dangerously. Johnny Dangerously.

  Lil : Did you know your last name is an adverb?

• Ma Kelly : You've gotten to be like a daughter to me and I wanna share somethin' with ya.

  Lil : Awww, what's that Mom Kelley?

  Ma Kelly : I go both ways.

  Lil : Oh.

• Lil : So when I was 18 I left home and came here to Chicago.

  Johnny Dangerously : Uh Lil, this ain't Chicago. We're in New York.

  Lil : You're kidding.

  [pause] 

  Lil : Well, New York, Chicago, to a girl on her own, it's all the same.

• Lil : And shelf paper! Oh, Johnny, I *love* shelf paper!

• Johnny Kelly : Say kid, what do they call you?

  Lil : Impressive.