TV Quote of the Day (‘Gilmore Girls,’ on a Surprise at a Graduation Party)

[At her college graduation party, Rory Gilmore is stunned by a marriage proposal from longtime boyfriend Logan Huntzberger. Her rich grandmother Emily and nonconformist mother Lorelai discuss this surprising turn of events.]

Emily Gilmore [played by Kelly Bishop]: “Why didn't she just say 'yes'?”

Lorelai Gilmore [played by Lauren Graham]: “I think she's not sure if she wants to marry him, Mom.”

Emily: “That's ridiculous! He's a Huntzberger! An offer like this doesn't come around every day.”

Lorelai: “It's a marriage proposal, not a sale on linens!” — Gilmore Girls, Season 7, Episode 21, “Unto the Breach,” original air date May 8, 2007, teleplay by David Babcock and Jennie Snyder Urman, directed by Lee Shallat Chemel

TV Quote of the Day (‘All in the Family,’ As Archie Relishes an Unfolding Practical Joke)

(Archie, long the butt of practical jokes at the hand of Pinky Peterson, mistakenly thinks his friend is falling for one Archie has planned for him: the revelation that the "woman" Archie has set him up with on a dinner date is a female impersonator.)

Edith Bunker (played by Jean Stapleton) [between sips of her drink at dinner, sotto voce to Archie]: “Don’t you think this has gone on long enough?”

Archie Bunker (played by Carroll O’Connor): [whispering]: “We’ll know when it’s gone on long enough.”

Edith: “When?”

Archie [gleefully]: “When Pink comes after me with a club.”— All in the Family, Season 7, Episode 8, “Beverly Rides Again,” original air date Nov. 6, 1976, teleplay by Phil Doran and Douglas Arango, directed by Paul Bogart