The Addams Family (TV Series)
Morticia, the Matchmaker (1964)
Carolyn Jones: Morticia Addams
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Quotes
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Melancholia : [explaining the reason for her surprise visit] It's Fred, my intended.
Morticia Addams : He jilted you.
Melancholia : Well, I can't really say. He just took back his ring, sold his farm, and joined the Foreign Legion.
Gomez Addams : That is kind of indefinite.
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Morticia Addams : Lurch, we have a lovely girl for you: sweet, soft, and soulful.
Gomez Addams : I thought you wanted him for Melancholia.
Morticia Addams : Darling, I'm talking abut Melancholia.
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Morticia Addams : Mama is cooking up a real surprise.
Gomez Addams : I am so hungry I could eat a wolf.
Morticia Addams : Gomez, you guessed it!
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Morticia Addams : Nairobi's such a romantic place. Those lovely nights with the hyenas howling. Makes a perfect spot for a honeymoon.
Charles P. Harvey : You're so right, Mrs. Addams. You really have a good busine... honeymoon! What honeymoon?
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Gomez Addams : I wonder who that could be?
Morticia Addams : May not be a 'who', it may be a 'what'.
Gomez Addams : You optimist!
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Charles P. Harvey : [Grandmama throws a powder into Harvey's face] What was that?
Gomez Addams : Love dust. Mama's an incurable romantic.
Morticia Addams : All she ever thinks about is love, love, love.
Charles P. Harvey : Well, all I ever think about is business, business, business.
Gomez Addams : Excellent. A woman needs a good provider.
Morticia Addams : Especially Melancholia. She's a bit extravagant, I'm afraid. But she's so much in love, she's about to burst.
Charles P. Harvey : Well, that would solve everything.
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Morticia Addams : Oh Gomez, Mr. Harvey doesn't want to talk about any old oil...
Charles P. Harvey : But I do, I do!
Melancholia : Ah! I can't wait to hear him say that to a preacher.
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Morticia Addams : [Gomez hangs up the phone] Any luck?
Gomez Addams : Seven refusals. Fortunately, three of them were wrong numbers.
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Morticia Addams : Don't they make a handsome couple?
Gomez Addams : He's a man; she's a woman: perfect match.
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Morticia Addams : Remember, blood is thicker than water. Thank Heaven.