Lynne Thigpen: The Chief

Quotes 

• The Chief : Early this morning, just as the first light of dawn was reaching its rosey fingers across the northern sky of Italy, Vic the Slick, that sneak, stole down the steps of the tower, sraightened it up, then took off with it! There'll be no joy in Pisa's piazzas until the toppled tower is returned.

• The Chief : Vic the Slick is a small-time fence with a big mouth, even bigger ambitions, and a penchant for plaid.

• The Chief : Gumshoes, the one of you that catches Carmen Sandiego I will send anywhere in the lower forty-eight states. That means you can take a vacation to, oh, Odd, West Virgina, or Peculiar, Missouri. Or perhaps Rowdy, Kentucky, or Bland, Missouri, anywhere. But in order to win this reward, you have first got to capture Vic the Slick. Now, get on with it!

• The Chief : [showing a slide show on Oahu, shows a surfer catching a wave]  Now here is an Acme Gnarly Net agent on routine patrol. Now, if you're going to Hawaii, you've got to know about surfing. Now, ancient Hawaiians called it "he ka nalu", meaning wave sliding. Now, Captain James Cook, the first European to discover Hawaii, saw wooden surf boards being used in 1778! Ah, cowabunga!

• The Chief : [still on the Oahu slide show]  Iolani Palace: only royal palce ever built on American soil. Now King Kalakaua and his sister, Queen Liliuokalani lived there until 1893, when American businessmen and soldiers overthrew the monarchy. Now, the Prince of Polyester may try to make this palace his home, so look around for Vic the Slick.