My World and Welcome to It (TV Series)

Rally Round the Flag (1969)

Joan Hotchkis: Ellen Monroe

Quotes 

• John Monroe : You have always done the shopping and bought my Christmas present to Lydia. It's a family tradition.

  Ellen Monroe : It's a tradition we ought to change.

  John Monroe : You don't change tradition, you respect it.

• Ellen Monroe : What would you say if I told you she's actually been working on your present in arts and crafts?

  John Monroe : I'd say, what is it?

  Ellen Monroe : It's a paperweight made out of a very attractive rock she found at Pawtucket last summer.

  John Monroe : An "attractive rock" for Christmas?

  Ellen Monroe : It has green felt padding on the bottom.

  John Monroe : Why couldn't Mother Nature think of that?