01x09 - American We

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Daddy Dearest". Aired: September 5 – December 5, 1993.*
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Revolves around Dr. Steven Mitchell, a psychologist who lived in Manhattan with his young son and, despite his constant insults and put downs, his father Al , an obnoxious used car salesman who was recently separated from his wife Helen.
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01x09 - American We

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[Music]

you're a smug bastard alex trebek

dad

quiet quiet huh i'm watching jeopardy

ethnic cultures for a hundred

what is sombrero

that will you look at me huh i was

robbed hey it's not my fault you look

like your mother

look i i was mugged someone jumped me in

the subway

jeez man they got my watch my wallet oh

my little car that tells me how much to

tip

looks like they b*at the hell out of you

black guy

you know if your information was a white

guy you're unbelievable hey what did i

do

what to do because i got mugged you know

you can't assume it was a black guy

don't blame me you blame television

you know something and if i just get

over this business i think i'll be fine

oh wait man

i think i see grandpa in the doorway is

that a bad sign

who was it huh was it a crackhead you

ought to know with all the punching and

rolling down the stairs i forgot to ask

looks like a crackhead job to me

gee thanks a lot sherlock holmes i

cannot believe don't even ask me how i

am well you're walking aren't you and

the stain on your pants is dry you look

okay to me

tell me the truth did you fight back

oh of course yeah

i slammed my groin into his foot a

couple of times and i threw myself up

against a brick wall and i bled through

my ears now why someone to ruin his

appetite

[Laughter]

yeah

damn city gets worse every year

why do you still work there hey my

practice is there my my patients are

there your wallet's there

i'm the bucket of a crackhead

dad not everybody in new york city is a

crackhead

do you hate me that much

you have to defend crackheads when you

talk to me

dad i am not

i don't hate you look can we just stop

talking about crackheads

i mean please you know i happen to love

new york

i loved world w*r ii but i'm glad it's

over new york is right here

and new york is where you'll die shoved

in front of a subway stabbed in the park

crushed in the head by a penny thrown

off the empire state building

i got news for you

don't worry about me okay cause i'm

gonna be fine believe me i can handle

myself all right i can handle myself

The Donut Boy

oh yeah really

well then stop following me huh get out

of here you crazy son of a

stephen that's corky the donut boy

he sells treats here every morning to

pay for his medication that's right

that's right christine we should go

outside and buy a crowler and i don't

know tip him a dime

what's the matter with you yeah you've

been snapping at people all week i'm

sorry i know i'm just uh obsessing on

trying to stay alive steven no one tried

to k*ll you you were robbed a week ago

and what's that supposed to mean

we're in new york city and get used to

it no i didn't mean i'm not gonna get

used to it christine

where's the donut

corky says no treat for bad man

so you want to come in my office and

talk about this uh no i don't but i

really appreciate the concern uh i'm uh

i'm fine i'm fine

i know i'm overreacting that i know but

that's a good thing you know why because

i'm not numb

and that means i'm still alive and by

god i'm to stay that way bye god

let me tell you about something this

whole week i haven't slept one night

thinking about what happened you realize

that nobody did anything to help me

nobody except one guy one guy was

shouting with a bullhorn repent repent

what kind of kind of place do we live in

anymore what happened to society

everyone's so complacent and so

apathetic and so desensitized but not me

okay oh really but i'm sick of this crap

and i'm not going to take it anymore

stephen don't mess with me man

wow

that's the first time i've ever found

you even remotely attractive

really

i think you both need help

[Music]

Two Bucks

[Applause]

here you go chief two bucks

wait a minute this thing started as a

rock

don't damage the merchandise

i wish i could k*ll goliath with this

oh oh excuse me excuse me

okay that's okay it's okay

oh look um you uh got any change uh look

i'm in a hurry i need quarters lots of

quarters oh gosh peachos

whoa what's the matter with you man last

time i looked like that a korean chicken

told me the kid was mine

sorry a little defensive got mugged last

week ouch i was wrong once too by old

broken down hooker yes sir i still

remember her laughing have greasy wine

breath in my face her slapping her big

old wrestler's arms upside my head

seems like only yesterday

in fact it was yesterday

nothing quite like a wide hip wide

breathing hooker to whip you with a car

antenna

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i love new york

thank you my good man keep the tape what

change you didn't give him any money yet

how did that happen

okay pal two bucks

hey there's a line forming gold box come

on i don't want it i won't take it back

forget about it you chewed it two bucks

hey these are not my teeth marks

all right buck and a half no i don't

know

all right

give me a cream soda will you

holy me where's my wallet

oh my god i can't believe this two

wallets in one week no way

nice try jackass that's it i'm tired of

this crap hey give it to me get off me

man you crazy you're wrinkling the class

man

oh man get off me police the police are

not going to help you give it to me oh

man you please please can't we all get

along

if you don't give me the wallet i swear

to god i'm going to k*ll you with

somebody ot

here

look

i i i i should have never left these

trucks you people are crazy

damn

what about that cream soda now huh here

take it take it oh the indignity

so huh hey that's my piece of this or

what huh

Pete Jeopardy

who is maxime gorky

what is the chemical symbol for boron

what are you doing pete

jeopardy ended two hours ago

i know how but those two questions have

been haunting me

[Music]

i stood up for myself i protected myself

and i actually ran off a guy who tried

to mug me

today my son you are a man

yeah the old bump and pick yeah the old

bump and pick

sounds like a 90 year old stripper with

a wedgie

good one out no no it's a pickpocket

technique and luckily i caught on just

in time so i could take it back

take it back yeah my new wallet

your new wallet

you mean the new black leather one you

bought two days ago

well it's been sitting on top of the tv

set you put it there this morning

what the heck is this what

oh

god

i mugged an innocent man

best peanuts in town

look at these pictures pete these kids

are ugly as sin

oh jeez

don't they have a telethon for that

so how can i return a wallet without an

id huh how much is in there

no not much 12 bucks hey forget about it

go to mcdonald's and eat like a king

this isn't mine look at this pete he's

got principles what kind of principles

he mugged the guy for 12 bucks

no wonder our country's going to hell

hey i didn't mug anybody mr peters yes

you did stephen

yes i did no you're right you know what

i'm gonna find this guy

what are you an idiot who's an idiot no

i'm sure the guy works near me in the

city so i'll go early one day i'll i'll

try to find him i'll tell him what

happened i'm sure he'll understand then

i'm going with you why what do you mean

why she don't get in trouble again you

coming along pete can't i hate new york

i can never find a restroom what are you

talking about there's plenty of

restrooms yes but after two hours so

they make you get out

i'm going with you stephen oh fantastic

dad fights crime with me my dream come

true

second only to cindy crawford and

claudia's ship of mud wrestling with

andy

don't know how you're gonna davis the

right guy

there's hundreds of people in new york

hundreds i'm telling you

yeah pete's right how are you gonna

remember who the guy is remember oh i

will never forget this guy that innocent

face and those blood-curdling screams

they'll haunt my dreams forever

do you know what the guy looks like yeah

he was middle-aged black he wore this uh

flashy ugly suit are you telling me you

you mugged a black guy

no yeah

so funny

nothing mr liberal

there's nothing funny about this

you're right

a black guy bumps into you and miss the

liberal democrat assumes he's robbing

him

i didn't do it because he was black

no

oh god you think i assumed he was good

because he was black

well he didn't like a white

huh you know

what does that mean i mean uh

what's that say about me

draw your own conclusion

you know

you've contaminated me

i'm a bigot

[Laughter]

[Music]

Get Lost

yeah right i always need a pencil when i

walk down the street get lost baldy

get your pretzels hey mister

right here hot and soul no thanks i like

girls

oh dad this is so stupid there's like a

million people in the city like we're

gonna find one guy huh

i mean it's like a complete waste of

time

that's him that's the guy

he stole my water arrest him arrest him

oh come on come on i did not steal your

wallet hey i had 200 in my wallet and i

want it back

all right calm down sir calm down what

do you mean calm down are you going to

arrest him or not i'll sue the city i've

done it before

man this guy is absolutely crazy come on

you're not 20 in your wallet you had

like like 12 bucks and a couple of

condoms ah

and those pictures of those ugly kids

and who are you sir um i'm with him it's

his accomplice well you keep out of this

and for your information those pictures

in my wallet were not of my kids they

were just there to remind me to use the

condom

are you lucky we're not here alone and i

don't have my rubber hose no wait a

minute you're making a terrible mistake

you made the mistake pal up against the

wall no no no no wait i can explain all

right look i took the wallet but i

didn't steal it it was more like uh i

can tell it it's very simple his wallet

was gone

he saw this black man and assumed he

took it what

that's right uh well uh yes no i mean

sort of that's it up against the wall

oh geez

now i have moose all over my hand

that makes me very angry oh this is

really ridiculous what's the matter with

you people

you people

yeah let me handle this really uh

he didn't mean uh you know you people i

mean not in the uh ross perot sense you

know

you know you people and uh and uh as in

like uh you you know officers of the law

whom i respect people right as a matter

of fact you know i could have shown you

my tickets to the policeman's ball but

ironically enough they were stolen and

by a white man may i had who was

definitely of irish polish extraction

now he's making fun of my people

are you mad no just a little hurt that's

all man

hey if you want me that bad don't you

think you ought to buy me a drink first

this is really getting out of control

huh just keep resisting with a head that

big i can't miss

let's go

oh

and i want my money back and i want it

all in quarters

[Music]

Dont Talk To The Guards

oh

excuse me it's not like a business class

so

look dad

you listen to me i'm doing this for your

own good don't look at them don't talk

to them and don't open your mouth

that's what our sarge told us before we

got that weekend pass in greece

hey come on really come on we can all

act so high there's no reason for us to

act like animals here right

shut up little girl

yes sir

look i gotta get out of here this guy's

eyeing me like i'm a pork chop

oh geez

you know i i i i could help you with

that you know uh

not that uh i i'm a psychologist did i

happen to mention that

well

now we know what herve village has left

you in his will

jesus you might as well be a girl

i know what you're laughing at big fella

you're laughing because as we're

standing here your friend is over my

house robbing my stereo

dad what are you insane i told you not

to talk oh okay i'm sorry

why don't you marry into family huh in

fact my son is right over here you can

take him against the bars right now

uh he he was he was just kidding uh and

by the way i also had like a yeast thing

going on with you

[Music]

[Laughter]

what are you in for all the time

i'm a male hooker

you

ah white-collar crime fight colicron huh

mm-hmm i k*lled the priest

he probably asked for it

no actually he asked me to stop

did that will you stop talking to these

guys before they carve their initials on

our genitals huh

stephen believe me they're just trying

to intimidate you and they know they're

getting to you well they are getting to

me so you knock it off please before

they start playing jew boy pass around

look you go first i'll block the guards

for you okay

oh

oh boy do i have to use a toilet you

guys don't mind turning around do you

never mind move point now

what'd you call me

get lost mungo

which part of don't talk to them but

don't you understand huh

you know he didn't really mean what he

said he's an idiot savant my brother's

an idiot savant you can play the piano

oh how nice for you

i'm sorry stephen but i got to tell you

i lived with your mother for 40 years

and i know how to handle these guys hey

put out that cigarette butt breath

shut up you're talking to me yeah i'm

talking to you

but the butt out

dad if you're in a prison cell don't

tell anyone to put their butt out

[Laughter]

you want a light

[Laughter]

just shut up

oh the big guy is starting to form words

man okay okay all right no put him down

all right

does that come out of me whoa

[Music]

rich bird

put him down

oh

you okay

yeah

yeah i'm i'm okay

plus my sphincter just ate through my

socks

crazy or what i was only trying to help

help

this whole thing is your fault

if you haven't gotten those cops over we

wouldn't even be here in the first place

my fault

you're the one that mugged that innocent

black guy

you did what

oh you're right

i deserve to be here i'm nothing but a

bigot who knew

you're not a bigot you're just paranoid

yeah

i guess i was

you'd have gone after anyone who bumped

into you black white green or whatever

that color michael jackson is hey

i made fun of michael my son's at his

house this weekend

dad you're doing it again damn it huh

first you get me arrested now you're

going to get me k*lled you know i'm

ashamed to be related to you

you're like a worse family embarrassment

than an adelaide when she wears those

hats made out of lunch meat

would you have a sense of humor what are

you a critic

am i right dances with chopsticks

by the way i spoke to that doctor if you

get that operation you look just like

one of us

[Music]

you know and i never got to see spain um

cut it out he's only kidding uh pyson we

love the italians we need the italians

who else would sleep with those ugly

girls

don't hurt me listen don't hurt me

not the face not the face

oh okay the face the face

Dont Laugh With People You Like

thank god i got that guy you much to

settle out of court

what did it take

two hundred dollars in quarters and uh a

subscription to barely legal

that was a pretty exciting afternoon uh

better than watching that mama's boy on

jeopardy that's for sure

you're never gonna change are you what

do you mean well you're gonna just keep

making with those ethnic jokes and think

it's okay huh you know like it's some

kind of sign of friendship or a

primitive compliment or something you

can only laugh with people you like oh

really i didn't have too many people

laughing in the jail cell well yet i did

that that one guy the giant man who hit

the tail off of the rack

you know what that when they jumped us i

thought that my life was gonna flash you

know right before my eyes instead

all i kept thinking was

why is there a drain in the middle of

this floor

you know you have a lot of problems

get it

tell me something ribs they grow back

don't they

stephen i wish you'd consider moving out

of new york

all right i'll consider it

well

i'll get it

boy thanks dad you know i i worry about

you too

yeah

hold on i'll see

it's one of the guys from the jail

he wants to know if you found the rose

yet

Dancing Chopsticks

figure right out butt bath

[Music]

[Laughter]

put the cigarette out butt breath

i didn't say it right again

well at this point i don't care anymore

because i'm gonna drink a bottle of

vodka

i mean

the quality will be about 3 30 tomorrow

am i right they're dancing chopsticks

i mean

by the way uh i spoke to the doctor and

if you get that operation you'll be able

to see just like one of us

that's wrong

that's wrong

how to throw in dancing chopsticks

couldn't leave me alone

hey now he's picking on my people what

are you mad

now he's making fun of my people

hey

what are you mad

now he's making fun of my people hey

what are you mad no i'm just a little

hurt that's all

no he's making fun of my people

my breasts

[Music]

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