Roseanne (TV Series)

Thanksgiving 1994 (1994)

Shelley Winters: Nana Mary

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Quotes 

• Roseanne Conner : [seeing Nana Mary's new husband]  So uh, who's the looker?

  Beverly Harris : This is Joe, that's all she tells me, just Joe.

  Roseanne Conner : Hey Joe, whaddaya know?

  Nana Mary : Now he doesn't hear so well, Rosey, but that's the price you pay for defending your country against the Kaiser.

• Nana Mary : I don't need a sweater, Roseanne, I brought my own special Schnapps. Here, you want a bite?

  Becky Conner-Healy : She can't, Nana Mary, she's pregnant.

  Nana Mary : Oh come on, my goodness, it's not like the fetus had to drive somewhere.

• Jackie Harris : You had two abortions, Nana Mary? That must've been so hard.

  Nana Mary : Well it was pretty tough in those days, the laws were very strict. I had to go to some terrible place way out on the south side of Chicago. That was the first time so the second time I went to Mexico... or was that to get wool?

• Beverly Harris : So now dinner's been interrupted. I mean, will nothing go right this year?

  Nana Mary : Oh stop bellyaching, Beverly! All you do is complain! Try to think of one thing you can be grateful for this year.

  Beverly Harris : Yes, I'm grateful for such a sensitive mother who always supports me and nurtures me and never treats me like dirt beneath her feet!

  Nana Mary : There you go, you thought of it!

• Nana Mary : You know, I had two abortions when I was young.

  Beverly Harris : Mother! You what?

  Nana Mary : Yeah.