Daily Dialogue — September 14, 2017

Chris: Hi. Um… My name is Chris Parker. I live in Oak Park. That’s a suburb.
Brad: They probably figured that out. Ha.
Chris: This is Brad, Sara and Daryl. And we’re in trouble.
Daryl: Ain’t no doubt.
Chris: See, me and my boyfriend Mike, tonight’s our anniversary. But then he went and cancelled. And now I’m stuck watching these three. And it’s so hard…!
Albert Collins: And it’s so hard!
Chris: Babysitting these guys.
Band: She’s got the…
Chris: I got this call from Brenda. I went to pick her up. The tire had a blowout. And my mom’s car got shot up.
Sarah: And these guys started to chase us.
Brad: And we all got hijacked. Ha!
Daryl: We’re cruising down the highway.
Chris: In this big ol’ Cadillac. And it’s so hard!
Albert Collins: And it’s so hard!
Chris: Babysitting these guys.
Albert Collins: She got the babysitting blues.
Band: Baby, baby. Babysitting blues.
Chris: I’ve got the babysitting blues.
Albert Collins: There’s nights you swear you were born to lose. Like tonight. And you wish your feet were walking in someone else’s shoes.
Chris: Some guys are out to get us.
Daryl: And Brenda’s probably dead.
Brad: We ain’t got a nickel.
Albert Collins: And they should be in bed! And you outta luck.
Chris: I got enough watching these guys. I’ve got the babysitting blues.
Sarah, Brad, Daryl: Baby, baby.

— Adventures in Babysitting (1987), written by David Simkins

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Babysitting, suggested by Gisela Wehrl.

Trivia: Brenda’s coat is from “Hemingway High School”; the school is fictitious. However, Ernest Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, where the movie starts and ends.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is just a classic 80s moment.