Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star


Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star stars David Spade, Rob Reiner, Craig Bierko, Mary McCormack, Scott Terra, Jenna Boyd, and Alyssa Milano. In this movie, Dickie Roberts (Spade) is a former child star remembered for his role in the popular television series The Glimmer Gang. However, when the show was cancelled, he did not have a replacement show, his mother left him, and his life went downhill. Twenty years later, he is reduced to parking cars and occasional television appearances, such as a stint on Celebrity Boxing, where he gets beat up by Emmanuel Lewis (the former Webster star). From the public's viewpoint, Dickie is a walking joke. However, potential salvation comes for Dickie when Rob Reiner (himself) invites Dickie to his office to discuss a major role that could relaunch Dickie's acting career, and Dickie has the right look for the part, but the only problem is, the role requires Dickie to know what it's like to be normal, which Dickie is anything but.

Dickie plans to learn what normal is by attempting to relive his childhood. He sells his autobiography for money to put towards hiring a family. The family that ends up taking him in is the Finneys, at the suggestion of George (Bierko), the father, who is also a car salesman who plans to use Dickie in his commercials. Grace (McCormack), the mother, is opposed to the idea at first, but gives in to her husband. The Finneys also have two children - Sam (Terra) and Sally (Boyd). Despite a rough start, Dickie learns a lot about himself and life in general, and Sam, Sally, and even Grace eventually warm up to Dickie. Meanwhile, things between George and Grace fall apart, to the point that George ends up running off with Dickie's gold-digger ex-girlfriend, Cyndi (Milano). Dickie eventually lands his coveted role, but he is hesitant to accept, due to his newfound attachment to Grace and the Finneys, plus the news that George left Grace.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Sound ClipFile Name / Clip Length / File Size
Dickie was once offered a role as Pippi Longstocking as a childpippilongstocking.wav / 0:23 / 91.1 Kb
"...I can't publish this right now, because it ends up with me being a loser..."autobiography.wav / 0:17 / 67.3 Kb
"Does insurance cover that? What, being a moron? No, they squeeze out of it with that 'act of an idiot' clause."insurance.wav / 0:06 / 27.0 Kb
Dickie's autograph is worth negative twenty dollarsautograph.wav / 0:06 / 23.8 Kb
"...Aren't you worried about that guy tracking you down and beating the crap out of you? No, I'm in someone else's car. Plus, the windows are tinted."jarhead.wav / 0:29 / 114 Kb
"...My name's Dickie Roberts, and I'm a whiskey-puking alchie..."lamaze.wav / 0:25 / 98.2 Kb
"...Three years ago, you hit on me, and then I shot you down, and then you stole my number from a friend..."3yearsago.wav / 0:21 / 83.2 Kb
"Are girls really into guys with great hair, pretty faces, and built like a truck?"intopretty.wav / 0:04 / 18.3 Kb
"...I know, like, twenty people who thought you were a girl, and not from the side."girl.wav / 0:06 / 26.0 Kb
What Dickie misses the most about being a starlove.wav / 0:29 / 116 Kb
"You believe, you'll receive. You doubt, you'll go without."believe.wav / 0:03 / 14.8 Kb
"Yikes! I mean, not yikes. I mean, what bump?"yikes.wav / 0:04 / 15.9 Kb
"...This script is on a complete and total lockdown. However, I'll sneak you a copy 'cause I recognize you from the TV show..."lockdown.wav / 0:15 / 62.2 Kb
"...I'm researching a role for a movie, and that movie is called Valet Parkers..."valetpark.wav / 0:16 / 63.4 Kb
Dickie does not know what it is like to be six years old and receive a bicycle for Christmasbike.wav / 0:28 / 112 Kb
"...I must have left five to six to seven to eight messages. Well, then, leave nine, ten, or eleven."messages.wav / 0:07 / 30.8 Kb
"Oh my gosh, look at all this shizzit..."shizzit.wav / 0:08 / 32.3 Kb
Dickie makes sprinkler, motorcycle, and jet ski noisessprinklermcyclejetski.wav / 0:24 / 97.5 Kb
"...I washed it and folded it and put it in your drawer. No wonder you couldn't find it."fhjersey.wav / 0:08 / 31.5 Kb
"...I go pee-pee now."peepee.wav / 0:04 / 18.2 Kb
"...Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm stupid. Maybe I'm a dum-dum."dumdum.wav / 0:12 / 49.8 Kb
"Your mom's really hot... Dickie, she's our mom! She's my mom too, and I'm dealing with it somehow."hotmom.wav / 0:26 / 104 Kb
"...Have a nice, G-rated dream."prudes.wav / 0:07 / 30.3 Kb
"...Let's not jump to malt liquor, but something in the middle. How about real beer?"beer.wav / 0:12 / 50.5 Kb
"Dickie, when you're talking to me, all I'm thinking is..."sallychant.wav / 0:17 / 69.7 Kb
"When I was your age, I did whatever I wanted whenever I wanted..."mess.wav / 0:07 / 28.3 Kb
"Well, Dickie, you're actually a pretty cool guy, buried deep down inside you..."deep.wav / 0:20 / 80.4 Kb
"Champagne for my real friends, and I'm a real pain to my sham friends."champagne.wav / 0:03 / 12.6 Kb
"...Let me sift through that to find a nugget of compliment."sift.wav / 0:11 / 45.4 Kb
"Not only is she sexy, she's a smart mommy..."sexysmart.wav / 0:06 / 24.7 Kb
"...I'm not into dudes, if that's what you're ramping up to..."dudes.wav / 0:10 / 39.9 Kb
"You can't just observe a family and learn how to be..."cantobserve.wav / 0:17 / 67.3 Kb
"...Hello. Hi. He had you at hello, didn't he?"hello.wav / 0:07 / 28.5 Kb
Dickie is reluctant to remove his glovesgloves.wav / 0:14 / 57.2 Kb
"...As Hallmark cards go, you'd be easy to please."hallmark.wav / 0:09 / 35.6 Kb
"...Sounded like he said, 'I love meatloaf...'"lovemeatloaf.wav / 0:15 / 58.9 Kb
"Kids don't drink coffee. What? That's crazy."coffee.wav / 0:02 / 10.2 Kb
"The bigger he builds this giant house, the smaller heaven becomes in his backyard. But he still has a big house, right?"heaven.wav / 0:06 / 26.4 Kb
Dickie is reluctant to have Cyndi stay with him and the Finneys, but George wants her to stay (George is attracted to Cyndi)cyndistay.wav / 0:19 / 76.7 Kb
"...You haven't changed, Dickie. You just think you have."changed.wav / 0:18 / 70.9 Kb
Dickie passes up sex with Cynditurndown.wav / 0:15 / 59.0 Kb
"How is it possible that Stranger Danger turned out to be so cool?"cool.wav / 0:03 / 14.6 Kb
"...Maybe you didn't get something back. Maybe you got something you never had."neverhad.wav / 0:08 / 32.3 Kb
"I'm really sorry that you're here, Mr. Reiner. Thanks, but why are you sorry? It's not like you had anything to do with that guy going nuts."sorry.wav / 0:07 / 28.8 Kb
"...Mr. Roberts can't join the mile high club. We're still on the ground."milehigh.wav / 0:09 / 36.1 Kb
"...Big houses make me horny. Me too..."bighouse.wav / 0:17 / 68.5 Kb
"Sometimes, in Hollywood, if you say no, it only makes them want you more."no.wav / 0:03 / 12.6 Kb
"I may have to pee every forty-five minutes, but at least I get to pee in a gold toilet."goldtoilet.wav / 0:03 / 14.7 Kb
"...I'd rather be called Marcia than Screech."marcia.wav / 0:19 / 76.2 Kb

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