The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series)

It Was Fascination, I Know (1972)

Valerie Harper: Rhoda Morgenstern

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Quotes 

• Mary Richards : You don't suppose... it's him?

  Rhoda Morgenstern : [Opens the door, sees Phyllis]  Worse... it's her.

• Phyllis Lindstrom : [Mary's talking to Rhoda, who's about to leave her apartment. As Rhoda opens the door, Phyllis walks in - looks at Rhoda, then goes straight to Mary]  Yoo-hoo, Mary, I'm glad I caught you alone. Are you busy?

  Mary Richards : Well, Phyl, as a matter of fact, I...

  Phyllis Lindstrom : [Cuts Mary off, mid-sentence]  Good. Rhoda, close the door

  Rhoda Morgenstern : Oh, yeah

  [with that, Rhoda closes the door - with Rhoda still inside the apartment] 

  Phyllis Lindstrom : [Phyllis, next to Mary, twiddled her fingers, and in her 'serious' tone, speaks]  Bess... is outside - wit his her young man., and they're going to the school dance, and she's so proud of him, I just know how much she'd like you to meet him...

  Mary Richards : Oh, sure , I'd love to meet him...

  Phyllis Lindstrom : [Phyllis starts towards Mary's front door, then stops, and turns back]  Oh, and, um, Mary; when I bring them in, um, don't make a big tsimmes over them. Don't treat them like children. They're not children., you know. They're little people.

  Rhoda Morgenstern : [With a smirky-smile on her face]  I would love to meet your 'little people'. Why don't you slide them under the door ?

• Rhoda Morgenstern : [as Mary's been getting ready to go out, Rhoda - who stopped by to borrow an iron - is talking to her. Finally, Rhoda is leaving]  Thank you.

  [Rhoda waves the iron] 

  Mary Richards : [Puzzled]  Hey, I thought you had an iron?

  Rhoda Morgenstern : Yeah, I do, but you need 2 of them for a grilled cheese sandwich