The Golden Girls (TV Series)
Family Affair (1986)
Rue McClanahan: Blanche Devereaux
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Quotes
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Blanche Devereaux : I don't think I can stand it much longer. My body feels like a Corvet up on rocks with its engine racin', the wheels just spinnin' and spinnin' with nowhere to go. I feel like I'm gonna explode! Dorothy, you have to help me. You have to do something.
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : Honey, there's nothing I can do, so get that look out of your eye and let go of my arm!
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Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : Rose, what do you call a girl who's slept with a man she's known for less than one day?
Blanche Devereaux : A damn good sport?
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : I call her a tramp.
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Rose Nylund : [Offscreen] Oh, my God!
[Blanche and Dorothy get up from the table and go into the bedroom where Rose is talking to see what is wrong]
Bridget Nylund : [Sheepishly; Bridget is in bed with Michael] Hi there.
Rose Nylund : Oh, girls, don't look!
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : Michael Zbornak, you get out of that bed *right* now!
Michael Zbornak : Believe me, Mom, I'd like to, but in light of the fact that my clothes are hanging on the doorknob, I don't think it's such a good idea.
Rose Nylund : Oh, my God, they're naked!
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : People usually are in this situation, Rose.
Blanche Devereaux : Unless they're all dressed up in costumes.
[Dorothy gives Blanche a look and Rose winces]
Blanche Devereaux : Sorry.
Sophia Petrillo : [Enter Sophia] What's all the commotion?
[Sees Bridget and Michael in bed]
Sophia Petrillo : Oh, *boy.*
Michael Zbornak : Grandma, this isn't what it looks like.
Sophia Petrillo : Please, I'm 80 years old. I may not remember what it feels like, but I sure as hell remember what it *looks* like.
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Blanche Devereaux : I threw my back out in aerobics class, you see...
Michael Zbornak : You don't have to explain, my mother's told me all about you.
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Blanche Devereaux : I didn't listen to my children, you don't see any of them coming to visit me, do you?
Sophia Petrillo : [dressed all in black with a veil included] I can't even see my hand in front of my face.
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Blanche Devereaux : Grandma Hollingsworth always said I was a little flighty.
[a pause]
Blanche Devereaux : Or was it a little floozy?
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Blanche Devereaux : I'm tired of lying on my back... did I just say that?
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Blanche Devereaux : [to Dorothy and Rose] Talk to your children, tell them how you feel, just make sure it brings you closer together, not farther apart.
Sophia Petrillo : Who are you, Mr. Spock?
Rose Nylund : I think you mean Doctor Spock, Sophia.
Sophia Petrillo : They're both really smart and they both got big ears, who cares?