Ray Quote #104
Quote from Ray in Turkey or Fish
Ray: Well, you've got your wish. Yeah, we're having Thanksgiving here, and the Russians are coming.
Debra: Wow, great! That's what I wanted. Here.
Ray: Really? We'll see.
Debra: What do you mean?
Ray: Well, because my mom now said she'd be happy to come.
Debra: So, what's wrong with her being happy?
Ray: Just think about it. This was supposed to be her year, right? The year that you're now taking. And everybody's gonna be coming here and she now knows that the star of your show is a fish. That makes her very happy.
Debra: Come on, what are you saying? That your mother's looking forward to my dinner being a flop?
Ray: I'm not saying she wants it to be a flop, but she doesn't want it to be better than hers.
Everybody Loves Raymond Quotes
‘Turkey or Fish’ Quotes
Quote from Frank
Ray: All right, Warren, what's the score? You're watching soccer?
Warren: Uruguay versus Venezuela.
Frank: [enters] Did anybody score while I was crossing the street? What the hell is this crap? That's soccer.
Warren: Frank, only in America is football the game that you're familiar with. In many countries, when people refer to ''footbalI'' they actually mean soccer.
Frank: In many countries, people eat cats. [changes the channel]
Quote from Ray
Ray: Come on, you're gonna hate it if they come. The first thing my father's gonna do is grab your turkey's butt, huh? That's not pretty.
Debra: Well, that's not gonna happen because this year, instead of turkey, I was thinking...
Ray: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, I'm sorry. Did you say ''instead of turkey''?
Debra: Yeah. I was thinking I would cook up this nice, big, fresh fish.
Ray: Fish?
Debra: Yeah, fish.
Ray: Fish on Thanksgiving?
Debra: Yeah. I mean, it's really better for you. I was gonna do this lovely striped bass.
Ray: Yeah, but a striped bass is a fish!
Quote from Ray
Ally: Ms. McCarthy told us that they had fish at the first Thanksgiving.
Debra: See?
Ray: Well, people were stupid then, sweetie.
Ray: Come on. Fish.
Debra: No. Look. I mean, we wanna start our own tradition, and we all like fish and Ally wants it to be like the first Thanksgiving.
Ray: Why don't we have some smallpox, too, then? Come on. What, are you crazy? You want me to convince my parents to come over here and my big sales pitch is "Mmm, mmm, Fish!"
Debra: But see, it makes sense, because your mom makes this great turkey. That's her specialty.
Ray: Right. And you do a great fish. Yes. But not on turkey day. Please. Try that on a day where there's less pressure. Pearl Harbor Day. Yeah, there's a good holiday for surprises.