The Golden Girls (TV Series)
The Housekeeper (1987)
Bea Arthur: Dorothy Zbornak
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Quotes
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Blanche Devereaux : So, Marguerite, wont you start by telling us a little about yourself.
Marguerite Brown : Well, there isn't much to tell. I'm hard working. Honest. And I'll work for a reasonable wage.
Rose Nylund : That's it?
Marguerite Brown : Alright. I wont go on with this charade any longer. There is something else, I'm black. Now if that's a problem for you, I'm white. Course that'll cost you extra!
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Oh, Marguerite, I could kiss you!
Marguerite Brown : And I don't go for that freaky stuff.
Rose Nylund : Oh, neither do Dorothy and I.
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Sophia Petrillo : She's the housekeeper, right?
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Right.
Sophia Petrillo : But she's not supposed to lift a finger, right?
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Right.
Sophia Petrillo : If anything needs to be done, you take care of it, right?
Sophia Petrillo : Right. Where are you going, Ma?
Sophia Petrillo : To get a job as a housekeeper!
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Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : [coming onto the lanai carrying a small painted rock] Girls, look what I found under my bed.
Rose Nylund : Gee, that's the most colorful dustball I've ever seen.
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : This is no dustball, Rose. I think it may be some kind of charm.
Marguerite Brown : [overhearing] It is! I learned it from my grandmother. You put a specially painted rock beneath a person's bed to bring them a restful sleep.
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Are you telling me that you put this under my bed?
Marguerite Brown : Well, I was only trying to be helpful! I figured with those terrible bags you needed the rest.
Rose Nylund : Dorothy always looks like that.
Blanche Devereaux : And besides it'll take a lot more than rest to get rid of those babies!
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Listen, I have an idea. Why don't each of you take it in turns hitting me with a two by four?
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Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : [walking into the kitchen and finding Rose sweeping the floor] Rose why are you cleaning the kitchen? This is Marguerite's job!
Rose Nylund : Dorothy, I know what you're gonna say. But I talked to Marguerite on the phone and this time she has a really good excuse for being late.
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Fine. What is it?
Rose Nylund : She had to go pluck a hair from the chin of a dawrf.
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : And you fell for that old excuse?