The Wonder Years (TV Series)
Of Mastodons and Men (1992)
Daniel Stern: Kevin Arnold - The Narrator
Quotes
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Ben Aidem : Hey Kev. I hear there is going to be a little announcement tonight.
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : Great the whole family knew and not only and that now we are going to have the talk. The father of the bride speech. About the birds. About the bees.
Ben Aidem : Duke loved nights like this.
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : About Duke?
Kevin Arnold : Was duke your dog?
Ben Aidem : Duke was a hell of a dog.
[PooPoo barking in the background]
Ben Aidem : Chuckle. Not like Poopoo back there. Duke was a black lab. Eighty pounds. He was so full of fun and so full of spirit. A real man's best friend kind of a dog, you know? Duke wasn't afraid of anything.
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : I could tell Duke was more than just a dog to this guy.
Kevin Arnold : What happened to him?
Ben Aidem : Ran away the day I proposed to June. Still think about him you know. You know, every now and then, at night I swear I can still hear Duke's howl.
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Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : Over the next few weeks I rejoined my tribe. And in a lot of ways, I was back where I belonged.
[car honking]
Kevin Arnold : I'll be right back.
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : Still I guess I knew there was still some unfinished business between Ben and me at least.
Kevin Arnold : Hi Ben.
Ben Aidem : Hi Kevin. I thought it was you. You look pretty good out there.
Kevin Arnold : Thanks. So, how's Julie?
Ben Aidem : Well she found a new guy, they are going steady.
Kevin Arnold : No kidding
[laughing]
Kevin Arnold : .
Ben Aidem : Yeah, he looks great in stripes.
Kevin Arnold : I bet. Hey you got the car out on a Thursday!
Ben Aidem : Yeah, I thought I would go a little crazy.
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : And in a way I couldn't help thinking I had something to do with it.
Kevin Arnold : Well. It was nice seeing you again.
Ben Aidem : Hey Kevin! One day you are going to see.
Kevin Arnold : What's that?
Ben Aidem : It's not that bad. Having people who care for you, you know?
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : I guess Ben understood something. Something I'd learn... in time.
Paul Pfeiffer : Come on Kev, let's go!
Kevin Arnold : Thanks! I'll keep that in mind.
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : But me, I was just a 16 year old guy and the way I saw it there was still a lot of Mastodons yet to be slayed.
[car honking]
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Julie Aidem : What are you thinking?
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : She asked me that a lot.
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Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : [while at the Aidem's house for dinner] Still, I had to admit. I liked it there. It was nice being in a civilised home.
June Aidem : Ben, fix your collar.
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : A home where people actually said please. And used butter knives. As opposed to say...
[the story moves to the Arnold house]
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : ... the Arnold house. We, were a house of men. A house of slobs. A house of hunters.
[Wayne, Kevin and Jack all burp while eating breakfast]
Kevin Arnold , Wayne Arnold , Jack Arnold : [to Norma] Excuse me.
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Norma Arnold : Kevin, I thought you hated that striped shirt.
Kevin Arnold : Me? No, I saw it in my closet and I think it suits me.
Wayne Arnold : Well, why's the collar up?
Kevin Arnold : Well, it just do happens that some people like the way this looks, Butt-brain.
Wayne Arnold : What people?
Kevin Arnold : None of your business.
Wayne Arnold : Julieeee! Heh heh heh.
Jack Arnold : Who's Julie?
Kevin Arnold : No-one.
Wayne Arnold : She's got you on a pretty short leash there, huh, Kev?
Kevin Arnold - The Narrator : This from a guy who's last successful relationship was with a nose hair clipper.