Nancy McKeon: Jo Polniaczek

Quotes 

• Blair Warner : Jo, you're not suggesting I stick the Warner hands in refried beans, are you?

  Jo Polniaczek : I'm suggesting you stick them in something if you want to graduate.

  Natalie Green : Wait a minute! If you're talking about our student trainee program, forget it. This is my first management job, and I don't wanna risk it. I need someone who knows the meaning of work.

  Blair Warner : Well, that leaves me out.

  Andy Moffett : Play it smart, Blair, with Natalie helping you, it will be an easy A.

  Blair Warner : [smiles shrewdly, then looks at Natalie with different eyes]  Natalie, before you reject me out of hand, think of the fun.

  [swings Natalie's hand] 

  Blair Warner : Just you and I, standing shoulder to shoulder over all that Mexican stuff! Sharing an occasional laugh.

  [inserts some fake chuckling] 

  Blair Warner : Together, feeding a hungry nation.

  Jo Polniaczek : If you start singing We Are The World, I'm leaving.

  Natalie Green : [to Blair]  Okay, but don't expect any favors. This job means graduation to you, to me it's survival. Be prepared to put your nose to the grindstone.

  [as she turns to leave, adding with emphasis:] 

  Natalie Green : Again.

  Blair Warner : [whimsical sigh]  The things I do to graduate.

  [then, realizing she'd been slighted, calls after Natalie:] 

  Blair Warner : This is my real nose!

  [touches it] 

• Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : [pointing out reluctant wearer of Mexican outfit complete with sombrero]  There's Blair.

  Jo Polniaczek : [gleefully]  There is a God. Hey, Cisco, can we have a couple of menus?

  Blair Warner : They're on the counter!

  Jo Polniaczek : I know. That's why I need them over here!

• Blair Warner : Yeah, but don't worry. I called Mr. Simmons and he's gonna give her her job back.

  Jo Polniaczek : [wryly sarcastic]  Based on your close personal relationship with him.

  Blair Warner : No, I merely told him that my father was chairman of Warner Industries, and he was looking for someone to head up his ITD. International Taco Division.

  Jo Polniaczek : Is that true?

  Blair Warner : Well, he is my father. And he is the chairman. Two out of three isn't bad.

  Jo Polniaczek : You Warnered your way out of another one.

  Blair Warner : I didn't do this for me. I did it for Natalie. Poor kid earns her living. She deserves a second chance.