Night Court (TV Series)

The Next Voice You Hear... (1986)

Markie Post: Christine Sullivan

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Quotes 

• [Christine can't understand why Harry isn't upset that his mother is dead] 

  Christine Sullivan : Sir, your mother is dead. There's no shame in showing your grief.

  Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone : So what kind of grief am I supposed to show for a woman who dumps a five-year-old boy the way another woman dumps her garbage?

  Christine Sullivan : Still, I can't believe you're capable of not feeling any loss.

  Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone : I am capable of feeling loss. When Selma died, I felt loss. When Florence died, I felt loss. Because I cared very much for them and they cared for me. If I need comfort and compassion they were there. If I just needed a friend to talk to, they were there. But when I needed a mother, no one was there.

• Bull Shannon : This is Rosalind Russell.

  Dan Fielding : Hello! I'm Mr. Ed!

  Judge Harry T. Stone : Rosalind Russell, that's a neat name.

  Roz Russell : My mother was a show-business freak.

  Judge Harry T. Stone : Ah.

  Roz Russell : I do consider myself more fortunate than my sister, Zsa Zsa.

  Christine Sullivan : Oh, the poor thing.

  Roz Russell : That's what my brother says.

  Judge Harry T. Stone : Your brother...?

  Roz Russell : Slappy.

  [a few minutes later, when Harry receives his mother's letter] 

  Bull Shannon : Harry's mother left him when he was a child. He hasn't seen her in thirty years.

  Roz Russell : My brother hasn't seen my mother in thirty years.

  Bull Shannon : Your brother...?

  Roz Russell : Topo Gigio.