Major Dad (TV Series)
Discipline (1989)
Shanna Reed: Polly Cooper
Quotes
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Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Casey, we need to talk. Why did you take my medal?
[refering to his father's Purple Heart Casey lost]
Casey Cooper McGillis : I don't know.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Well, what were you thinking?
Casey Cooper McGillis : I don't know.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Didn't you know it was wrong?
Casey Cooper McGillis : I don't know.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Casey, sit down.
[he lowers down on his haunches]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : All right, look - suppose I took something of yours you really cared about. Suppose I took Wubby.
[pointing to her stuffed animal]
Casey Cooper McGillis : Why would you take Wubby?
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : I don't know.
Casey Cooper McGillis : Do you like him?
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Doesn't matter. But suppose I took him to work, and I lost him. What would you do?
Casey Cooper McGillis : I'd get him back.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : How?
Casey Cooper McGillis : I'd call him and he'd come.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : No, he can't hear you, he's at the base.
Casey Cooper McGillis : He can hear me anywhere!
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Somebody stuffed cotton in his ears.
Casey Cooper McGillis : He can find his way home; he'd follow you car.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : I drive through the motor range - he takes a direct hit!
Casey Cooper McGillis : He wears a magic hat and nothing can hurt him.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Casey!
[angry]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : I'll be right back.
[goes back to the kitchen where Polly waits]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : I can't whop her.
Polly Cooper McGillis : That's wonderful!
[hugs him]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Not until I calm down.
[he exist out the kitchen's back door; there is a loud smash from him hitting something. He walks back in]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Okay.
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Polly Cooper McGillis : John, the punishment's already been meaded out; she's grounded and no TV for a month.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : You call that punishment?
Polly Cooper McGillis : I call that a very serious punishment.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : I call that a chance to catch up on your reading.
Polly Cooper McGillis : What did you have in mind?
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : I'd go spank her.
[motions with a hand and starts moving toward the kitchen exit into the living room where Casey is awaiting punishment]
Polly Cooper McGillis : I... wait, John - we don't spank here. We have our own method of discipline and the kids are turning out just fine.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Oh, really? Where's my medal?
[holds his empty right hand palm up]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Probably stuck to the bottom of somebody's shoe.
Polly Cooper McGillis : Wait, John! There has to be a better way to discipline someone than whaling the tar out of them.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : No, Polly - I don't "whale". Now, Casey is about to recieve a very calm, a very rational whoppin'.
Polly Cooper McGillis : Good, she'll appreciate the subtle distinction.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : A good honest whoppin' helps a child remember what's right, and what's wrong. It also lets them know you mean what you say and you're willing to back it up.
Polly Cooper McGillis : Where'd you get that? The Whopper's Handbook?
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Well, it's better than the Liberal's Guide to Child Pampering.
[in a mocking tone]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : If a child misbehaves, set it down, then frown for it, and say, "Do you see this face? This is my disappointed face."
Polly Cooper McGillis : See? Not so hard.
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Well, what about the direct honest approach? You're mad at 'em. You tell 'em so and you whop 'em.
Polly Cooper McGillis : What if Casey has already learned her lesson? That what she did was wrong and she'll never do it again.
[blocking him from leaving the kitchen]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Without a whoppin'?
Polly Cooper McGillis : Oh, God - your'e itchin' to do it, aren't you? Whop! Whop! Whop!
[like one of the Three Stoges]
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Temper, temper, temper.
[pats her on the head]
Polly Cooper McGillis : Okay. doesn't Casey at least deserve a chance to prove she doesn't need to be spanked?
Maj. John D. 'Mac' McGillis : Okay, I'm willing to be fair. But the smart money's on whoppin'.
[walks passed her out the kitchen]