Step by Step (TV series)

Step by Step is an American television sitcom created by William Bickley and Michael Warren.

Episodes

Season 4

The Honeymoon is Over

Mark: J.T. said I can't apologize, because that would make me a wimp.

Cody: Okay, I just have one more small question for you... *why* would you take advice from a *bonehead* like J.T.?

Mark: You said that already.

Cody: I know, I'm using repetitious dialogue to prove a point. Now think about it, what does JT have? He has the swimsuit issues, and he has the bun cruncher channel. What does he know about women?

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Cody: You look like you got a little droop in your drawers.

Mark: I had a rough night. Gabrielle and I had a little brouhaha.

Cody: Brouhaha, man that Hungarian food's a killer, did that paprika give you a scooch 1-2-3?

Mark: No, Cody, we had a fight.

Cody: Wow, a fight and a scooch 1-2-3, you *did* have a rough night.

Mark: It was such a stupid fight, I feel awful.

Cody: Then why don't you just go upstairs and apologize?

Mark: J.T. told me real men don't apologize.

Cody: Okay, I just have one small question for you... why would you take advice from a *bonehead* like JT?

One Truck, Al Dente

Al: Parents get so uptight about teaching their kids to drive. I'm gonna have my friend Debbie teach me.

Frank: Demolition Debby? I don't think so.

Season 6

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

[Mark and his friends are in the video store looking for a movie]

Max: What about The Terminator?

Mark: Seen it.

Max: Grumpy Old Men?

Mark: Lame.

Max: Sleepless in Seattle.

Mark: That's a chick flick.

Max: You know, this is all your dad's fault. I can't believe he wouldn't let you see Showgirls.

Mark: Look who's talking. You still take Flintstonevitamins.

Max: Shut up, man.

Mark: No, you shut up.

Max: You wanna tell me to shut up?

Roland: Guys. Guys. Over here. Act natural. I got something you're gonna wanna see.

Mark: The Little Mermaid? Man, if we were gonna go animated, we should have gotten Pocahontas. At least she's got cleavage.

Roland: Check this out.

Mark: [opens the tape] The Naughty Nurses?

Roland: It even says it right here on the video. "They make their patients sick with passion."

Mark: Man, we can't rent this kind of movie.

Roland: We can if it's inside the Little Mermaidbox and nobody knows about it.

Mark: But if we get caught, our parents will kill us.

Roland: Yeah, but we'll sure die real happy.

Mark: You're right. Let's do it.

Roland: Act natural.

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[Frank and Al come home and find Mark and his friends watching a film in the garage]

Frank: Hey, guys. What's going on?

Max, Mark, and Roland: Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing. No. None. No, nothing. No, nothing.

Frank: Then, what's the TV doing here in the garage?

Mark: We were just watching The Little Mermaid. See? It says right here on the box. The Little Mermaid. Wholesome, family entertainment. Wholesome.

Frank: Let me see it. Come on. Come on. Let me see it. [he angrily grabs the tape away from Mark] The Little Mermaid. [opens the tape box] The Naughty Nurses.

Mark: Some jerk at the video store must have put the wrong tape in the box. Don't they know that we're impressionable?

Roland: I know I am. Ha! We better go down to the video store and return this immediately.

Frank: I'll tell you what, Roland. I'll return the tape. You and Max run on home and tell your folks they can expect a call from me.

Roland: [leaves] Man, puberty is hell.

Max: [leaves] My dad's gonna ground me until I'm 40.

Al: Well, Dad, this must be a real proud day for you. One son is getting married to the first girl who kissed him, and the other is watching pornos in the garage.

Frank: You know what I'm not in the mood for right now, Al?

Al: Me?

Frank: Bingo. [Al quietly leaves] Mark. I know that you're curious about women and sex and things like that, but I don't think that watching The Naughty Nurses is the right way to learn about 'em.

Mark: Could you, suggest another film, then?

Frank: Mark! It's not something that you can learn about in a movie. It's personal, and it's intimate. It's about a loving, caring relationship between two people.

Mark: But I don't have a relationship. I can't even get a date to the movies. How am I supposed to learn about this stuff?

Frank: You can ask me.

Mark: Right now?

Frank: Sure. Sure, come on. Sit down. Sit down. Just ask me any old thing you want to. Just fire away.

Mark: Okay. Will, I ever stop thinking about naked women?

Frank: Nope. Next question.