Don't Look Under the Bed (1999 TV Movie)

Erin Chambers: Frances Bacon McCausland

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Quotes 

• Frances Bacon McCausland : [Darwin doesn't acknowledge Larry's in the room as he asks Frances about her marbles]  Do you see anybody else here?

  Darwin McCausland : You don't have to be snotty about it, I don't even throw marbles!

• Larry Houdini : I am Larry Houdini.

  Frances Bacon McCausland : So I guess you were almost named after Harry Houdini? Houdini isn't even a real name.

  Larry Houdini : I'm not a real person.

• Frances Bacon McCausland : So you just stay young forever like, Peter Pan?

  Larry Houdini : Our friends grow up, and then we make new friends, friends keep you young, just like aerobics.

  [does jumping jacks] 

  Larry Houdini : Tae-Bo, Tai Chi, all that good stuff.

• Larry Houdini : Get in the bass drum, as a hiding place you can't beat it!

  [rimshot] 

  Frances Bacon McCausland : I'm not trying to hide, I'm chasing you.

• Frances Bacon McCausland : Nobody knew who was responsible, but everybody needed someone to blame.

• Frances Bacon McCausland : [to Larry]  Now you're a fireman? You're like one of Darwin's action figures.

• Frances Bacon McCausland : [to the boogeyman]  I'm sorry, Zoe... I'm so sorry!

  [nervously reaches out and holds the boogeyman's hand] 

• [first lines] 

  Frances Bacon McCausland : [narrating]  Middleberg is a middle-sized town in the middle of the country. Middleberg is where I live, and so does something... else. Some people said that Middleberg was dull, that nothing ever happened here. Well, they were very wrong.

• [last lines] 

  Darwin McCausland : I guess it takes a lot of imagination to become a grown-up.

  Frances Bacon McCausland : It sure does, kiddo.

• Larry Houdini : [Frances has just gotten out of the shower and is wearing nothing but a bath robe, she is checking herself in the mirror, and Larry appears inside the mirror, talking to Frances]  Ewww! Is that a zit? Girl, you need to take care of your skin!

  Frances Bacon McCausland : [looks behind her but there's nothing there]  Great. I'm still dreaming.

  Larry Houdini : Over here!

  Frances Bacon McCausland : [looks back towards the mirror]  What are you doing in there?

  Larry Houdini : [dancing in the mirror]  This positive to reflect?

  Frances Bacon McCausland : Get out! Get out, it's creepy!

  Larry Houdini : [Larry steps out of the mirror] 

  Frances Bacon McCausland : [appalled]  How long have you been in there?

• Frances Bacon McCausland : [finds Larry in the garage]  You're all right.

  Larry Houdini : Just all right? And I thought I was great!

  Frances Bacon McCausland : Well, when you fell off the roof last night, I thought you were...

  Larry Houdini : [interrupts]  "Get real, Frances" if I can quote your friend Joanne - well former friend, thanks to the Boogeyman.

  [pause] 

  Larry Houdini : Are you sure you didn't do anything to make him mad?

  Frances Bacon McCausland : Hello, I think I'd remember if I'd done anything to the *Boogeyman*.

  Larry Houdini : [starts heading back into the garage]  Okay, Frances. Okay.

• Frances Bacon McCausland : [to the school staff, who doesn't see Larry on the piano]  Why can't you see him? He's playing the saxophone, he's moonwalking! Why are you pretending that you can't

  [turns back and he's gone] 

  Frances Bacon McCausland : see him?