The Jeffersons (TV Series)
Florence's Problem (1976)
Sherman Hemsley: George Jefferson
Quotes
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Louise Jefferson : Does this mean you're leaving us?
Florence Johnston : Yes.
George Jefferson : Where're you going?
Florence Johnston : I'm going to God's house, Mr. Jefferson.
George Jefferson : Church? She DOES want to be saved.
Florence Johnston : No, not church, God's house in the sky.
Louise Jefferson : Oh Florence!
Tom Willis : But I thought you said you weren't going to jump.
Florence Johnston : I ain't gonna jump, I'm scared of heights.
Helen Willis : But you WERE going to...
Florence Johnston : I got enough pills saved up to do it peacefully and quietly, I'll just take them when I go to bed tonight.
Tom Willis : Do you realize what you're saying?
Florence Johnston : Sure, when I wake up in the morning, I'll be riding that chariot to the land of glory.
Louise Jefferson : We are NOT going to let you do this, Florence.
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Louise Jefferson : If we didn't love you, do you think we'd be worried about you like this?
Florence Johnston : Aw you just saying that cuz I said I was gonna kill myself, you don't really mean it.
George Jefferson : Hey wait a minute! You calling my wife a liar?
Florence Johnston : No, I just...
George Jefferson : Do you know how many fights Weezy and I have had because of YOU? You don't know, I'm gonna tell you the truth, a couple of times you made me so mad I was gonna fire you, but Weezy said she wouldn't talk to me if I did. So look, if you want to kill yourself, go right ahead, but if you do, you damn well better realize you gonna be hurting somebody who really cares about you.
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George Jefferson : What're you doing calling Detroit on my phone?
Florence Johnston : Cuz that's where my uncle lives.
[to the operator]
Florence Johnston : 313? Thank you.
George Jefferson : What are you doing calling your uncle on my phone?
Florence Johnston : Because I don't think he'd hear me if I yelled out the window.
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Harry Bentley : I thought cauliflower was very good.
George Jefferson : Cauliflower?
Harry Bentley : Yes, Lassie's favorite vegetable: Collie-flower.
George Jefferson : Cauliflower! I was going to put sauerkraut
Louise Jefferson : Sauerkraut?
Harry Bentley : I thought Lassie was a German shepherd.
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George Jefferson : [reading Florence's letter] Dear Mrs. Jefferson, thank you for everything. Goodbye. Love, Florence.
Lionel Jefferson : That's strange, it almost sounds like a suicide note.
George Jefferson : Get out of here, everybody knows black folks don't commit suicide.
Louise Jefferson : Suicide!
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George Jefferson : Will you stop making a mountain of a dumb maid? She said herself she's enjoying life today, took a cab for the first time.
Louise Jefferson : There's something else she was going to do for the first time.
George Jefferson : What's that?
Louise Jefferson : She was going to the top of the Empire State Building.
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George Jefferson : Why would Florence want to die?
Tom Willis : She probably doesn't, she probably wants to be saved.
George Jefferson : Then she should go to church.
Helen Willis : But if she really wanted to be saved, why didn't she just come out and say so?
Tom Willis : Well, maybe she did, in her own way. She left these clues, a note, a prized possession, I think she was crying out for help.
George Jefferson : Did you ever hear her sing? She needs help.
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Florence Johnston : What's stupid about wanting to go to Heaven? Don't you want to go to Heaven?
George Jefferson : Yeah, but I'm waiting till He sends for ME.
Florence Johnston : Well why wait? I mean up there, there ain't no food bills, ain't no rent, yes Jesus! Ain't no hassling, ain't no dirt, and glory hallelujah, don't nobody have to clean up up there!
Helen Willis : You think God's going to approve of you killing yourself?
Florence Johnston : Why should He mind? I'm just helping Him to do His job.
Helen Willis : But Florence, what if there is no Heaven? What if you die and they just put you in the ground and that's it?
George Jefferson : Yeah, then you spend the rest of your life COVERED in dirt.
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Tom Willis : I think you're being pretty selfish. Don't you care how your friends will feel if you do this?
Florence Johnston : What friends? All I got is floors to scrub and windows to clean.
Helen Willis : We're you're friends.
Florence Johnston : You're my employers.
Louise Jefferson : We're your friends too, Florence, we care about you.
Florence Johnston : About me? I'm only the maid, and I ain't even a good one at that.
George Jefferson : She's right about that, she's a terrible maid.
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George Jefferson : We only hired you because nobody else wanted you!
Florence Johnston : You mean I only took the job because no one else would!
George Jefferson : We only let you KEEP the job because we love you!
Florence Johnston : You what?
Lionel Jefferson : Don't you see? You're more than just a maid, you're like one of the family.
Florence Johnston : Lord, I thought black people only heard that one in white homes.