Benson (TV Series)
A View from the Roof (1983)
Inga Swenson: Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus
Quotes
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Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : Katie, I thought you were going out tonight.
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling : I'm going over to Judy Palermo's. Who's on TV.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : I don't know. Why don't you check out TV Guide?
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling : No, I mean a rock band.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : Oh, a rock band. Uh, what is it called?
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling : Who.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : The rock band.
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling : That's right. This is their final concert.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : Whose final concert?
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling : Yeah.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : Yah who?
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling : I'm pretty excited myself. What are you doing tonight?
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : Uh, my favorite pianist is on PBS tonight.
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling : Liberace?
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : No, Andre Watts' his name.
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling : Beats me. I'm not into classical.
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Clayton Runnymede Endicott III : [Clayton wants Kraus to prepare a special breakfast] Here. I'm expecting you to prepare it.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : Really? You're going to be expecting longer than a pregnant elephant.
Clayton Runnymede Endicott III : [Kraus leaves the room] Impertinent Bavarian peasant.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : I hear you!
Clayton Runnymede Endicott III : I was counting on that.
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Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : [Kraus, Benson, and the Governor after spending the night on the mansion roof] I had no trouble at all. It's a Kraus family trait. If we're tired enough, we can sleep anywhere, even standing up.
Benson DuBois : So can a horse.
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Benson DuBois : Kraus, take off your clothes.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : What?
Benson DuBois : I haven't been on the roof that long.
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Benson DuBois : When they put the antenna up on the roof, he'll be able to talk to people all over the world.
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : What's the matter, he forgot how to dial the telephone?
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Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : [Kraus has just been told the Governor has a ham radio] He made a radio out of a ham?