Scrooge Promo Announcer Quotes in Scrooged (1988)

Scrooge Promo Announcer: Seven o'clock. Psychos seize Santa's workshop and only Lee Majors can stop them.

Frank Cross: I am the youngest president in the history of television for a reason: I know the people.

Elliot: Well, uh... granted but the people already wanna watch the show.

Frank Cross: [a pause; shouting] That isn't good enough! They have got to be so scared to miss it! So terrified!

[Quieter tone]

Frank Cross: Now if I were in charge, and I am.

[laughs. IBC Executive laughs along with him but Frank looks at him and he shuts up]

Frank Cross: Perhaps I can help you. Here's the kind of thing I would have done. Grace, cue it up.

[Frank stands in front of the screens. Thunder sounds and ominous music start playing]

Scrooge Promo Announcer: Acid rain.

[Images and sounds of people screaming; Frank makes a screaming face]

Scrooge Promo Announcer: Drug addictions.

[Shows a guy groaning and shooting up on heroin. Scene changes to a jet taking off]

Scrooge Promo Announcer: International terrorism.

[Jet blows up in midair. Scene changes to a guy pulling a shotgun out of a car]

Scrooge Promo Announcer: Freeway killers.

[Guy with shotgun fires]

Scrooge Promo Announcer: Now more than ever...

Frank Cross: [Speaking along with announcer] It is important to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Scrooge Promo Announcer: Don't miss Charles Dickens' immortal classic Scrooge. Your life...

Frank Cross: [Speaking along with announcer] ... might just depend on it.

[Promo holds on the image of a nuclear explosion. Frank takes a sip of coffee and looks at the executives]

Frank Cross: Not bad, huh?