The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Mixed Blessings (1988)

Betty White: Rose Nylund

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• Rose Nylund : Can I ask a dumb question?

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Better than anybody I know.

• 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?

• Rose Nylund : [as she and Dorothy look at her reflection after a makeover]  Oh my god I look awful! Oh Dorothy - its you!

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : I'm sorry Rose, I'm sorry - I forgot it was a full-moon.

• Rose Nylund : Are you nervous because you haven't met Michael's fiancée?

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : No, Rose. I'm nervous because if Sonny Bono gets elected Mayor of Palm Springs, he's going to make all the postmen wear leather bell bottoms and a fur vest.

• Rose Nylund : [Dorothy is unhappy with her son marrying an older, black woman]  The same thing happened to the Vigbotters back in St. Olaf. Y'see Gretchen had this thing for Buddy, but Mr. Vigbotter didn't approve. He did his best to keep them apart. But, one day he came home early, and he found Gretchen and Buddy in... how will I say it... a most indelicate situation.

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : What did he do?

  Rose Nylund : Well he yelled at them to stop, but they wouldn't, so he turned the hose on them!

  Blanche Devereaux : He turned the hose on them?

  Rose Nylund : Well they were in the front yard!

  Blanche Devereaux : [Blanche gasps]  Ohhhhh?

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Wait - wait a minute, wait a minute, Rose. Buddy and Gretchen weren't people were they?

  Rose Nylund : Of course not. They were dogs! Gretchen was a Dalmation and Buddy was a Schnauzer, and Mr. Vigbotter wasn't too happy when he ended up with a litter of Schnalmations!

  Blanche Devereaux : You know, Rose, sometimes I wish somebody had turned the hose on your parents.

• Michael Zbornak : [telling his mother about the woman he has suddenly decided to marry]  She's staying with her family in Miami Beach. We thought maybe we'd get the two families together Sunday?

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : [sincerely]  Oh, terrific idea. I can't wait to meet her.

  Michael Zbornak : Before you do, Mom, there is something about her you should know. Lorraine is... kind of... black.

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : [suddenly uncomfortable, laughing in denial as she tries to process what Michael is telling her]  Kind of black. What, uh, what, what does that mean, 'kind of black'? I mean, that's, uh, that's like being kind of Spanish. Y'know, either you are or you arent.

  Michael Zbornak : She is.

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Oh God!

  Rose Nylund : Emilio Estevez is kind of Spanish, Dorothy.

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : [sarcastically]  Thank you, Rose.