Corner Gas (TV Series)

TV Free Dog River (2009)

Gabrielle Miller: Lacey Burrows

Quotes 

• [Emma has proposed in a town meeting that Dog River participate in Turn Off Your TV Week] 

  Lacey Burrows : I don't watch TV, so missing a week of it would be a breeze for me. Well, I do watch one show - So You Think Your Kid Can Dance - but that's it. Last night was actually pretty good. There's this kid from Cincinnati and his dad just lost his job, his mom's in jail. So this little kid - he's eight years old - he danced his heart out. I called in and voted for him, like, ten times. You can do that. You can do that. You can call them however many times you want.

  Karen Pelly : I think we should give up TV just to get Lacey off the junk.

• [when Oscar finds a miniature TV set in the basement, he starts charging people to get their fix. Lacey, having been the first to cave, gets involved as well] 

  Lacey Burrows : [entering, with a tray of pastries]  I was pretty quiet, I think I made it past Emma.

  Oscar Leroy : Emma's not home.

  Lacey Burrows : Oh. Well, then I definitely did.

  Oscar Leroy : [noticing the pastries]  Oh, what have you got there?

  Lacey Burrows : [slapping Oscar's hand away]  Whoa, whoa, whoa Ted Turner. Three bucks each.

  Oscar Leroy : What? That's highway robbery!

  Lacey Burrows : I tell you what. You let me watch TV for free and you can have a sticky bun.

  Oscar Leroy : Deal.

  Oscar Leroy : [to one of the TV watchers]  Hey, want a sticky bun? Four bucks.

  Lacey Burrows : Oscar!

  Lacey Burrows : [to the TV watcher]  They're five.

• [to Brent, about how she is managing without TV] 

  Lacey Burrows : Ah, fantastic. I've got all this free time. I've been baking, calling old friends...

  [cut to Lacey, on her phone in her kitchen] 

  Lacey Burrows : [phone]  Hey... Do you watch So You Think Your Kid Can Dance?... Oh, you lost your TV in the divorce? I see, hmm... Do you have your ex-husband's phone number?

• [at Oscar's TV speakeasy] 

  Oscar Leroy : Hey, Jim! Your usual spot?

  Jim : Please.

  Oscar Leroy : Lacey, Jim's here! Two sticky buns, pronto!

  Lacey Burrows : Coming right up! Hiya, Jim.

  Oscar Leroy : [he hears a noise upstairs]  It's Emma! Okay everyone, you know the drill!

  Lacey Burrows : Come on!

  [everyone hurries to put away the TV and bring out a card table while Emma comes down the stairs] 

  Emma Leroy : What are you all doing down here?

  Oscar Leroy : Hey, Emma! Just a friendly game of cards.

  Emma Leroy : Cards?

  Oscar Leroy : Yeah.

  Emma Leroy : What do you think I am, an idiot?

  [Emma pulls away a cardboard box expecting to find a TV set, but all she finds is a radio] 

  Oscar Leroy : [turning it on]  Oh-ho, a radio! Thanks Emma!

  Karen Pelly : [radio]  You're listening to DRPD!

  [fart noise and car horn sound effects] 

  Lacey Burrows : Maybe we don't need the radio...