a goof??
it's obvious that meadows is ice skating - but nicholson says: check out this kid on roller skates.
shareHe says check out this BIG kid on roller skates. Because he now looked like a kid having fun instead of a young man going to prison.
sharei still don't get it
shareA little kid awkwardly learning how to roller skate for the first time is a far more ubiquitous and commonly known cliche simply because roller skating exists everywhere. Ice skating is generally limited to certain regions and is far less common. IMO it was an offhand reference to that fact.
I'm sorry for being too late to explain this to you before your account was sent to the electric chair. =(