Clueless (TV Series)

City Beautification (1996)

Sandra Bernhard: Ms. Sorenson

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Quotes 

• Dionne "Dee" Davenport : [renovating advice to dour no-nonsense official]  This month's InStyle. Stellar, the Andie McDowell range. Oh! You should really pick that up, it would be really helpful.

  Ms. Sorenson : [nodding]  Andie McDowell, huh?

  Cher Horowitz : [surveying ruined park]  You know, I really think we got here just in time.

  Dionne "Dee" Davenport : Uh.

  Cher Horowitz : And by the way, have you noticed the garbage?

  Ms. Sorenson : You really have quite an eye, don't you? We're lucky to have you. There's only one thing we ask of our volunteers on the first day.

  [yelling:] 

  Ms. Sorenson : Get your butts into the shed and change into your work clothes! Everybody!

• Dionne "Dee" Davenport : [she and Cher in orange jumpsuits]  Do these come in any other color?

  Ms. Sorenson : I'm so sick of you spoiled Beverly Hills kids. You come out here to earn a little extra credit or work off a traffic ticket, and then you end up sitting around on your butts while the real volunteers do all the work.

  Cher Horowitz : Are you calling us faux? Because we are really so fully volunteering.

  Ms. Sorenson : I suggest you get your volunteering tails into gear!

• Cher Horowitz : [voiceover]  My clean freak stepbrother has no idea. I do so many helpful things for the world.

  [to Dee, as they pull weeds in the overgrown park] 

  Cher Horowitz : See what they did before Nautilus?

  Dionne "Dee" Davenport : You know, I can't believe I let you talk me into this. I'm gonna have to explore our power dynamic.

  Ms. Sorenson : [calling them over]  Ladies!

  Cher Horowitz : [gladly giving it up, rising]  Oh...!

  Ms. Sorenson : Well, you'll be happy to hear we lost our funding...

  Dionne "Dee" Davenport : Oh!

  Ms. Sorenson : ...so you can go home, and you'll get full credit.

  Dionne "Dee" Davenport : [overjoyed]  We're free! Oh my God, we have so much work to do. First, we have to get this sand-blasted. Then we have to get manicures, facials, full spa treatment!

  [she grabs Cher by the hand and pulls her along] 

  Mother : [outside park, at gate, to her child]  Sorry, honey, this place is too dirty. You could get hurt. Come on, let's go.

  little boy : [wailing]  No...!

  Mother : Come on, sweetie. It's too dirty...

  little boy : [very unhappy]  No...

  Mother : It's dirty...

  [leads him off] 

  little boy : [so disappointed]  No...!

  Mother : [trying to soothe]  I know... I know, sweetie...

  Cher Horowitz : [voiceover, guiltily observing]  I had the perfect way out. I was as free as Anna Nicole Smith's modeling agent. So why was I bumming?

• Cher Horowitz : [voiceover]  I was no Mel Gibson, but I am still feeling way satisfied working for a cause.

  Tai : [steps on a rake, and the handle hits her on the side of the head]  Ow!

  Ms. Sorenson : What's going on here?

  Cher Horowitz : Hi, Ms. Sorenson. We're working for a cause. We're giving the park a complete makeover.

  Dionne "Dee" Davenport : We're being totally selfless.

  Ms. Sorenson : [scoffs]  You're being totally stupid.

  Cher Horowitz : Oh, no, we don't care about the credit.

  Ms. Sorenson : Would you care about insurance? Do you care about permits? Do you care about liability? Because the City does.

  Cher Horowitz : We can't just clean up a park?

  Ms. Sorenson : Oh, sure. What if everybody just went wandering around cleaning and fixing things? You have a thing or two to learn about government, honey.

  Cher Horowitz : So what should we do?

  Ms. Sorenson : Oh, you can try calling the City Park departments, and getting a permit.

  Cher Horowitz : [down]  Thanks...