'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV Movie)
Tammy Grimes: Albert
Quotes
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Father Mouse : You don't know as much as you think because you only think with your head. So you have a lot of trouble believing in things you can't see or touch.
Albert : Like for instance, what things?
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Albert : That's it! That's it, Father. I'll fix the clock by midnight, then maybe Santa will...
Father Mouse : You believe in Santa?
Albert : I don't know. I don't know. But I've learned that I still got a lot to learn.
Father Mouse : But son, you don't know how to fix a clock.
Albert : That's all right, Father. Copernicus knew.
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Albert : [after Father Mouse has shown him Davy Thomas] But these are just kids. Grownups never believe in Santa.
Father Mouse : Don't quite know everything, do you?
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Father Mouse : Albert.
Albert : Yes, Father.
Father Mouse : There's something we have to talk about.
Albert : I said, "Yes, Father".
Father Mouse : "Yes, Father", what?
Albert : I wrote the letter. My friends and I, that is. "All of us".
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Father Mouse : [after Albert tries out Mr. Trundle's model clock] What's the matter with you? You wanna wake everyone up?
Albert : That's pretty neat. Does it work in a gear and pinion principle or an AC synchronous motor?
Father Mouse : Well, it's more of a - a gear, what? Synchronous uh, who?
Albert : Ever since Copernicus, Dad, it was known that...
Father Mouse : Never mind, never mind, you may know algebra, son, but this time, the whole town's counting on this clock.
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Father Mouse : Mr. Trundle's been hard at work making a special clock.
[pointing to the model clock]
Father Mouse : There's the model. When the clock strikes twelve on Christmas Eve, it'll play a song welcoming Santa. Does that sound like a man who doesn't believe?
Albert : A song?
[jumping onto the clock's face]
Albert : Is that when the hands come together like this?
[he turns the minute hand to 12, and music emits]
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Father Mouse : [seeing Albert crying] What is it?
Albert : My fault... all my fault... I've ruined everyone's Christmas.
Father Mouse : I know. I know you wrote the letter, Albert. You told us so, and that was honest of you. But as you said, it *was* your opinion.
Albert : No, that isn't it. Something else.
Father Mouse : What else?
Albert : Mr... Mr. Trundle's clock - at the village hall. I... I wanted to see how it worked, so I climbed into it and...
Father Mouse : Kerplunk?
Albert : Kerplowie...
Father Mouse : You broke the clock?
Albert : I - I didn't mean it, Father; I'm sorry... so sorry...
Father Mouse : It's not enough to be sorry; when you've done something wrong, you have to correct the thing you did.