The Critic (TV Series)

A Little Deb Will Do You (1994)

Judith Ivey: Eleanor Sherman

Quotes 

• Eleanor : I forgot what a marvelous dancer you are.

  Franklin : And I forgot to turn the oven off.

  [scene cuts to the Sherman Mansion, now on fire] 

  Shakleford : Burn, baby, burn!

• [Eleanor is showing an old news reel featuring her coming out at a débutante ball and J. Edgar Hoover in drag] 

  Jay Sherman : Hey, look, Mom. You and Hoover came out on the same day.

  Eleanor Sherman : Don't you say that about your Uncle Edgar!

• Jay Sherman : God love her, Mom, I couldn't change her mind. But you should be proud she has your will.

  Eleanor Sherman : She may have my will, but she doesn't have my gun!

• Jay Sherman : Hi Ma, how do you like the tux?

  Eleanor : Oh, Jay, you look good enough to bury!