The Nanny (TV Series)
Christmas Episode (1993)
Charles Shaughnessy: Maxwell Sheffield
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Quotes
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Maxwell Sheffield : [Fran's helping decorate the tree] Miss Fine, what do you think you're doing?
Fran Fine : I'm putting a tinsel on.
Brighton Sheffield : [gasps] Not before the lights!
Fran Fine : Did I make a faux pas?
Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield : Lights go on first, then ornaments, and tinsel is always last.
Grace Sheffield : Daddy's very anal about decorations.
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Fran Fine : Oh, Mister Sheffield, do you really have to go out of town for the holidays?
C.C. Babcock : Yes, he does.
Fran Fine : [Sarcastically] I love the way you throw your voice like that.
Maxwell Sheffield : I'm afraid I have to, Miss Fine.
C.C. Babcock : [Smugly] It's a very important benefit. We're raising money for the...
[pauses to think]
C.C. Babcock : Who are we raising money for? The poor, right?
Maxwell Sheffield : Miss Fine, I'd love to be with the family Christmas Day, but I'm afraid I just can't.
C.C. Babcock : We can't.
Fran Fine : [to C.C] You're going, too?
C.C. Babcock : [Smiling with a triumphant look] Uh-huh.
Maxwell Sheffield : Well, we'll be working the entire time.
C.C. Babcock : Well, I think we'll have time for dinner.
Maxwell Sheffield : No. No dinner. The only reason I'm going away with Miss Babcock is for charity.
C.C. Babcock : [Offended] Thank you, Maxwell.
Maxwell Sheffield : Well, you know what I mean.
C.C. Babcock : No. No, I don't.
Fran Fine : [to C.C] What do you need, to be hit over the head?
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Grace Sheffield : [about her father having to work on Christmas day] He's never home for Christmas.
Maxwell Sheffield : Oh now, Grace, we've been through all this. I'm gonna be raising money for children less fortunate than we are.
Brighton Sheffield : Yeah, but keep laying the guilt. We'll get better presents.
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Fran Fine , Maxwell Sheffield , C.C. Babcock , Niles , Maggie Sheffield , Brighton Sheffield , Grace Sheffield : [singing all together] And a partridge in a pear tree!
Fran Fine : Oh, that's a weird song. I mean, five golden rings I can understand. Ten lords a leaping, I am there. But what's with all the birds? I mean, French hens, turtle doves, six geese a laying. Who wants to see that?
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Maxwell Sheffield : [Preparing to leave] Niles, did you remember my attache?
Niles : Yes, sir.
Maxwell Sheffield : And my carry on?
Niles : Always, sir.
Maxwell Sheffield : Well, it seems we have everything.
C.C. Babcock : [Entering the room] Maxwell?
Niles : Oops, I guess I did forget one old bag.
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Maxwell Sheffield : [On the phone with Niles] Well, that's terrible, Niles. Yeah, well, thank you for telling me. Yes, Merry Christmas to you, too, old man.
C.C. Babcock : What?
Maxwell Sheffield : [Concerned] Well, I gave Miss Fine a vase in lieu of a check and apparently she's just had to pawn her grandmother's watch to pay for the presents she had already bought for the children.
C.C. Babcock : [Sarcastically] Oh, that's tragic. It's positively dickensian.