Kate & Allie
American sitcom
Kate & Allie was a 1980s situation comedy about two best friends (played by Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin) who moved in together after their respective divorces.
Opening credits banter
edit- Soft piano music. Kate and Allie walk down a street.
- Kate: You know who lives in that building? Greta Garbo.
- Allie: There...right there, like a normal person?
- Kate: Uh-huh.
- Allie: What do you suppose she's doing right now?
- Kate: Probably watching TV. Let's go. *Kate starts to walk off*
- Allie: No! Don't you want to...wait and see if she comes out?
- Kate: Allie, she "wants to be alone."
- Allie: Oh, come on, just a minute!
- Kate: Okay, okay. But this is ridiculous!
- Allie: *sees a shadow from the window* Oh my God! It's her!
- Kate: How can you tell?
- Allie: I know it's her! It's she!
- Kate: That could be anybody.
- Allie: *to herself* I saw...Greta Garbo!
- Kate: You saw...a woman in a hat! It could have been Bella Abzug!
- Allie: Are you trying to spoil what could possibly be the high point of my life?
- Kate: *sigh* Okay, okay, we saw Greta Garbo.
- Allie: Do you really think it was her?
- Kate and Allie walk down the street; the soft piano music starts up again, final few notes.
- Soft piano music. Kate and Allie walk past a flower shop.
- Kate: You'll never guess who I ran into today.
- Allie: Who?
- Kate: Brenda Maizel.
- Allie: Lumpy! Oh, I haven't seen Lumpy since graduation! Poor, sweet old Lumpy.
- Kate: Yeah.
- Allie: Braces, glasses and allergies. Remember that sneeze?
- Kate: That's how I recognized her. I was standing on the corner in front of Saks and I heard someone choking a turkey. I turned around and there she was.
- Allie: Still a mess? *sniffs some flowers*
- Kate: Well, as messy as you can be in mink.
- Allie: *looks up* Oh?
- Kate: Well, she married an investment broker.
- Allie: Well, good for her. They're safe and predictable.
- Kate: He also skydives, he's a published poet, and his name is Thor.
- Allie: She still have those stubby little fingers?
- Kate: I couldn't tell with all the diamonds.
- Allie: I never liked her.
- Kate: Me neither.
- Allie puts the flowers down and they both walk away; the soft piano music starts up again, final few notes.