Marie Quote #40
Quote from Marie in Turkey or Fish
Debra: Listen, now that you mentioned it, Marie, I was thinking that maybe we could have Thanksgiving here this year.
Marie: [chuckles] That's silly. I mean, why go to all that trouble?
Ray: It is kind of silly.
Debra: Ray.
Ray: Listen, Ma, Debra wants to try it this year. And I do, too, since I sleep over here now.
Marie: Yeah. Yeah, but you spent last year at Debra's parents'.
Debra: Well, I was thinking we could do it here this year and then next year you could do it, and then my parents. I kind of wanna just start my own tradition.
Marie: Oh, that's fine. That's just fine. I was just wondering why you're pulling that baloney on my year.
Ray: Ma, Debra's just trying to get into the rotation, that's all.
Marie: This is our year. Frank, say something.
Frank: Who cares? Just so long as I get my favorite piece of the turkey. The last part over the fence: the caboose.
Marie: Well, Frank, you have a choice: You can either have it here, or at home with me where I will be preparing my usual Thanksgiving feast.
Ray: A feast.
Marie: You heard me. [exits]
Ray: She's making a feast.
Frank: Well, I could eat here, and there. Then I get two cabooses.
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.