Major Dad (TV Series)
A Bird in the Hand (1991)
Gerald McRaney: Major John D. MacGillis
Quotes
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Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : How's the interview going?
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : I'm spilling my guts, sir.
Polly Cooper McGillis : Alva, "Yes", "No", and "Cold" do not an indepth story make.
Lt. Eugene 'Gene' Holowachuk : Oh, I don't know. I think Gunny got kind of personal; she told you her favorite color is khaki, favorite movie is "The Sands of Iwo Jima", favorite tune is: "The Stars and Stripes Forever".
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : [completely serious] Who's isn't?
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Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Gunny, you love Chesty, I broke Chesty, you must be mad as Hell about that.
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : I really should be going, sir.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Look, Gunny, I know that this thing has been eatin' at you for three days now, now go on - yell at me. Call me names. Here, take your best shot!
[turning a shoulder to her and pointing at it]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Go on!
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : Major, I am enlisted, you are an officer, that would be in direct violation...
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : - -Oh, I know the rules! I was jsut hoping for this once that we could bend the rules.
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : [look of confusion] Sir?
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Okay, okay, I lost my head for a minute. All right, look - let's just, let's look at this thing as a hypothetical situation. Now, we can do that, can't we?
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : I know of no rule against hypothication, sir.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Good. Good. All right, let's just, ah, imagine you're not a Gunny, and I'm not a Major. Oh, let's go the whole nine yards: let's imagine we're not Marines.
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : I don't know if I have that much imagination, sir. I don't know Jules Verne had that much imagination.
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Polly Cooper McGillis : Do you have a favorite eagle?
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : Well, I know I shouldn't but I can't help myself. Chesty.
Polly Cooper McGillis : Chesty?
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : He was once owned by "Chesty" Puller.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : The "Chesty" Puller?
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : The one and only, sir.
Lt. Eugene 'Gene' Holowachuk : Wow.
Polly Cooper McGillis : Just for my notes, who is "Chesty" Puller?
Lt. Eugene 'Gene' Holowachuk : [McGillis and Holowachuk reply together] Who is "Chesty" Puller?
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell Puller.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : [McGillis points to photo of "Chesty" Puller] Right here. He's the corps most decorated marine.
Lt. Eugene 'Gene' Holowachuk : 5 Navy crosses.
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : And I've got his eagle.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Gunny. How, in the world, did you get Chesty's eagle?
Polly Cooper McGillis : Excuse me, John, but this is my interview.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Oh, I'm sorry, Polly. Go ahead.
Polly Cooper McGillis : In what manner did you acquire Chesty's eagle?
Gunnery Sgt. Alva 'Gunny' Bricker : My grandfather and he were stationed together in Peking in '37. During a poker game, one night, Chesty ran out of money but smug with his 3 Jacks. So he signed the bottom of the eagle and used it as his marker. Grand daddy had a full house.