It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (1992 TV Short)

Phillip Lucier: Peppermint Patty

Quotes 

• Marcie : Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord.

  Peppermint Patty : [while Marcie is speaking]  Baa! Baa! Baa! Baa!

  Franklin : I am Gabriel, Mary, and I couldn't hear you because of the sheep.

• Marcie : And there were shepherds in the field watching their flocks by night.

  Peppermint Patty : Woof! Meow! Moo! Whatever.

  [everyone in the audience laughs] 

  Peppermint Patty : And a partridge in a pear tree.

• Peppermint Patty : [on the phone, to Marcie]  Marcie, what book were we supposed to read during Thanksgiving vacation?

  Marcie : This is Christmas vacation, sir.

  Peppermint Patty : Christmas vacation? How can I read something during Christmas vacation, when I didn't read what I was supposed to read during Thanksgiving vacation?

  Marcie : Duck, sir. Easter is coming.

• Marcie : [Marcie and Peppermint Patty are walking to their school Christmas play]  Watch out for the curb here, sir.

  Peppermint Patty : What?

  [she trips on the curb, in her sheep costume] 

  Marcie : Slouching towards Bethlehem, huh, sir?

  Peppermint Patty : I can't stand it!

• Peppermint Patty : Guess what, Chuck. Disaster time. Our teacher wants us to read a book during Christmas vacation. Got any suggestions?

  Charlie Brown : On what book to read?

  Peppermint Patty : No! On how to get out of it!

• Marcie : Why aren't you reading your book, sir?

  Peppermint Patty : It's too nice a day to stay inside and read, Marcie. Besides, I have to build this snowman. If I don't do it, no one else will, and he won't exist. I am his creator, and it is my duty to give him life! This snowman has a right to live, Marcie!

  Marcie : You're weird, sir.

• Peppermint Patty : I'm not going to have to read a book, Marcie. See? "A Tale of Two Cities" was just on TV. I watched the movie, so now I won't have to read the book. The only thing I didn't understand were the parts about the shampoo, the soap, and the coffee.

  Marcie : Those were the commercials, sir.

• Peppermint Patty : I'm going to ask the teacher if I could be Mary in the Christmas play this year.

  Marcie : She's already asked me, sir.

  Peppermint Patty : I think I'll be great in the part.

  Marcie : She asked me yesterday.

  Peppermint Patty : I like the part where the angel of Gabriel talks to me.

  Marcie : Why would the angel Gabriel talk to you? You never listen.

  Peppermint Patty : I could probably wear these same sandles.

  Peppermint Patty : [raises her hand] 

  [Teacher mumbles] 

  Peppermint Patty : Yes, ma'am, I'd like to volunteer to play the part of Mary in our Chrismtas play.

  [Teacher mumbles] 

  Peppermint Patty : YOU WHAT?

  Marcie : [Teacher mumbles]  That's right, sir. She asked me yesterday.

  Peppermint Patty : Mary never wore glasses!

• Peppermint Patty : Hey, Chuck, did Mary ever wear glasses?

  [pause] 

  Peppermint Patty : What do you mean "Mary Who"? In the Bible! Does it say anything about Mary wearing glasses?

  [pause] 

  Peppermint Patty : Then how come Marcie played Mary instead of me? And the teacher says I have to play a sheep!

  Charlie Brown : Why can't I ever be a wrong number?

• Marcie : I was up late last night memorizing all of my lines.

  Peppermint Patty : All your lines?... I can't remember my lines, Marcie!

  Marcie : You're a sheep, sir. All you have to say is "Baa".

  Peppermint Patty : My mind is going blank! I'm doomed! I wonder if this ever happened to Laurence Olivier?

• Peppermint Patty : I can't remember my lines, Marcie!

  Marcie : All you have to say is "Baa".

  Peppermint Patty : My mind is going blank! I'll never remember! Why do they have to spoil Christmas by making us be in plays?

  Marcie : We're on, Sir. Let's show them how!

• Peppermint Patty : I'd like to read this book, Marcie. But I'm kinda afraid. I had a grandfather who didn't think much of reading. He always said, "If you read too many books, your head would fall off!"

  Marcie : You start the first chapter, Sir. I'll hold onto your head.

• Peppermint Patty : What was Handel's first name, Marcie?

  Marcie : I'm ashamed to admit, I don't know.

  Peppermint Patty : I'll just have to guess.