The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Mother Load (1991)

Betty White: Rose Nylund

Quotes 

• Dorothy : [Blanche comes into the house moaning after a date]  Why do I feel the need to bathe?

  Rose Nylund : So, how was it, Blanche?

  Blanche Devereaux : Oh, you might as well ask me to describe the glory of the Great Smoky Mountains as they rise from the mist of a Carolina dawn.

  Dorothy : [interpreting]  They went to a sleazy motel.

  Blanche Devereaux : Or the colors of the monarch butterfly, spreadin' its wings as it emerges from the miracle of the cocoon.

  Dorothy : She got him to pay for half the room.

  Blanche Devereaux : Or the sturdy cypress, reaching heavenward, tall and mighty and proud.

  Dorothy : That one I think is pretty self-explanatory.

• Rose Nylund : [her colleague, Jerry Kennedy, the local TV station's news anchor is coming to the house]  Boy, the timing of Jerry's visit works out perfectly for me. See, his birthday is in two weeks and the office is giving him a surprise roast. So I have to come up with one or two things I can kid him about. I can get away with it, because he considers me a good friend.

  Dorothy : Well, then, why not tease him about his taste in friends.

• Blanche Devereaux : [entering the room, feigning surprise]  Oh, my goodness, we have company. I'm just so embarrassed to be seen in this old thing.

  Sophia : Don't worry, Blanche, the dress covers most of it.

  Rose Nylund : Jerry, I'd like you to meet my roommate, Blanche Devereaux. And Blanche, this is...

  Blanche Devereaux : Why, you don't have to tell *me*. "From the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic, from the Keys to the Okefenokee, with the 11 O'Clock News, this is Jerry Kennedy."

  Jerry Kennedy : Well, I'm flattered.

  Sophia : From the pit of my stomach to the porcelain of the bowl...

  [Dorothy quickly covers Sophia's mouth]