- Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus: The kitchen is closed till six o'clock.
- Benson DuBois: They'll be glad to hear that at the poison control center.
- Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling: I really could use $2. I have some unexpected expenses at school.
- Benson DuBois: Such as?
- Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling: A yo-yo. Everyone has one.
- Benson DuBois: No wonder Johnny can't read.
- Libby Gatling: [Addressing Benson] Have you seen Gene?
- Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling: [Governor Gatling walks into the kitchen while wearing a jogging outfit] Here he is. Uh, uh, here I am.
- Libby Gatling: Oh, you've been jogging.
- Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling: Oh, well, I got dressed to go jogging, but David Hartman was interviewing Barbara Walters on television or maybe it was the other way around. Anyhow, by the time they got through with each other it was too late to go jogging.
- Libby Gatling: [Libby laughs] Gene, won't you ever change?
- Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling: Well, sure right after breakfast. I couldn't speak to the legislature dressed like this.
- Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus: [Katie Gatling has just returned from boarding school] Now come and sit down and tell us all about it.
- Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling: Well, Daddy and Benson showed up at the dormitory at three o'clock to bring me back. Security thought they were burglars.
- Benson DuBois: [laughs] You ever have a 60-year-old man hit you in the shoulder with a flashlight?
- Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling: It turned out okay. I vouched for them.
- Marcy Hill: Is that what took you so long?
- Benson DuBois: No, the return trip.
- Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus: What's the matter, Benson. Did you get lost?
- Benson DuBois: Well, if you must know the Governor insisted on driving back. I fell asleep.
- Marcy Hill: And he missed the turnoff?
- Benson DuBois: He missed the whole state.
- Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling: We stopped at this really neat restaurant. It was all inside this big concrete dinosaur.
- Benson DuBois: And judging from the brontoburger, the cook still hadn't discovered fire.
- Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus: Where's the Governor?
- Benson DuBois: Paying the tow truck.
- Marcy Hill: Tow truck?
- Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling: Daddy backed into the dinosaur. He broke its tail off.
- Benson DuBois: Luckily, there was no one in the ladies restroom.
- Marcy Hill: Dan and I took the kids to the ice show last night. My nose is still cold.
- Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling: Does that mean you're healthy?
- Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus: Only if you're a cocker spaniel.