Whoopi Goldberg credited as playing...
Vera Baker
- Merrill: We're not crazy, lady!
- Vera Baker: We should've bought a squirrel, but we didn't buy a squirrel.
- Merrill: Which is why we stole the rocket car.
- [Talking about Sinclair and his idea for them competing in the "race"]
- Merrill: It's some sort of joke. It has to be.
- Duane Cody: What kind of jackass just gives away $2 million?
- Owen Templeton: Maybe it's a publicity stunt.
- Randy Pear: What kind of publicity? He swore us all to secrecy.
- Vera Baker: Maybe it's a secret publicity stunt.
- Randy Pear: A *secret* publicity stunt?
- Rental Car Trainee: We have a midsized Caprice.
- Vera Baker: What color is it?
- Merrill: It doesn't matter! We'll take it.
- Press Spokesman: [to a crowd of spectators and the press] Are there any questions?
- Reporter: Mr. Calvert, what is the current land speed record?
- Test Driver: That would be 742 miles per hour, but we hope to have a new record today.
- Press Spokesman: Anyone else?
- Vera Baker: [in the rocket car with Merrill, to the driver] How do you start it?
- Test Driver: [to the crowd] Ah, good question. There's a green lever to the left of the steering wheel in the cockpit, which engages the primary thruster, igniting the jet...
- Merrill: [pushes the green lever, causing the rocket car to blast off]