Hairspray (2007)
James Marsden: Corny Collins
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Quotes
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Corny Collins : [singing] Who cares about sleep when you can snooze in school? You'll never get to college but you'll sure look cool!
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Corny Collins : And now it's time to say goodbye to our very own fun-lovin', free-wheelin' little Brenda.
Corny Collins : [looks to Brenda] Come on up here, Brenda. Brenda will be taking a leave of absence from the show. How long are you gonna be gone, Brenda?
Brenda : [smiles nervously] Just nine months.
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Corny Collins : Roll Call!
Council Members : I'm Amber! Brad! Tammy! Fender! Brenda! Sketch! Shelley! IQ! Lou Ann! Joey! Mikey! Vicki! Becky! Bix! Jesse! Darla! Paulie! Noreen! Doreen! And I'm... Link!
Tracy Turnblad , Penny Pingleton : [scream from home in front of their TV]
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Corny Collins : I'd like to welcome our new council member, Miss Tracy Turnblad! Tracy, cozy up to ol' Corny and tell us a little bit about yourself
Tracy Turnblad : Well, I watch the Corny Collins show everyday and I do nothing else!
Corny Collins : Oh!
Tracy Turnblad : I also hope to be the first female president... or a rockette!
Corny Collins : As your first act as president, what would you do?
Tracy Turnblad : Hmm...
[ponders]
Tracy Turnblad : ... I'd make everyday Negro Day!
Corny Collins : I read you like tomorrow's headlines!
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Velma Von Tussle : They're just kids, that's why we have to steer them in the white direction.
Corny Collins : [pause] RIGHT direction?
Velma Von Tussle : Isn't that what I said?
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Corny Collins : [at the conclusion of "It's Hairspray"] Hey, baby! You look like you could use a stiff one!
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Corny Collins : Tell me, Velma, how exactly do you fire Corny Collins from the Corny Collins show?
[walks away]
Velma Von Tussle : [starts to speak and then pauses, frustrated] They do it all the time on "Lassie"!
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Corny Collins : Velma, isn't this where it's all heading anyway? Now you can fight it, or you can rock out to it!
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Corny Collins : It looks like we have an opening here for another girl who is just as fun-lovin' but maybe not as free-wheelin'!
