Day by Day (TV Series)

Won't You Be My Neighbor? (1988)

Linda Kelsey: Kate Harper

Quotes 

• Ross Harper : I saw a lot of cars in front of Mr. Sanderson's house. What's going on?

  Kate Harper : It's very sad news. Mr. Sanderson died.

  Brian Harper : He was getting on in years. Still, it's always a shame.

  Ross Harper : I'll bet. It must be unsettling when someone in your generation passes on.

  Brian Harper : He was 87.

• Kate Harper : We will all miss Mr. Sanderson.

  Ross Harper : Oh, I'll miss him. All those days after school I'd cut across his lawn, he'd see me, smile, blast me with his fire hose.

  Kate Harper : You remember how he used to dress up for the children at Halloween?

  Ross Harper : Yeah, in a ball gown.

  Brian Harper : Heard he was buried in it.

• Kate Harper : It's very sad when a neighborhood changes. I think everybody hates to see a part of the past disappear.

  Eileen Swift : Hello, everybody! Isn't it wonderful? Your neighbor died!

• Kate Harper : Eileen, how about a little respect for the deceased?

  Ross Harper : Mom, he was buried in a ball gown.

• Kristin Carlson : I can't stay with Emily. My roommate has been in a terrible weaving accident!

  Brian Harper : Weaving accident?

  Kristin Carlson : Oh, her hair got caught in a loom. Now I have to take her and the loom to the trauma center.

  Kate Harper : Well, you better go right now. I hope your roommate's alright.

  Kristin Carlson : Oh, I do too. This isn't the first time it's happened. I have told her so many times, "Don't drink and weave!"

• Kate Harper : Ross, Kristin just had an emergency and she can't babysit for us tonight. We're just about to go to our dinner.

  Ross Harper : Mom, Stiv and I have tickets to a concert. 10,000 Maniacs.

  Brian Harper : Well, they'll just have to make due with 9,999 maniacs.

• [Eileen babysits Emily] 

  Brian Harper : If she should cry...

  Eileen Swift : Oh Brian, I am not a complete doofus! I know what to do when a girl cries.

  Kate Harper : How would you know?

  Eileen Swift : I make my secretary cry five times a day! And when she does, I just buy her a new blouse, tell her she's lost weight and she's as good as new.

• Eileen Swift : Oh you guys, I feel like such a jerk. I mean, ever since I bought that house, I haven't been myself. You know, I've been short-tempered and self-centered and abusive and deceptive and... Actually, I have been myself, but I feel bad about it.

  Brian Harper : Eileen, what's the big deal? I mean, you saw a funeral, you got excited, you took advantage of grieving relatives and you renamed our baby. This sort of thing happens all the time.

  Eileen Swift : Yeah, I guess you're right. You know, I'm always my worst critic!

  Kate Harper : No, you're not.