A character in Scrooged (1988)

Ghost of Christmas Past quotes from Scrooged (1988)

David Johansen
Played by David Johansen Scrooged (1988) · 24 quotes

2nd most-quoted character in Scrooged (1988): in 4 of its 24 quotes
Most scenes with: Frank Cross (3)

Scenes with Ghost of Christmas Past

4 scenes

I get it. You're here to show me my past, and I'm supposed to get all dully-eyed and mushy. Well, forget it, pal, you got the wrong guy!

Ghost of Christmas Past

That's exactly what Attila the Hun said. But when he saw his mother... Niagara Falls!

Ghost of Christmas Past

You still spend the next fifteen years sitting on your ass watching TV.

Check the records! I did some stuff. I played baseball. One year, I hit the home-run that won the big game--

Ghost of Christmas Past

That was the kid on The Courtship of Eddie's Father.

There was another time, though. I was on a hill covered with flowers, and there was a beautiful girl with pigtails--

Ghost of Christmas Past

PATHETIC! You are so pathetic! That was Little House on the Prairie!

... Was it the the homecoming episode?

Ghost of Christmas Past
[exasperated]

Yes, it was the homecoming episode of Little House. Let's face it, Frank. Garden slugs got more out of life than you.

Yeah? Name one.

Ghost of Christmas Past

You left Claire for Frisbee the dog? Frank, let me sum this up for you: you don't know who you are, you don't know what you want, and you don't know what the hell is going on!

I've made a few mistakes. I gotta live with that. But I do know who I am, I know what I want, and I know what's going on!

Ghost of Christmas Past
[the Ghost has disappeared into a monitor, and whistles to get his attention]

Hey, Frank! Up here!

What's going on?

Ghost of Christmas Past

How should I know? I'm just the ghost! So long, sucker!

Ghost of Christmas Past
[after driving harmlessly through a van]

GO BACK TO JERSEY, YA MORON! [laughs]

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