Christy Colleran Quotes in Switching Channels (1988)

Christy Colleran: [after John tells her not to use profanity in the news broadcasts] When have I EVER used foul language, you rotten son-of-a-BITCH?

Christy Colleran: [running in a marathon] It may look like rain to the rest of you, but on Lake Shore Drive it's sunshine all the way.

[motorcycle drives by and wets her]

Christy Colleran: Ah! Thats right Chicago hit me, beat me I love it! This is Christy Colleran, Satellite Network News.

Christy Colleran: This just in: At 12 noon today 15,000 students from all 50 states, will be joined electronically to play "Darktown Strutters Ball" on the kazoo

[starts to chuckle]

Christy Colleran: for the President of the United States.

[starts to laugh harder]

Christy Colleran: The Prestident as you know is a former kazoo player and may wish to join in.

[laughing louder]

Christy Colleran: Wait a minute, wait a minute here, we're doing a story about 15,000 kazoo players and

[mockingly]

Christy Colleran: the President of the United States!

[laughing hysterically]

John L. Sullivan IV: [talking on the phone] I think my ex-wife is cracking up. What do you mean "give her a vacation"!

[sees Christy cracking up on the monitor]

John L. Sullivan IV: Give her a vacation.

[Christy keeps on laughing uncontrolably]

Blaine Bingham: So, you're what a network news man looks like.

John L. Sullivan IV: And you sell jock straps!

Blaine Bingham: 25 million last year alone. You know if I'd invented that little baby, I'd be a rich man today.

John L. Sullivan IV: I thought you were a rich man. Aren't you a multi-millionaire?

Blaine Bingham: Depends on what you mean by multi.

John L. Sullivan IV: Multi usually means more than one!

Christy Colleran: Blaine, sweetheart, we don't have to dicuss our finances with him.

John L. Sullivan IV: Our?

Christy Colleran: Our.

Christy Colleran: Blaine knows everything about food.

John L. Sullivan IV: Now that's important. to know EVERYTHING about food.