The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983 TV Movie)
Loretta Swit: Grace Bradley
Quotes
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Claude Herdman : Who's Herod in this play?
Grace Bradley : Uh, Herod isn't in this play.
Leroy Herdman : You mean he's out to kill the baby, and he isn't even in the play?
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Grace Bradley : [reading the story of Christmas] And, lo, the Angel of the Lord came upon them...
Gladys Herdman : Shazaaammmm!
Grace Bradley : What?
Gladys Herdman : Out with a vengeance in the darkness, the mighty Marvel!
Grace Bradley : Gladys, I don't know what you're talking about.
Gladys Herdman : The Mighty Marvel in Wonder Comics.
Grace Bradley : No, this is the Angel of the Lord.
Gladys Herdman : Out of nowhere, right? In the black night, right?
Grace Bradley : Well, yes, in a way.
Gladys Herdman : Shazaaaammmm!
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Charlie Bradley : I am not going to be a shepherd.
Grace Bradley : Oh, yes you are!
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Imogene Herdman : Somedy better be Herod!
Grace Bradley : Imogene, we're going to do this play the way it has always been done.
Imogene Herdman : [grabs Charlie by the collar] I know! Let Charlie be Herod. He tells the wise men to kill Jesus, and they say "okay" 'cause he's a king and all.
Ollie Herdman : But then they don't do it. They go back and get Herod...
[gesturing stabbing motions]
Ollie Herdman : "Take that, Herod! Take that!"
Charlie Bradley : I'm not going to be Herod!