ThelmaYou can call the damn marines if you want to, we ain't budging!
Played by Vicki Lawrence
Mama's Family · 44 quotes
Most-quoted character in Mama's Family: in 29 of its 44 quotes
Most scenes with: Naomi (7), Eunice (6), Vint (5)
Lines by Thelma 10
ThelmaUhh-ohhhhh!
I only drove one time in my life--1946. I started out with a sedan and I came back with a convertible!
(to Iola) Get out, you jokin' jackass!
I swear, I can't understand why they don't hold these church bazaars in the dead of winter when people can stand to be in their kitchens!
Ellen, what a sweet thought. No wonder I love you best. You were my first born and you are my favorite. Should have quit while I was ahead.
Eunice, what a sweet thought. No wonder I love you best. You were my third born and you are my favorite. Third time's the charm.
(to Naomi) Your idea of a workout includes a man, a bed, and a cigarette afterwards!
Well, I'll bet the neighbors are just lovin' this!
(to snobbish Nita Peterson) Nita, you've got a lot of class for a dame with a rip in her drawers!
Scenes with Thelma 19
ThelmaWhat does the IRS want with me?
VVinton
Maybe they're going to deliver a package.
ThelmaThat's UPS you dipstick!
ThelmaYou're going to set my hair with beer?
I'm going to set this hair on fire if you don't quiet down.
ThelmaWhere in blue blazes have you been?
(sarcastically) Just fine Mama, thank you and how are you?
Thelma...tell me something that I don't know.
FFran
Like what?
ThelmaWhat's a PRNDL? [pronounced "prindle"]
FFran
A what?!
ThelmaA PRNDL! See, right here: P-R-N-D-L! Right there!
FFran
Thelma, honey, those are your gear designations.
Thelma...and get this pigsty cleaned up! [referring to Vinton and Naomi's basement]
This is out personal boudoiure, Mrs. Harper, and I believe it looks just fine.
ThelmaThat's because all you ever see of it is the ceiling!
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