Daily Dialogue — June 23, 2016

GOOFY: You’re doing the right thing, son.
MAX: Yeah, I know, but she’ll probably never talk to me again.
GOOFY: Well, if she doesn’t, maybe she’s just not the one for you.
MAX: That’s what I’m afraid of.

Max walks to the door of the house and rings the bell. Roxanne’s father answers the door.

MAX: Uh, hi. Remember me?

The door slams in Max’s face.

ROXANNE: (Inside) Daddy! (She opens the door.) Max? I saw you on TV. You were great!
MAX: Yeah? I…I mean no…no. I mean I…Roxanne, I lied to you. I don’t even know Powerline.
ROXANNE: What are you talking about? A billion people saw you dance with him.
MAX: Yeah, well, I…I never met him before…the concert, that is.
ROXANNE: You mean that story about Powerline and you dad…? Why would you make up something like that?
MAX: I don’t know. I guess I just wanted you to like me.
ROXANNE: I already liked you, Max. From the very first time I heard you laugh. The “hyuk.” So, you want to do something tonight?
MAX: Definitely. Oh…oh no, I can’t. I can’t.
ROXANNE: What?
MAX: Well, uh, I’m kinda doing something with my dad. Honest! How about tomorrow?
ROXANNE: Deal.

She holds out her hand. Max kisses her.

— A Goofy Movie (1995), screenplay by Jymn Magon, Chris Matheson and Brian Pimental, story by Jymn Magon, story supervisor Brian Pimental, additional material by Curtis Armstrong and John Doolittle

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: First Dates. Today’s suggestion by Will King.

Trivia: Early drafts of the script had different destinations for Goofy and Max to drive cross-country to including getting to Hawaii and getting on a game show called America’s Funniest Gladiators.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “The entire premise of this movie is an elaborate prank by Max to win a date with the girl of his dreams: Roxanne. Max is sure she would never date him, so he makes up a story that his father knows one of the greatest entertainers on earth, Powerline (a Michael Jackson clone), and scrambles to make the lie a reality while trying to keep his father in the dark during a summer road trip. The ruse becomes the truth when Max and Goofy actually do end up on stage with the performer, but now Max must return to the beginning and admit to his falsehood.”