You should have told me on the phone. I can take bad news better on the phone. Every time the phone rings, I expect it to be bad news and I'm ready for it.
10 seconds sound clip from the Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? (1983) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:02:39.977 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Boy, oh, boy, my first date.
- Hello?
- I have something very important to tell you, Charlie Brown.
- Could I see you in a little while?
- Sure, Linus, come right over.
- We're moving away, Charlie Brown.
- My dad has been transferred and we're moving away.
- Well, anyway, we're moving away. We'll have to go to a new school and everything.
- My dad has been transferred. Our family has to move to another town.
- That's me. You can keep it on your piano so you won't forget me.
[...]