The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Blanche Delivers (1990)

Rue McClanahan: Blanche Devereaux

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• Blanche Devereaux : [to Rose]  I think it's wonderful that you're taking part in a Senior Sports Classic. You know, I might try entering it myself, in 15 years when I'm eligible. If I can come up with an event.

  Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : The luge is the only one where you get to lie on your back.

• Blanche Devereaux : First Becky conceives in a clinic, now she wants to deliver in a bedroom. She's got the whole thing backwards.

• Tamara : [a woman is crying out, giving birth]  Sounds like there's a mommy in the making!

  Rose Nylund : Sounds like there's a mommy on fire!

  Tamara : I'll be right back.

  Blanche Devereaux : Oh good, we can sneak out.

  Rebecca Devereaux : Mother!

  Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : Becky, I have to admit everything is well coordinated here. But honey, wouldn't you be happier in a place where there's less stereo and more...

  [another scream] 

  Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : morphine?

  Rebecca Devereaux : I'm just looking into alternatives. You know, hospitals have a rigid way of doing things.

  [another cry] 

  Rebecca Devereaux : Why is she screaming?

  Sophia Petrillo : She's conscious!

  Rebecca Devereaux : [another cry]  I just want this to be an experience I'll never forget.

  [sudden horrific scream] 

  Tamara : You're in luck. You're about to see one of our deliveries.

  Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : We don't need the whole tour.

• Rebecca Devereaux : I'm not havin' my baby in a hospital. I'm goin' to a birthing center. They emphasize natural childbirth, in a relaxed atmosphere, with no painkillers.

  Blanche Devereaux : Becky, I know I told you where babies come from. Did I ever mention where they come out?

• Tamara : [on a tour of the birthing center]  We have a lot of features here to create the right environment for both you and baby. That's why we have music piped into every room.

  Rebecca Devereaux : So, uh, Mama, what do you think?

  Blanche Devereaux : I think it would cost less to squat in a Laura Ashley showroom.

  Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak : Look, I hate to be an alarmist, but what if the baby or the mother needs more than Muzak and throw pillows?

  Tamara : You're a meat eater, aren't you!

• Blanche Devereaux : [witnessing the birth of her first grandchild]  Oh! Will you look at him!

  Doctor : Mrs. Devereaux, that's the umbilical cord!

• Blanche Devereaux : [visiting a birthing center]  Oh, this is all wrong! What kind of dope would want to have a baby here?

  Rose Nylund : [walking into the room]  This place makes me want to run out and get pregnant!