First Family (1980)

Richard Benjamin: Press Secretary Bunthorne

Quotes 

• President Manfred Link : Try to handle this situation in the usual way, Bunny.

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : Can I leak something?

  President Manfred Link : Yes.

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : Can I confirm something?

  President Manfred Link : Yes.

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : Can I deny something?

  President Manfred Link : Yes, yes, yes. Try to make it look as though we're glad to have a lot of black people in the White House. Like we're-ah...

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : Comfortable?

  President Manfred Link : Exactly.

• Ambassador Spender : Gentlemen, let us not forget, that whatever happens out there on that field on Sunday, the eyes of the country will be upon us. Our party's at stake, our government, our nation. Even more important...

  Press Secretary Bunthorne , Presidential Assistant Feebleman , C.I.A. Director Willie O'Malley : Our jobs.

• Chief Justice McDonald : Mr. Spender, I'm sure you are familiar with the provisions of the Constitution for removal of the President from office.

  Ambassador Spender : Well, not in any great detail, sir. You see, by profession, I am a history teacher.

  Chief Justice McDonald : A professor.

  Ambassador Spender : No, a associate professor.

  Chief Justice McDonald : Well, Mr. Feebleman, being a lawyer, perhaps you have some opinion?

  Presidential Assistant Feebleman : Mr. Chief Justice, I'm afraid that the bulk of my legal experience has been in insurance law, traffic accidents, things like that. I have worked mainly with ambulance drivers.

  Chief Justice McDonald : I see. I see. Thank you. What about you Mr. Bunthorne?

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : I was in Public Relations, sir, for the...

  Chief Justice McDonald : For what?

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : For the Fun House, sir, in Coney Island.

• Vice-President William Shockley : I can see a Nobel prize in your future.

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : Mr. President. Mr. President, sir, I can predict an overwhelming majority to the polls.

  Ambassador Spender : Manny, we've already opened negotiations with the upper Ghormese for an exclusive trade agreement.

  President Manfred Link : I want a lot more vacations.

  Vice-President William Shockley , Press Secretary Bunthorne , Ambassador Spender : Yes!

  Vice-President William Shockley : Naturally, sir!