Failure to Launch (2006)

Terry Bradshaw: Al

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• Paula : Look, many young men who should be able to move out simply can't. It's called "failure to launch," and that's where I come in. Young men develop self-esteem best during a romantic relationship, so I simulate one: We have a memorable meeting, we get to know each other over a few casual meals, he helps me through an emotional crisis, then I meet his friends - if he has any - uh, then I let him teach me something; but, the bottom line is, he bonds with me, he lets go of you, he moves out.

  Al : But how do you make sure that he'll fall in love with you?

  Paula : You look nice, you find out what they like, and then you pretend to like it, too.

  Sue : That is pretty much how it works.

  Al : What about sex?

  Paula : Al, I never have sex with a client. Besides, I need to keep Tripp motivated, and let's face it, after men have sex...

  Sue : Is there anything that we need to do?

  Paula : Well, for starters, you could make life a little more difficult for him. You know, uh, more chores, more responsibilities, that kind of thing.

  Sue : I just think you should know that Tripp has had some rough breaks.

  Paula : I promise you, when this is over, Tripp is going to be an independant, self-sufficient adult.

• Al : I could get out of those ropes.

  Sue : You can't get out of your barbecue apron.

• Al , Sue : [Sitting naked together in a recliner, singing]  Hit the road, "Tripp", and don't ya come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road, "Tripp", and don't ya come back no more.

• Al : [walking in on Tripp and Melissa having sex]  Tripp, as long as you're up, son...

  Melissa : Oh!

  Al : Oh.

  Tripp : Oh, come on, Pop!

  Al : Ooo.

  Tripp : Whoa, man. Don't you knock?

  Al : What? Your mama's... She's snorin' like a rhino. And then this music got started... heh... heh. Oh, hey, you must be Melody.

  Tripp : Mm-mm.

  Melissa : Melissa.

  Al : Oh! It's Melissa! Ha-ha. It's Melissa. Okay. All right. Y'all have a good time.

  Tripp : Night, Pop.

  Melissa : Huh.

  Tripp : Hmm.

  Melissa : You live with your parents?

  Tripp : Is that a problem?

  Melissa : Are you kidding me?

• Al : Tripp meets a new girl every week.

  Bud : Well, let's just say, maybe he hasn't met the right girl.

• Al : We ain't buying that chair.

  Sue : I am getting this polka-dot chair. I've got my own money.

  Al : Unless you start dancing again, you're broke.

• Tripp : Hey, Pop?

  Al : Hey! Tripp. What are you doing here?

  Tripp : Just came by to get some stuff. What... what are YOU doing?

  Al : Feeding my fish.

  Tripp : Yeah. I see that. You're naked. In my room.

  Al : Well, this is my Naked Room. I mean, it's my house. A man ought to be able to do whatever he wants to do in his own house. Wore a suit for forty years.

  Tripp : So now we got forty years of...

  Al : No suit.

  Tripp : No suit. All right. I'm gonna let you get back to feeding your fish.

• Ace : Okay, how about this? We send flowers to Paula from Tripp, and, flowers to Tripp from Paula.

  Al : Then what?

  Ace : Then, they love each other.

  Kit : Oh, Jesus Christ.

  Ace : [Whispering to Jeffrey]  It's the flowers.

  Jeffrey : [Drops cookie, looking stunned] 

  Sue : Thank you Philip. Now let's all try to come up with a plan that's not so idiotic.

• Al : The boy's thirty-five years old!

  Sue : It's just not fair.

  Al : Thirty-five years!

  Sue : We were good parents and now we're supposed to be done!

  Male BBQ Guest #1 : Hey, I don't blame my kid for stayin'. Our place is much nicer than anything he can afford.

  Male BBQ Guest #2 : Well, our son's a flight attendant. He travels so much, it doesn't make any sense to have his own apartment.

  Sue : Yeah...

  Female BBQ Guest : Plus, he has a lot of pilot friends who let him stay over.

• Paula : Based on the initial personality assessment, I think that I can have your son moved out of this house and living on his own by June fifteenth.

  Al : Hallelujah!

• [last lines] 

  Al : What'd I say?