Loretta Swit credited as playing...
Grace Bradley
- Claude Herdman: Who's Herod in this play?
- Grace Bradley: Uh, Herod isn't in this play.
- Leroy Herdman: You mean he's out to kill the baby, and he isn't even in the play?
- Grace Bradley: [reading the story of Christmas] And, lo, the Angel of the Lord came upon them...
- Gladys Herdman: Shazaaammmm!
- Grace Bradley: What?
- Gladys Herdman: Out with a vengeance in the darkness, the mighty Marvel!
- Grace Bradley: Gladys, I don't know what you're talking about.
- Gladys Herdman: The Mighty Marvel in Wonder Comics.
- Grace Bradley: No, this is the Angel of the Lord.
- Gladys Herdman: Out of nowhere, right? In the black night, right?
- Grace Bradley: Well, yes, in a way.
- Gladys Herdman: Shazaaaammmm!
- Imogene Herdman: Somedy better be Herod!
- Grace Bradley: Imogene, we're going to do this play the way it has always been done.
- Imogene Herdman: [grabs Charlie by the collar] I know! Let Charlie be Herod. He tells the wise men to kill Jesus, and they say "okay" 'cause he's a king and all.
- Ollie Herdman: But then they don't do it. They go back and get Herod...
- [gesturing stabbing motions]
- Ollie Herdman: "Take that, Herod! Take that!"
- Charlie Bradley: I'm not going to be Herod!