Cheers (TV Series)

Ma Always Liked You Better (1990)

Frances Sternhagen: Esther Clavin

Quotes 

• Esther Clavin : [to Cliff]  I'm looking forward to seeing what you're doing with your life and how we can go about fixing it.

• Esther Clavin : What's your name?

  Woody Boyd : Woody.

  Esther Clavin : Woody! Oh, that's the name of a boy whose mother raised him right.

  Woody Boyd : Really? 'Cause I looked it up and all I could find was "tree-like".

• Esther Clavin : Clifford, I'm not trying to make you jealous. I don't have to. I found a wonderful companion in Woody. He's like the son I never had.

  Cliff Clavin : What about me?

  Esther Clavin : You're the son I did have.

• Cliff Clavin : I got you a great hotel here. Look, it's got HBO...

  Esther Clavin : You shouldn't go to that expense. All I need is a large appliance carton and I can sleep on the street with all the other forgotten mothers.

• [Cliff and Woody are fighting over Ma Clavin's affections] 

  Esther Clavin : Now, now, boys. Let's not get into a Cain and Abel situation here. I can love you both for different reasons. Woody, I can love you because you're generous and kind and strong. And Clifford, I can love you because I'm your biological mother and nature dictates there be a bond.

• Esther Clavin : [after Cliff and Woody accidentally fall into a hole]  Yes, they're my children all right. Both dumb as dishwater.