Daily Dialogue — January 29, 2019

Otter and Mrs. Wormer are in the supermarket vegetable section.

Eric ‘Otter’ Stratton: Mine’s bigger.

Marion looks questioningly at him.

Eric ‘Otter’ Stratton: My cucumber. It’s bigger. I think vegetables can be very sensuous, don’t you? 
Marion Wormer: No, vegetables are sensual. People are sensuous. 
Eric ‘Otter’ Stratton: Right. Sensual. That’s what I meant. My name’s Eric Stratton. People call me Otter. 
Marion Wormer: My name’s Marion. People call me Mrs. Wormer. 
Eric ‘Otter’ Stratton: Oh, we have a Dean Wormer at Faber. 
Marion Wormer: How interesting. I have a husband named Dean Wormer at Faber. Still want to show me your cucumber?

— National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), written Harold Ramis & Douglas Kenney & Chris Miller

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Supermarket.

Trivia: Donald Sutherland was so convinced of the movie’s lack of potential that, when offered a percent of the gross or a flat fee of seventy-five thousand dollars for his three days’ work, he took the upfront payment. Had he taken the gross percentage, he would have been worth an additional three to four million dollars.

Dialogue On Dialogue: After this supermarket scene, one can never think about a cucumber quite the same way.