Recess (TV Series)

A Genius Among Us (1999)

Andrew Lawrence: Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler

Quotes 

• Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Well, what'd he say?

  Spinelli : Is he going for firepower, or high tech gizmos?

  Gretchen Grundler : It's Hank's life, and whatever he decides we should be happy for him. That's what a real friend does. No what ifs, no second guessing, no slipping into a deep dark funk of bitter and relentless grief.

• Gretchen Grundler : Hey guys, great news! Hank says we mathletes can meet every day after school, even the occasional lunch hour!

  Mikey Blumberg : No! I can't take another minute in the cold unyielding world of numbers!

  Gretchen Grundler : What? But Mikey, I don't understand.

  Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Look Gretch, we helped you find your genius. We even joined the math club -- you know, in theory. But we're kids! We belong in the wild with the fresh air and the asphalt.

  Gretchen Grundler : [sighing]  Of course. Far be it from me to force my friends to endure something antithetical to their very nature.

  Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Uh, yeah. Glad you... understand.

• Gretchen Grundler : Hank, you solved the generalized Fermat-Wiles equation in five seconds flat!

  Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Yeah, a janitor who knows math? What's up with that?

  Vince LaSalle : Are you a spy?

  Mikey Blumberg : Or an alien?

  Gus Griswald : Out with it, man!

  Hank the Janitor : A spy? An alien? Naw, I just like math is all. Sometimes teachers leave these problems on the boards, and I solve 'em. You know, for fun.

  Spinelli : You mean fun like in... FUN?

  Hank the Janitor : Yep. Nothing more fun than a good hard math problem.

  [leaving] 

  Hank the Janitor : Well, you kids take 'er easy.