Carol Bilger: Mother-1, Helen Bennett, SPL Computer

Quotes 

• Jack Bennett : It's called bagels and lox, Professor Sharp's favorite.

  Helen Bennett : He claims there's only one right way to prepare it.

  Bunjiro 'Bunji' Bennett : [holding a pair of bagel-halves to his eyes like glasses and imitating him]  First bisect the Taurus along its equator. Spread on the cream cheese to a thickness of no more than .251 inches, arranging the locks in crisscrossing layers.

• Helen Bennett : Jack, we haven't had a vacation in ages.

  Jack Bennett : Well, I...

  Meg Bennett : Oh, Dad, can we?

  Jack Bennett : We've all got a lot of responsibilities right here, so I think...

  [glances at Helen] 

  Jack Bennett : New York sounds great.

• Jack Bennett : [in the Museum of Natural History]  Well, looks like the meteor's the thing to see

  Helen Bennett : Uh, thanks, but I've seen enough of that meteor to last a lifetime.