Groundhog Day (1993)

Chris Elliott: Larry

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• Phil : This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather. I, for one, am very grateful to have been here. From Punxsutawney, this is Phil Connors. So long.

  Rita : Okay, want to try it again without the sarcasm?

  Phil : We got it. I'm out of here.

  Larry : Prima donnas.

• Phil : Once again, the eyes of the nation have turned here to this... tiny village in Western Pennsylvania. Blah, blah, blah, blah! There is no way that this winter is *ever* going to end as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don't see any other way out. He's gotta be stopped. And I have to stop him.

  Larry : Real good, Phil. Real good.

  [to Rita] 

  Larry : He's out of his gourd!

• [after Phil has driven the truck he has stolen off a cliff to kill both himself and Punxsutawney Phil] 

  Larry : He... might be okay.

  [the truck explodes in a fireball] 

  Larry : Well, no. Probably not now.

• Rita : Why would anybody steal a groundhog?

  Larry : I can probably think of a couple of reasons... pervert.

• [Waking after a night of reading poetry and only chaste sleep with Rita, Phil jumps out of bed, determined to show himself as a new and likable man. He gives a wad of cash to the Old Man beggar and shows up early for the photo shoot, carrying a tray of coffees just the way that Rita and Larry like them, and with Larry's favorite pastry] 

  Phil : Who wants coffee? Get it while it's hot!

  Rita : [surprised]  Oh! Thanks, Phil!

  Phil : [Handing Larry a lidded styrofoam container of coffee]  Larry? Skim milk, two sugar.

  Larry : [Also surprised]  Yeah. Thanks, Phil!

  Phil : Pastry?

  [Phil offers the tray to Rita, who looks enticed, but says:] 

  Rita : No. We're just setting up.

  Phil : Pastry, Larry? Take your pick.

  Larry : Well, thanks, Phil. Raspberry, great.

  Phil : Say, I was just talking with Buster Green, he's the head groundhog honcho. And he said, if we set up over here

  [he points his thumb over his shoulder] 

  Phil : , we might get a better shot. What do you think?

  [Rita is still surprised that Phil Connors is being so thoughtful and helpful] 

  Rita : Sounds good.

  Phil : Larry, what do you think?

  [It is obvious that Phil has never asked for Larry's opinion in his life, and Larry grins] 

  Larry : Yeah. Let's go for it.

  Rita : [Pleased]  Good work, Phil.

  Phil : Maybe we'll get lucky. Let me give you a hand with the heavy stuff.

  [Phil takes the backpack and news-camera] 

  Larry : Uh...

  Phil : No, no, you got your coffee.

  [They start to walk to the "better" spot] 

  Phil : We never talk, Larry. Do you have kids?

  [Rita stares in astonishment, then slowly follows them] 

• [to Rita about Phil] 

  Larry : Did he actually call himself "the talent"?

• [to Nancy, about being a photojournalist] 

  Larry : People just don't understand what is involved in this. This is an art-form! You know, I think that most people just think that I hold a camera and point at stuff, but there is a *heck* of a lot more to it than just that.

• Phil : For your information, Hairdo, there is a major network interested in me.

  Larry : Yeah, that would be the Home Shopping Network.

• Larry : [about Phil]  He's out of his gourd.

• Phil : [Does a double take at Larry]  Wow! Looking *foxy* tonight man! Hey, is your troop gonna be selling cookies again this year?

  Larry : [Sarcastically]  Oh that's so funny Phil!

• [repeated line] 

  Larry : Prima Donnas.

• Phil : Can you keep a secret Larry? I'm probably leaving PBH. So this will be the last time we do the Groundhog festival together.

  Larry : I don't understand what's so wrong with the Groundhog festival. You know when I was in San Diego, I had to cover the swallows returning to Capistrano six years in a row.

  Phil : Someday someone's gonna' see me interviewing a groundhog and think I don't have a future.