Mind Your Language (TV Series)
No Flowers by Request (1979)
Barry Evans: Jeremy Brown
Quotes
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Jeremy Brown : Danielle, give me three plays by Shakespeare...
Danielle Favre : "Romeo and Juliet." "As You Like It."
Jeremy Brown : One more...
Danielle Favre : I don't know any more.
Jeremy Brown : What, not one?
Danielle Favre : Non...
Jeremy Brown : I'll give you a clue: "King..."
Danielle Favre : "Kong!"
[Juan pounds his chest with approval]
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[Juan pays a visit to Mr Brown in the hospital]
Juan Cervantes : Hey, Buenos Dias!
Jeremy Brown : Go away.
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Chung Su-Lee : China first invent telephone, television, radio, refrigerators, and discover penicillin, radium, and lots of other things.
Jeremy Brown : Rubbish!
Chung Su-Lee : No! China not invent rubbish!
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Jeremy Brown : So tonight I'm going to ask each of you to pick one of the ten subjects I have written on the blackboard. And I shall ask you a few questions on them. Fairly straight forward, music, British history, the royal family, poetry, Shakespeare, etc, all right? Now who is going to start the ball rolling?
Ali Nadim : We aren't having a ball to be rolling in everywhere.
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Jeremy Brown : Who is known as the father of television?
Ali Nadim : Eamonn Andrews.
Jeremy Brown : Logie Baird.
Ali Nadim : Oh blimey. I'm seeing him last night with his little friend Boo-Boo.
Jeremy Brown : That's Yogi Bear. I'm talking about Logie Baird, the man who invented television.
Ali Nadim : Sorry, please.
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Jeremy Brown : How much is a television license?
Ali Nadim : I am not knowing. I never buy one.
Jeremy Brown : I hope you realize you can get a serious trouble for not having a license.
Ali Nadim : Please tell me something, that money for a license is for BBC, yes?
Jeremy Brown : Yes.
Ali Nadim : Then I am jolly OK. I only watch ITV.
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Jeremy Brown : Who is the prince of Wales?
Anna Schmidt : Harry Secombe.
Jeremy Brown : Prince Charles.
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Jeremy Brown : Where is the term "Gladstone bag" come from?
Maximillian Papandrious : Mrs Gladstone.
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Jeremy Brown : What function does the mace have in the House of Commons?
Taro Nagazumi : They have the mace...
Jeremy Brown : Yes?
Taro Nagazumi : To eat the cheese.
Jeremy Brown : That's mice.
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Jeremy Brown : Who is Shakespeare's wife?
Danielle Favre : Mrs Shakespeare.
Jeremy Brown : Very clever, but what was her maiden name?
Danielle Favre : I do not know.
Jeremy Brown : Anne Hathaway.
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Jeremy Brown : What is the capital of England?
Ranjeet Singh : E.
Jeremy Brown : I'll rephrase that. What is the capital city of England?
Ranjeet Singh : London.
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Jeremy Brown : Can you name three English counties?
Ranjeet Singh : Oh dear me. I am not knowing any English counties.
Jeremy Brown : Not one?
Ranjeet Singh : No. The only English county I am knowing is the Count of Monte Cristo.
Jeremy Brown : That's Count.
Ranjeet Singh : Thousand apologies.
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Jeremy Brown : Who is known as the black prince?
Chung Su-Lee : Muhammad Ali.
Jeremy Brown : Edward, the son of Edward the Third.
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Jeremy Brown : The question is not about those sort of customs. It means the things we British do that are peculiar to us.
Juan Cervantes : Ah! Speak English!
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Juan Cervantes : Si señor, I pick subject.
Jeremy Brown : There's only one left. It's Hobson's choice.
Juan Cervantes : Not Hobson's choice. British cumtoms.
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Juan Cervantes : We bring you some flowers.
Jeremy Brown : Ah well, you shouldn't have spent money on flowers for me.
Juan Cervantes : I don't spend money. We already bought them for your funeral.