Silver Spoons (TV Series)

The Great Computer Caper (1982)

Ricky Schroder: Ricky Stratton

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• Captain Stark : What do you know about ships?

  Ricky Stratton : Oh, a lot. I've seen every episode of Love Boat.

  Captain Stark : I hate that show.

• Ricky Stratton : I think it's important for the people to know this. It's just too easy to get military information with a computer. But you didn't mention my name, right?

  Arnold Jackson : Hey, I always keep my sources anonymous.

  Ricky Stratton : [reading]  "This information was furnished by Ricky Stratton, who prefers to remain anonymous."

  Arnold Jackson : [sheepishly]  See? Aw, Rick, I needed that story. I never made the front page before, and my editor wouldn't print it without all the details.

  Ricky Stratton : Well, at least you didn't print a picture of the plane.

  Arnold Jackson : I guess you haven't gotten to page 3 yet.

• Edward Stratton III : In order to be a good fisherman, you've got to have perseverance, intuition, courage...

  Ricky Stratton : And a charge account at Burt's Fish Market.

  Edward Stratton III : I thought we weren't gonna tell her.

  Kate Summers : Oh, I would have found out eventually. Word travels fast at $7.95 a pound.

• Ricky Stratton : Someday almost everything's gonna be done by a computer.

  Arnold Jackson : Well, that's -- that's nice, but, uh, we need special stories at the Pecker. Like, can you embezzle a million bucks with this thing?