“- Charlene: Where are his parents?
- Milly: That's the weird part. When Eric was five years old, his parents went on a trip to Spain or France or someplace like that. The plane crashed and they died.”
Bonnie Bedelia - Charlene
Lucy Deakins - Milly

“So many youngsters already gone forever. Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters back home must have a difficult time retaining any belief in the internal rightness of things.”
Tom Selleck - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

“I sent two healthy 65-year old parents to South Florida. 30 years later - dead! I mean what is it, the water, the air - it's a death camp!”
Robert Klein - Himself

“- Mary Katherine Gallagher: I thought you said that mom and dad were savagely ripped apart and eaten by a school of hammerhead sharks.
- Grandma: I just told you that to make you feel better.”
Molly Shannon - Mary Katherine Gallagher
Glynis Johns - Grandma

“- Mary Katherine Gallagher: So what really happened to your parents?
- Slater: They were savagely ripped apart and eaten by a school of hammerhead sharks.
- Mary Katherine Gallagher: That happens a lot.”
Molly Shannon - Mary Katherine Gallagher
Harland Williams - Slater