The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Ladies of the Evening (1986)

Estelle Getty: Sophia Petrillo

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Burt Reynolds : Hello.

  [the girls are shocked to see Burt Reynolds at their door] 

  Burt Reynolds : Sophia around?

  Sophia Petrillo : Oh, hi, Burt!

  Burt Reynolds : How about a little lunch?

  Sophia Petrillo : Listen, if you're buyin', how about a big lunch?

  Burt Reynolds : Great.

  Blanche Devereaux : My god. You're Mr. Burt Reynolds.

  Burt Reynolds : I hope so. Otherwise, I got the wrong underwear on.

  [to Sophia] 

  Burt Reynolds : These the roommates you told me about?

  Sophia Petrillo : Yeah.

  Burt Reynolds : Which one's the slut?

  Blanche Devereaux , Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak , Rose Nylund : I am!

• Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : You're making this all up to run it in! You have NEVER... MET... THESE... PEOPLE!

  Sophia Petrillo : Jealousy is an ugly thing, Dorothy. Just like you in anything backless!

• Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Ma, thank God you're here!

  Sophia Petrillo : Arrested for prostitution! I can't believe it!

  Blanche Devereaux : Sophia, we're innocent!

  Sophia Petrillo : I know that. I can't believe these dumb cops would think people would wanna pay money to sleep with you!

  Rose Nylund : Sophia, did you come to bail us out?

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : No, Rose! She's dropping off a manacotti with a file in it!

• Rose Nylund : [Answers the phone]  Hello. What? I'm one of the winners of the Publisher's Clearing House? Ed McMahon wants to see me right away? I should leave my Burt Reynolds ticket on the dresser before I go?

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : [Realization dawns and she races to the door connecting their two hotel rooms]  Ma, get off the phone!

  Sophia Petrillo : [off screen]  Mind your own business!

  Rose Nylund : [Turns to the girls and waves them over]  Guess what?

  [She nods sagely] 

  Rose Nylund : I think this is Sophia.

• Blanche Devereaux : Now, Sophia! We had an understanding! Try to be reasonable.

  Sophia Petrillo : Reasonable? I come to bail you out and I still don't get to go?

  [Sophia snatches the tickets from Blanche and steps back] 

  Jail Guard : Are these your roommates, Mrs. Petrillo?

  Sophia Petrillo : [beat]  No. Never seen them before in my life!

  Dorothy Zbornak : MA!

  Sophia Petrillo : Don't you "Ma" me, you cheap floozy!

  Dorothy Zbornak : How can you do this to your own flesh and blood?

  Sophia Petrillo : You'll get over it, Dorothy. And if not...

  Sophia Petrillo : [beat]  WHO CARES! I'M GONNA SEE BURT REYNOLDS!

• [Sophia has been sharing her adventures about the party, all three roommates are pissed] 

  Sophia Petrillo : So, Cinderella comes back from the ball and her three ugly stepsisters are jealous.

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : You left us in jail!

  Sophia Petrillo : I sent the bail money after. You were all out an hour later. About the same time I was sharing an hor d'oeuvre with Dom DeLuise.

• Sophia Petrillo : [Sophia has come to bail the girls out of jail]  So, who's gonna give me their ticket?

  [the girls talk amongst themselves] 

  Blanche Devereaux : I won the tickets.

  Dorothy Zbornak : But MY MOTHER is the one bailing us out.

  Rose Nylund : *I LOST BUTTER QUEEN*! Haven't I suffered enough?

  Dorothy Zbornak : We'll draw straws.

  Blanche Devereaux , Rose Nylund : NO!

  Dorothy Zbornak : We'll flip a coin.

  Blanche Devereaux , Rose Nylund : NO!