Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series)

The Focus Group (2006)

Evan Handler: Ricky Tahoe

Quotes 

• Ricky Tahoe : Do you think there's any chance you might come down off your high horse and stop being pissed at us for something that happened four years ago and work with us?

  Matt Albie : Not a big chance, no.

  Ricky Tahoe : Do you want us to quit?

  Matt Albie : Badly. Do you think it's gonna happen?

  Ricky Tahoe : Not a big chance, no.

• Ricky Tahoe : Can we cut to the chase?

  Danny Tripp : Yeah! If it were up to me, we'd even cut the chase.

  Ricky Tahoe : What problem do the two of you have with the two of us and when is it gonna stop?

  Danny Tripp : Whoa... whoa. First of all, Matt and I are two separate people. Don't paint us with the same brush. Matt has a problem with you. I'm completely indifferent towards you.

  Ricky Tahoe : Was that supposed to be funny?

  Danny Tripp : Guys, I've gotta get back in there.

  Ricky Tahoe : Danny...

  Danny Tripp : Bill Maher. He made a politically incorrect observation on his own show, helpfully titled Politically Incorrect, and the sky fell down on him. Matt was one of the first guys to take up his side and so the sky fell down on him. And when AP asked you for a reaction quote, do you remember what you said?

  Ricky Tahoe : It was more than four years ago, Danny. I have no earthly idea what I said.

  Ron Oswald : I do.

  Ricky Tahoe : Ron...

  Ron Oswald : You said, "Matt Albie certainly doesn't speak for the cast, crew and staff of Studio 60, whose thoughts and prayers are with the brave men and women who lost their lives on September 11th."

  Danny Tripp : See? He got it word-for-word. Were Matt's thoughts and prayers *not* with the brave men and women who lost their lives on September 11th?

  Ricky Tahoe : It was 9/11! Everyone was out of their friggin' minds, and by the way... I'm the one pushing the Bush sketches!

  Danny Tripp : Yeah, I'd imagine now that the President's approval rating is seven guys in Tupelo, Mississippi, the water feels a little safer. Anyway, you asked the question, so...

  Ricky Tahoe : And how long is this gonna go on?

  Danny Tripp : That's entirely up to him.

  Ricky Tahoe : He needs us, and you know it too! Nobody can write ninety minutes of television every week by themselves. He'll be dead by his sixth show.

  Danny Tripp : And when that happens, I'm sure you'll be ready to take his job.