The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Sophia's Wedding: Part 1 (1988)

Bea Arthur: Dorothy Zbornak

Quotes 

• Blanche : [having kicked Dorothy out of the Elvis club]  Well I... I hope you're not too upset over this, Dorothy.

  Dorothy : ...I've just been thrown out of an unauthorized Elvis-fan-club... I'll try to pick up the pieces and go on with my life... I mean there must be a support group for people like me.

• Rose : ...I was always kind of the Gypsy of the family - the rebel! I wanted to see the world - that's why, after High School, I went to St. Gustaf University to study Latin.

  Dorothy : I didn't know you studied Latin?

  Rose : First in my class!

  [smugly] 

  Rose : Ororthy Day!

• Blanche : But before we adjourn our secretary has a real special surprise. A Genuine Elvis artifact.

  Rose : It's a partially eaten pork chop.

  Dorothy : This has to be a fake, I mean, Elvis would never have left this much meat on a pork chop.

  [laughs] 

  Blanche : Dorothy, you're outta the club.

• Dorothy : ...And if you see Max, I don't want you making another scene - like you did at the funeral!

  Sophia Petrillo : Scene? What scene? It's not my fault the klutz tripped over my foot and nearly fell into an open grave!

  Dorothy : You didn't have to yell 'start shovelling boys!' as he tried to get up.

• Max Weinstock : [informing the gay caterer the wedding is cancelled because of Dorothy]  She doesn't approve.

  Caterer : She doesn't approve? Now look here, stretch. I have a hundred cheese puffs and a sensitive assistant both on the verge of collapse. Whatever the problem is, overlook it. My mother did with my marriage.

  [Dorothy looks at him] 

  Caterer : And if you say something smart, I'll slap you silly.

  Dorothy : Look if you don't mind, this is a private conversation, so butt out, Rambo.

• Dorothy : [Dorothy has just discovered Sophia and Max in bed together]  Ma, what is going on here?

  Sophia Petrillo : Afterglow.

• Dorothy : Ma what's the matter?

  Sophia Petrillo : Esther Weinstock is dead. We grew up together, she was my best friend.

  Dorothy : I'm so sorry, what happened?

  Sophia Petrillo : She was fighting an oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico. She was 88!

  Rose : Well it's great that she was able to work right up till the end.