There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown (1973 TV Short)

Todd Barbee: Franklin

Quotes 

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : A science project? Oh, good grief, I hate science projects! I can never think of anything different!

  Franklin : I'm going to do mine on the various kinds of metals in the earth and how each has affected the progress of mankind.

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Maybe I'll do one on stomachaches.

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : What are you reading, Franklin?

  Franklin : It's a book on psychology. From what I understand, it seems to be pretty good.

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Forget it, Franklin. No book on psychology can be any good if you can understand it.

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : We're going to have to learn the metric system, Franklin. By the time we grow up, the metric system will probably be official. One inch is 2.54 centimeters, one foot is 0.3048 meters and one mile is 1.609 kilometers...

  Franklin : I'll never measure anything again as long as I live!

• Franklin : I'll never get this second problem.

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : Just put down "eleven", Franklin. And don't worry about it. That's what I did. "X" is almost always eleven, and "Y" is almost always nine. One thing I've learned about algebra, don't take it too seriously.

• Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : [reading a math problem]  "In driving from town A to town D, you pass first through town B and then through town C. It is 10 miles farther from A to B than from B to C and 10 miles farther from B to C than from C to D. If it is 390 miles from A to D, how far is it from A to B?" Well, I knew it would happen sooner or later.

  Franklin : What's the matter?

  Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt : My education has ground to a halt!