Chico and the Man (TV Series)
Della Moves In (1976)
Della Reese: Della Rogers
Quotes
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Chico Rodriguez : What line of business are you in?
Della Rogers : Catering.
Ed Brown : Catering? Catering? Well, I'll thank you to keep your girls out of my garage.
Della Rogers : That's not the kind of catering I do. I deliver by truck.
Ed Brown : I don't care if you deliver by limousine. I don't want your kind around here.
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Della Rogers : [to Ed Brown] In the words of my people, What's grindin' your grits, Honky?
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Ed Brown : That's enough! That does it! You tried to turn my Margaret into a Democrat! You tried to turn my garage into a supermarket! But you're not gonna turn my God into a woman! Get out of my office!
[Points his left arm to the left]
Della Rogers : This is my office! You get out!
[Points her right arm to the right]
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Ed Brown : [Speaking of how the taste of Della's donuts brings back memories] Yeah, This really brings back memories. Oh, I can see it all now. Steaming kitchen, hot pot of boiling oil.
Della Rogers : Peanut oil?
Ed Brown : Yeah, Peanut oil.
Della Rogers : That's my secret recipe.
Ed Brown : Where'd you get it?
Della Rogers : From a lady my Mama used to work for when I was about twelve.
Ed Brown : Twelve?
Della Rogers : Don't try to figure out how long ago that was, now.
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Ed Brown : [Talking loudly to Chico and pointing at Della] This woman is an agitator!
Della Rogers : [Yelling at Ed] America was built by agitators!
Ed Brown : Communist!
Della Rogers : Fascist!
Ed Brown : Bolshevik!
Della Rogers : Idiot!
Ed Brown : Get out of my garage!
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Della Rogers : [Talking about her memories of Ed's wife] I even remember the first time I took her to an NAACP Meeting.
Ed Brown : NAACP? But Margaret wasn't Colored!
Della Rogers : Oh, Yes, She was. Her color just happened to be White.
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Della Rogers : [Delivery driver radios in to Della] Excuse me. That's one of my trucks.
Ed Brown : One?
Della Rogers : I have a fleet.
Ed Brown : A whole fleet?
Della Rogers : Two.
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Chico Rodriguez : Ms. Rogers, Can I introduce Louie Wilson, Your local Sanitary Engineer?
Ed Brown : Oh, Come on. He's a garbage collector. Why can't you call a spade a spade?
Chico Rodriguez : An unfortunate choice of words, Ms. Wilson.
Della Rogers : I'll accept that explanation. And I'm pleased to meet you, Mr. Wilson.
Louie Wilson : The pleasure's mine, Ms. Rogers. And I might say that the quality of garbage in this neighborhood will rise one thousand percent. And it will really be an honor for me to service your can.
[Removes his cap and bows at the waist]
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Della Rogers : [On the CB Radio] Mother Courage Headquarters. Come in.
Big Bernie : 10-4, Mother Courage. This is Big Bernie callin' in.
Della Rogers : Where have you been?
Big Bernie : Had a little trouble over here, Mother. Somethin's leakin' Don't know whether it's the oil or the coffee.
Della Rogers : Well, Don't take any chances. Run the rig into the nearest garage.
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Ed Brown : [Ed realizes that Della was a little girl from his past] Twinkletop!
Della Rogers : [Curtseying and Smiling] Dat's wight, Missa Bwown.
Ed Brown : You're that little Colored girl.
Della Rogers : I was that little Colored girl. I'm now, a Black woman.