The Facts of Life (TV Series)
Runaway (1982)
Nancy McKeon: Jo Polniaczek
Quotes
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Blair Warner : How was I supposed to know the woman ahead of us would buy the last 40 tickets?
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : She was a nun, Blair, you know they never go anywhere alone.
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Blair Warner : [sitting in a grungy coffee shop] Look at the clientele. There's only one man in the whole place wearing a suit.
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Oh, you mean the pimp.
Blair Warner : [Blair and Natalie look] He's a pimp? Where's his fur coat and his cigar, and his purple hat?
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Maybe it's his first day.
Blair Warner : [about the girls sitting at a table nearby] I suppose you're gonna tell me those are his "pimpettes"?
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : You got it.
Natalie Green : [they look again] You mean hookers?
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Your basic.
Blair Warner : They can't be!
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Just watch.
Blair Warner : [everything takes place just as she says it] You see him talking and smilin' on the phone there? He's talking to one of his customers. Now he's gonna hang up. Now he's gonna motion to one of his girls. Now she's gonna find out where she has to meet the customer. And there she goes.
Natalie Green : Wow. That's fantastic Jo. Let's get out of here.
Blair Warner : I'm with Natalie.
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Natalie Green : Let's not argue. We're here. Order!
Blair Warner : I can't eat in this place.
Natalie Green : [yells] Yes, you can!
Blair Warner : Look around you.
[shoves item away]
Blair Warner : It's filthy!
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Order, Blair!
[they all study menus]
Blair Warner : See what I mean? Here's a picture of a hamburger. And it's green. Can you imagine what the real thing's like?
[sighs, resigns herself to doing this, but...]
Blair Warner : Oh, my word...!
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : [impatiently] What?
Blair Warner : I don't... believe it.
Natalie Green : [impatiently] What?
Blair Warner : There's a hair in my menu.
Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : [leans over, blows it away] Not anymore. Order!