Flirting with Disaster (1996)

Mary Tyler Moore: Pearl Coplin

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• Mrs. Coplin : [hearing the name Schlicting on the phone]  The Shit Kings?

• Mrs. Coplin : I told you to watch out for that car!

  Mr. Coplin : He was in my blind-spot.

  Mrs. Coplin : You could fit the whole state of Wisconsin in your blind-spot.

• Mrs. Coplin : If I overreacted, why am I wearing handcuffs in the middle of a jail?

• Mrs. Coplin : This woman strikes me as being very dangerous.

• Mrs. Coplin : I'm..uh..abrasive, pushy, defensive...my husband is...uh...food-phobic, passive-aggressive...eh?...c'mon!

• Mrs. Coplin : Why does he have to do the Roots thing? Aren't we good enough parents?

• Sheriff : Bobby, take these forms back to the office, these release forms and get these nice people their car keys. This is all over here. This is a Federal agent here, and he just told me the whole story about the Shlytings.

  Mr. Coplin : Schlitinooks.

  Sheriff : Shitkings.

  Mrs. Coplin : No, Schlichtings

  Sheriff : Well, anyway, it's clear that we have the wrong people here.

  Mel : That's what I've been trying to tell this guy for the last half hour.

  Mrs. Coplin : Thank God for this Federal agent. And by the way, w-w-why are you not wearing pants?

  Agent Paul : I had an experience, that's why.

  Mrs. Coplin : What do you mean?

  Agent Paul : I resisted at first, and then it evolved and it continues to evolve for me.

  Mrs. Coplin : I don't know what the hell he's talking about, but I got some jewelery somewhere, if you please.