Faith Ford: Shelly Kilmartin

Quotes 

• Norm Henderson : [upon seeing Shelly arrive at the party with a date]  Oh my, God - she brought a guy. Didn't you tell her not to bring a guy? Even I knew not to bring a guy!

  Laurie Freeman : I'm sorry! I didn't know she was seeing anybody right now. Wow - he's old.

  Shelly : Norm, Laurie, I'd like you to meet Avery. He's the Dean of the English department over at NYU.

  Norm Henderson : Ho, ho, well, it's a very impressive position. I guess that's one of the rewards of out-living all your contemporaries, right?

• Shelly : Okay, look, Norm, I know you're upset because I turned you down, but I hope you're not planning on spending the entire evening taking it out on my date.

  Norm Henderson : Look, it's so obvious what you're doing, you know? Obviously you had some problems with young guys, so you went down to the VFW, and ah, you said, "Hey! You got anybody from World War I here!", I'd like to...

  [trails off]