Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)

Austin Willis: McGuffey

Quotes 

• McGuffey : [describing the new baptismal font in church]  The water is thermostatically controlled. Never goes below 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

  Mrs. Kate Barry : I agree with the principle. Never lay a nice warm baby on a cold marble slab.

  Richard Barry : [chokes on his drink] 

• McGuffey : [dinner table conversation about church activity]  Actually I have been to Los Angeles once, and that only for a few days on business. Well, Hollywood in the west and New York in the east are just not typical.

  Mrs. McGuffey : Now, Alvin, you must admit that they are fun.

  McGuffey : I am talking about religion, Ellen. And that has nothing to do with fun.

  Mrs. McGuffey : [apologetically]  Yes, you are so right, Alvin.

• McGuffey : [continuing dinner table conversation]  And there in San Francisco you have a completely different kind of people.

  Mrs. McGuffey : Oh, and you will find Chinatown absolutely fascinating!

  McGuffey : Ellen, I am talking about churches, and there are very few of them in Chinatown.

  Mrs. McGuffey : [apologetically]  Yes, you are right Alvin. Very few indeed.