George of the Jungle (1997)
Holland Taylor: Beatrice Stanhope
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Quotes
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Beatrice Stanhope : Arthur, I wish you would do something about all these monkeys. I feel like Jane Goodall.
Ape : Madam, I knew Jane Goodall and you are no Jane Goodall.
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Ursula Stanhope : [on George] Did you just say "love"?
Beatrice Stanhope : [alarmed] No...
Ursula Stanhope : You did. You're right...
Beatrice Stanhope : Ursula... Don't say it...
Ursula Stanhope : I love him! I'm out of here.
Beatrice Stanhope : Ursula! You can't love him! Arthur, say something!
Arthur Stanhope : Be careful out there, honey.
Beatrice Stanhope : [shouts] What?
Ursula Stanhope : Goodbye, Daddy.
[kisses him, then runs out of the room]
Beatrice Stanhope : Ursula, come back! Arthur, do something!
Arthur Stanhope : What would you have me do? There's obviously no stopping her.
Beatrice Stanhope : Oh, God!
[she downs the rest of her drink, then goes running after Ursula]
Beatrice Stanhope : [shouts] Ursula!
Arthur Stanhope : [under his breath] God, that woman's a pain in the a - .
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Ursula's mother : When Lyle returns, this wedding will proceed as planned. If you do ANYTHING to upset that, I'll remove your reason for wearing a loincloth.
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George : So you no want Ursula to love George?
Beatrice Stanhope : I'd rather have my tongue nailed to this table every morning at breakfast.
George : That hurt.
Beatrice Stanhope : Not as much as you will if you do anything to screw up my daughter's marriage to Lyle van de Groot.
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[after returning from Africa, Ursula phones her mother from a limousine]
Ursula's mother : You're sure you did not catch dengue fever?
Ursula Stanhope : No mother, I did not catch dengue fever.
Ursula's mother : Well, how's your temperature?
Ursula Stanhope : [puts a hand to her forehead] Normal.
Ursula's mother : Color of your tongue?
Ursula Stanhope : [checks it in the mirror] Pink.
Ursula's mother : What about your, uh, mmm-mmm?
Ursula Stanhope : [annoyed] Regular!
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Beatrice Stanhope : [to George] You and Ursula together would be unbefitting to her social stature, you see? Let me put it in the way you might understand. Where you come from, zebras marry zebras and leopards marry leopards. Stripes for Stripes. Spots for Spots. Well, Ursula is a stripe and you are a spot. One which I intend to have removed as soon as possible.
