Brighton Sheffield

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Benjamin Salisbury

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Brighton Sheffield Quotes

	Season 5 / Episode 20: - The Pre-nup Fran Fine: B, what are you doing back? I thought you were going to go roller blading in the park? Brighton Sheffield: Oh, I came back. I forgot a vital piece of equipment. Fran Fine: What? Brighton Sheffield: Something that protects a vital piece of equipment.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - A Decent Proposal Brighton Sheffield: [about a beautiful woman who just walked by] Oh, now that's a real woman. Fran Fine: Not the parts you're looking at, honey.
	Season 5 / Episode 3: - The Bobbie Fleckman Story Brighton Sheffield: [about a favor Fran helped him with] Oh, by the way, how can I thank you for getting Dad to say yes. Fran Fine: [holding up the ring finger on her left hand] Get your Dad to say 'yes'.
	Season 5 / Episode 3: - The Bobbie Fleckman Story Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield: Brighton, you are so pathetic. Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield: [to Fran] I mean, he walks around the house all day with his guitar and he doesn't even know how to play. Brighton Sheffield: [to Maggie, in rebuttal] Hey, you wear a bra!
	Season 3 / Episode 24: - The Cantor Show Brighton Sheffield: [to Fran and Niles] Dad and I are going to go see the Padres play the Mets. OK, see you guys. Maxwell Sheffield: [to Fran and Niles] All right, well Brighton and I are off to see Pagliacci at the Met. Fran Fine: Oh, isn't this funny how people just hear what they want to hear. Niles: Yes, one of the pitfalls of a big house. Fran Fine: [excitedly] When did Brad Pitt call the house?
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - Franny and the Professor Brighton Sheffield: [testing Fran's TV knowledge] Channel 29, what follows "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir"? Fran Fine: That would be "Family Affair", the episode where Mr. French accidentally drops Mrs. Beasley off the terrace, followed by "The Munsters" with Marilyn Number 2, followed by "Bewitched" with Darrin Number 1 but Mrs. Kravitz Number 2. Maxwell Sheffield: Bravo, Miss Fine. You seem to know more about sixties television than most people your age have forgotten. Fran Fine: Well, are you calling me old or just stupid? Maxwell Sheffield: You have a childlike quality that I find absolutely charming. Fran Fine: [to Niles] Childlike? Niles: [translating] Just stupid.
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - Stock Tip Brighton Sheffield: Oh no! I look like Snap! Fran: Val once dated a boy who looked like Crackle. [to Niles] Unfortunately, he popped too soon.
	Season 1 / Episode 13: - Maggie the Model Showgirl: What do you want to be when you grow up? Brighton Sheffield: A haltar top.
	Season 1 / Episode 13: - Maggie the Model Niles: You may not look through the keyhole while your father is auditioning showgirls. Brighton Sheffield: Why not? Niles: That's where I'll be.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - A Plot for Nanny Brighton Sheffield: Niles, this steak is a little tough. Niles: So is life... and then you die.
	Season 1 / Episode 10: - The Nanny-in-Law Brighton Sheffield: I finished my homework, Dad. Maxwell Sheffield: Oh, all right. Let's have a listen. Brighton Sheffield: "The Civil War. The causes of the Civil War become clear when we view the United States as a big, dysfunctional family." Maxwell Sheffield: Oh Gracie, I told you not to do your brother's homework. Grace Sheffield: Five bucks is five bucks. Maxwell Sheffield: Brighton, you can't just go through life paying people to do everything for you. Brighton Sheffield: Dad, I've got two words for you: Niles, Fran. Maxwell Sheffield: I've got two words for you: military, school.
	Season 1 / Episode 8: - Christmas Episode Brighton Sheffield: Does that mean she kicked him in the... Maxwell Sheffield: Goodnight, Brighton!
	Season 1 / Episode 7: - Imaginary Friend Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield: [about a gift for Brighton] He really wanted Cindy Crawford. Brighton Sheffield: At least she's built.
	Season 1 / Episode 7: - Imaginary Friend Grace Sheffield: [to Brighton] Where's Fran going? Brighton Sheffield: [to Maggie] Grace wants to know where Fran's gone. Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield: [to Niles] What's with Fran? Niles: [to Maggie] She's gone to confess. Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield: [to Brighton with a confused look on her face] She went to play chess. Brighton Sheffield: [to Grace] She went to undress.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - My Fair Nanny Maggie Sheffield: [about her first ever date] It was terrible. I didn't have anything to say. I sat there like a lump. Brighton Sheffield: Well, so do mashed potatoes, and everybody likes them.
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Smoke Gets in Your Lies Brighton Sheffield: I don't need to be a genius. I'm going to be a producer like Dad.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny) Brighton Sheffield: He never has time for us. Grace Sheffield: Maybe Daddy's seeing other children! Fran Fine: Let's not be paranoid. Grace Sheffield: I'm not paranoid... who said I was?
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny) Maxwell Sheffield: What have you got to say in your defense? Brighton Sheffield: I didn't inhale. Maxwell Sheffield: That is the most pathetically lame excuse in the world.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny) Maxwell Sheffield: [rushing off to work, Brighton's repeating him] Brighton, don't be so smart, [Gracie has her mouth stuffed with an orange piece] Gracie dear, take smaller bites, and Maggie [Maggie has a towel over her head for an acne treatment] try to be a bit more outgoing. [leaves] Brighton Sheffield: Well, he's got my vote for Father of the Year.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny) Maxwell Sheffield: Brighton was caught smoking. Yetta Rosenberg: Smoking? Bad! Brighton Sheffield: But you smoke. Yetta Rosenberg: Me it doesn't effect, I'm like a horse. But you know what smoking can do to you? Come, let's meet Ethel, phlegm in a hair net! [drags Brighton off] Brighton Sheffield: Oh no, not Ethel! Not Ethel! [to Maxwell and Fran] I swear I'll never smoke again! Oh God!
	Unknown Episode: Brighton Sheffield: Yeah, it just so happens that your voice carries. Fran: To your bedroom? Brighton Sheffield: To Michigan.
	Unknown Episode: Brighton Sheffield: Oh, so you're pretending to be an actor? Fran: No, you're thinking of Steven Seagal.
	Unknown Episode: Brighton Sheffield: Niles, this steak is tough. Niles: So is life. Then you die.

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