Izzy & Moe (1985 TV Movie)

Thelma Lee: Mrs. Perlman

Quotes 

• Mrs. Pearlman : [Speaking to Izzy]  The day you do something important, I'll light your cigar in Macy's window!

• Mrs. Pearlman : [Seeing Izzy putting on a sailor's uniform]  You've joined the Navy! My prayers have been answered!

  Izzy Einstein : Huh! You'll have to pray a little louder. This happens to be a disguise that me and Moe are putting on to knock off a speakeasy.

  Mrs. Pearlman : [Turns and walks off]  Vera, I TOLD you not to marry a man who puts mayonnaise on his pastrami.

  Izzy Einstein : [to himself, looking puzzled]  It's delicious.

• Mrs. Pearlman : [after taking Izzy's cigar]  Prohibition is here, Mr. E.

  Izzy Einstein : Prohibition is against booze, not cigars.

  Mrs. Pearlman : Only a matter of time.

  Izzy Einstein : Just exactly *where* are you going to put that cigar?

  Mrs. Pearlman : Not exactly where I'd like to, Mr. E. Not exactly where I'd like to.

  [toilet flushes] 

  Izzy Einstein : I was very fond of that cigar!

• Izzy Einstein : [Speaking to his wife]  Vera, I promise: today, I get a job.

  Mrs. Pearlman : Mr. E., the day you make something of your life, I'll light a cigar in Macy's window.