The John Larroquette Show (TV Series)

This Is Not a Step (1993)

Liz Torres: Mahalia Sanchez

Quotes 

• Mahalia : Let me tell you something about family, John. I had an uncle, he was a sailor, a good one, but when they refused to hire his brother, he walked off the job!

  John : What happened?

  Mahalia : He drowned! Well actually, the moral of that story is, "Don't walk off a boat in the middle of the ocean," but you understand my point.

  John : I don't even understand your accent.

• Mahalia : John, bail your mother out of jail!

  John : No, she's better off there! She can teach Amy Fisher how to mark cards.

• Mahalia : Sometimes, it helps to get things off your chest. Like on my honeymoon, I had to get my first husband off my chest. He had a mommy problem too.