The Nanny (TV Series)

Imaginary Friend (1993)

Lauren Lane: C.C. Babcock

Quotes 

• Maxwell Sheffield : [on the phone, looking at drawings]  What can one say about these costumes? They're uh, they're awfully well-drawn; you stayed almost completely inside the lines.

  C.C. Babcock : [takes phone from Maxwell]  They're grotesque; you couldn't design a dickey, you talentless hack!

  [removes phone from ear, shocked and meanwhile, Fran stands in doorway] 

  C.C. Babcock : He hung up on me!

  Fran Fine : [knocks on open door and enters the office]  You catch a lot more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. Although what anybody would want with a whole bunch of flies, unless of course, you had a lizard to feed or a salamander or something.

  [Maxwell looks perplexed] 

  Maxwell Sheffield : Miss Fine! May I ask why you're in my office babbling about reptiles?

  Fran Fine : Actually, I wanted to talk to you about one of the kids.

  Maxwell Sheffield : Hmm. If this is about canceling Maggie's piano lessons, God, yes!

  Fran Fine : So, she's not Liberace; is that such a crime?

  C.C. Babcock : Yes, in some countries, they'd cut off her hands.

  [she walks to couch and Fran, shocked and aghast, stares after her] 

  C.C. Babcock : What?

  Fran Fine : Question - When they shot Bambi's mother, did you find that a sad moment?

  [C.C. and Fran just stare at each other for a bit] 

  Fran Fine : At all?

  C.C. Babcock : [her smirk turns into a smile]  I'm sure she's mounted in a nice home in a fine home somewhere.

  Fran Fine : Ah-huh. Well,

  [turns] 

  Fran Fine : now I'll talk to you. Yeah, um, I took Gracie out to lunch and that figment of her imagination tagged along.

  [sits on Maxwell's desk] 

  Maxwell Sheffield : Ah, Imogene.

  Fran Fine : Now, not that I mind eating two BLTs, but she stuck me for the check.

  Maxwell Sheffield : Yes, she has been cropping up quite a bit lately.

  Fran Fine : Oh, you should have seen poor Gracie in the park, sitting on the teeter-totter with her little tush in the dirt, not budging an inch, just waiting and waiting. I'll tell you, it broke my heart.

  Maxwell Sheffield : Well, perhaps we should increase her therapy.

  Fran Fine : Well, I was thinking of doing just the opposite. I mean, she's six years old; does she really have to lie on some couch getting her head shrunk twice a week?

  C.C. Babcock : [walks over]  Miss Fine, they don't actually shrink the child's head.

  Fran Fine : What am I, an ignoramus?

  Maxwell Sheffield : Miss Fine, while I appreciate your concern, Grace is a very complex child and therapy is an important outlet for her.

  Fran Fine : Well, look, if she needs an outlet, I'll take her to Jersey. They got a Ralph Lauren outlet, a Donna

  [dialogue buried under audience noise] 

  Fran Fine : I'm not sayin' the kid's gotta go cold turkey; I'm just sayin' I think she needs a little less Freud and a little more fun.

  C.C. Babcock : Therapy happens to be very beneficial. I've been going for 20 years.

  [Fran and Maxwell obviously perplexed, doubtful, shocked and confused] 

  Fran Fine : [shakes head]  Nahh. It's too easy.