Salute Your Shorts (TV Series)
Ellen Comes to Camp (1992)
Venus DeMilo Thomas: Telly Radford
Quotes
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Ellen : Being Dr. Kahn's niece definitely has some privileges.
Dina Alexander : I mean, you can do whatever you want, to whoever you want, and you can not get in trouble.
Ellen : Pretty cool, huh?
Dina Alexander : Yeah.
Z.Z. Ziff : It's like you've got a protective shield around you.
Telly Radford : Come on. Let's use this to our fullest advantage.
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Dina Alexander : I haven't seen anything like this, I mean, you control camp.
Ellen : I always do whatever I want, at school, in camp, wherever I am. I'm my own boss.
Telly Radford : If I was my own boss, I'd say I didn't have to go to instructional swim right now.
Z.Z. Ziff : Or weight lifting.
Dina Alexander : Or soccer.
Ellen : Who says you have to?
Z.Z. Ziff : Ug says so.
Telly Radford : See, unfortunately we don't have your pool, so we gotta go to activities, Wanna come?
Ellen : Activities? Not a chance. You guys don't mind If I stay here and hang in your bunk for a while do you?
Dina Alexander : Ellen, our bunk is your bunk, make yourself completely at home.
Ellen : Thanks!
Z.Z. Ziff : Let's go.
[they leave and the door closes]
Ellen : I will.
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Telly Radford : Why are you doing that with your head?
Z.Z. Ziff : Well, I got water in my ear.
Telly Radford : Well, don't shake too hard, you brain might leak out.
[Z.Z. laughs]
Dina Alexander : Hey you know, guys, I think I connect with Ellen, I mean, we both come from privileged backgrounds. We can relate.
Telly Radford : Well, I like her cause she's not a a wuss, I mean she doesn't mind getting into a little bit of trouble.
Z.Z. Ziff : Well, I just think she's neat.
Dina Alexander : What kind of word is neat?
Z.Z. Ziff : Well, neat's a neat word. I don't know.
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Dina Alexander : Did Ellen do this?
Z.Z. Ziff : No, she couldn't have. I mean, she wouldn't have. She really likes us, and, I mean we really like her.
Telly Radford : You're right, It wasn't Ellen. It was Budnick and Pinksey getting us back for nailing them with the water balloons.
Dina Alexander : Ugh! Those little jerks!
Z.Z. Ziff : Actually, they're not that little.
Dina Alexander : Look, why don't we just get dressed, find those two doofs and have a little talk with them.
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Dina Alexander : Hey Ug, thanks for sticking us with Elle she trashed our bunks.
Telly Radford : Yeah, she ruined my shirt.
Z.Z. Ziff : She cracked my terrarium.
Dina Alexander , Telly Radford , Z.Z. Ziff : And we're gonna tell Dr. Kahn!
Kevin 'Ug' Lee : No, no, no, please, please don't tell Dr. Kahn! I'll pay for all of the damages. I don't even know what a terrarium is but it's probably expensive.
Dina Alexander : And the only place I bought my makeup at is out of business.
Kevin 'Ug' Lee : So that means you won't be able to buy any more makeup.
Dina Alexander : No, it means I have to special order it from France, have it shipped here and it'll cost three times as much to replace it.
Bobby Budnick : [Budnick and Ronnie come over] Hey, Ug, that Ellen kid broke into the rec room and snapped all my guitar strings.
Ronnie Pinsky : And then she smashed my drums.
[they all stick their hand out for money]
Kevin 'Ug' Lee : Oh, boy.
[he gets out his wallet]
Kevin 'Ug' Lee : Okay, there's yours. That's for you. For your T-shirt. For your terrarium. And for French make-up.
[looks inside his wallet]
Kevin 'Ug' Lee : Boy, getting a raise is costing me a fortune.