The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Mixed Blessings (1988)

Estelle Getty: Sophia Petrillo

Quotes 

• Sophia Petrillo : [Sophia walks in and sees Lorraine and her family, who are black, as well as Rose and Blanche, whose faces are covered in mud-pack]  What is this a revival of 'Raisin in the Sun'?

  Michael Zbornak : Grandma, this is my fiancée, Lorraine, and this is her mother and her two aunts.

  Sophia Petrillo : Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. This is your fiancée?

  Michael Zbornak : Yeah, that's right.

  Sophia Petrillo : You couldn't find someone your own age?

  Greta : What is that supposed to mean?

  Sophia Petrillo : No offense, but it means your daughter looks like she's been around the block more times than a Good Humor man!

  Greta : [Turns to her sister]  Hold my purse. Those are fightin' words!

  Rose Nylund : Stop it all of you! What difference does it make that Lorraine's a little long in the tooth and Michael's a skinny white boy? Can't you see they love each other? We should be celebrating, not arguing whether or not it's right. Now what do you say we all join hands and sing a chorus of 'Abraham, Martin and John'?

  Greta : Is she for real?

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Yep. Frightening isn't it?

• Sophia Petrillo : [twentysomething Michael is intent on marrying Lorraine, a 44-year-old black woman; Lorraine's mother and two aunts have come by to discuss how to prevent the marriage]  You know, I'm glad you showed up. There's something important we didn't discuss this afternoon, and I'd like to get that cleared up before we talk about anything else.

  Greta : What is it?

  Sophia Petrillo : Is it true what they say about black men in bed?

  Blanche Devereaux : Oh yes, definitely.

  Blanche Devereaux : [everyone stares at Blanche in disbelief as she realises what she's said]  Oh yes, definitely, that is something I would like to know about, too.

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Blanche, please, that's a stereotype.

  Trudy : Call it whatever you want. I'm just grateful it's true!

  [the fact that Trudy, Lorraine's aunt, is black herself has provided a certain credibility]