The Facts of Life (TV Series)

The New Girl: Part 1 (1980)

Charlotte Rae: Edna Garrett

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Quotes 

• Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : I'm sorry I messed up your flowers. Here, you want me to loan you some of my electric tape for your daisies?

  Edna Garrett : Oh, no, thanks, honey. Oh, but by the way, they were marigolds.

  Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Right, marigolds. What do I know about flowers? In my neighborhood, the state flower was asphalt.

• Edna Garrett : But it's good to learn to live with new people. That's what school life is all about.

  Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : [about Blair]  But she's not even real. She's a Barbie doll. You wind her up, and she says "I love you"... to herself.

• [a motorcycle stops outside] 

  Edna Garrett : What on earth's going on out there? Sounds like The Wild Bunch.

  [Jo enters, dressed in denim] 

  Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Uh, is this where I am supposed to be?

  Blair Warner : Ah, delivery boys usually use the back entrance.

  [Jo takes off the helmet, has ponytail] 

  Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Delivery boy? Give me a break! Is this where I'm supposed to check in?

  Blair Warner : I don't believe this!

  Natalie Green : You don't? I was gonna ask him to the Fall Dance!

  Edna Garrett : Hi! I'm Mrs. Garrett, the school nurse. You must be Jo, the new student.

  Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Yeah, how did you know?

  Edna Garrett : Easy. I've never seen a motorcycle parked in my flower-bed before.

  Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : I thought they were weeds.

• Edna Garrett : Natalie, show Jo a better place to park her motorcycle, huh?

  Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek : Why don't I just park it on Blair's face?

  [Jo leaves] 

  Natalie Green : She's a breath of fresh air, isn't she?

  [Natalie follows Jo] 

  Blair Warner : [to Mrs. Garrett]  This must be an unlucky day for Geminis. For me to get stuck with Cheryl Thug.