What are you looking at? You're laborers; you should be laboring. That's what you get for not having an education.
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Pat Proft
Pat Proft is an American comedy writer and actor. Born in Minnesota in 1947, Proft began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis in the mid 1960s. He went on to perform as a one-man comedy act in the late 1960s. In 1972, Proft began working at The Comedy Store in Hollywood which led to work in television and film writing for the Smothers Brothers and Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.Of the many feature films Proft has written, Wrongfully Accused, is the only one he also directed. It was released in 1998.Proft continued to work with David Zucker, and in 2013 announced he was working on a parody film with Zucker involving the Jason Bourne and Mission: Impossible series. 2Biography Proft was born in 1947 in Minnesota. Proft attended Columbia Heights High School where his English teacher Stuart J. Anderson encouraged Proft to develop his talent. Proft would later perform at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre's stage, acting in musicals even though Proft felt that he "can't sing or dance". In 1972, Proft moved to Hollywood where he began working at The Comedy Store. Jerry and David Zucker saw some of Proft's work at the Comedy Store and would later invite him to join them at Kentucky Fried Theate
Moles and trolls, moles and trolls, work, work, work, work, work. We never see the light of day. We plan this thing for weeks and all they want to do is study. I'm disgusted. I'm sorry but it's not like me, I'm depressed. There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into…
[Discussing how Knight didn't come in to the lab] Bodie: He said he didn't feel like it. And I said, ‘You'd better!’ And he said, ‘Or what?’ And I said, ‘Or you're gonna be in trouble.’ And he said, ‘Jam it.’ Professor Hathaway: That's a wonderful story, Bodie. I noticed you've stopped stuttering.…
[Chris is holding a lab beaker with pink liquid in it] Chris Knight: Here Mitch, taste this. Go on, you won't hurt my feelings, just try it. What do you think, too sweet? Mitch: What is it? Chris Knight: I don't know, I found it in one of the labs. [Mitch starts to induce vomiting] Chris Knight:…
Mitch: But if I stay, what should I do? Chris Knight: You get even with Kent. It's a moral imperative.
Jordan: Are you going to take me home to meet your parents? Mitch: No. Jordan: Why? Are you ashamed of me? Mitch: No, them. Jordan: Oh.
[Kent opens his dorm room door to find his car inside] Chris Knight: Hey, Kent...that's your car. Mitch: Kent, you know you're not supposed to park that on campus. Kent: You've gone too far this time, Knight. Chris Knight: [whiny, scared voice] I had help! [points to Mitch] Kent: You, huh? Well you…
Look at it this way. Considering the type of people you are and the environment you're in, you have to admit the strong possibility this may be the only chance you ever have in your entire lives...to have sex.
Dr. Dodd: Why is that toy on your head? Chris Knight: Because if I wear it any place else, it chafes.
Lazlo Hollyfeld: Well, how'd you do? Chris Knight: How'd I do? I passed! But I failed! Yeah! Lazlo Hollyfeld: Well, then I'm happy and sad for you.
Sir, let me take this moment to compliment you on your fashion sense, particularly your slippers.
Professor Hathaway: I want to see more of you around the lab. Chris Knight: Fine. I'll gain weight.
Professor Hathaway: When you first started at Pacific Tech you were well on your way to becoming another Einstein and then you know what happened? Chris Knight: I got a haircut?
This? This is ice. This is what happens to water when it gets too cold. This? This is Kent. This is what happens to people when they get too sexually frustrated.
Kent: You're all a bunch of degenerates. Chris Knight: We are? What about that time I found you naked with that bowl of Jell-O? Kent: You did not. Chris Knight: This is true. Kent: Look, it was hot and I was hungry, okay?
Chris Knight: Have you ever seen a body like this before in your life? David Decker: She happens to be my daughter. Chris Knight: Oh. Then I guess you have.
Do you mind if I name my first child after you? ‘Dipshit Knight’ has a nice ring to it.
[Chris Knight is trying to hit on Susan, a beautiful woman he finds in Professor Hathaway's house] Chris Knight: So, if there's anything I can do for you—or, more to the point, to you—just let me know. Susan: Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis? Chris Knight: Not right…
Mitch: You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning... Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you? Mitch: No... Chris Knight: Why am I the only one who has…
Mitch: What are you doing? Chris Knight: Self-realization. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, ‘... I drank what?’