One Foot in the Grave (TV Series)
I'll Retire to Bedlam (1990)
Richard Wilson: Victor Meldrew
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Victor Meldrew : [singing] Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling.
Margaret Meldrew : You must be in a good mood.
Victor Meldrew : Sunday morning, what is there to be miserable about? Sunday morning, the first day of a new week. I'm going to a nice little potter about in the garden where the insanities of life can't possibly upset me.
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[last lines]
Margaret Meldrew : Perhaps you should just have an early night tonight. You'll feel better in the morning.
Victor Meldrew : Yes, I expect I will. Good night, then. Oh, if you should hear any sudden screams, it's just me smacking on some aftershave.
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Victor Meldrew : [Stuck in the shed due to infestation of bees] Oh god, I wish I was dead! Whose bloody bees are they?
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Victor Meldrew : Was it my imagination or have they just started building the worlds biggest sub-atomic particle accelerator to explain the very origins of the universe as we know it?
Margaret Meldrew : What?
Victor Meldrew : Strange then that they can't produce a toilet roll where the perforations are on the same place on either side of the paper.
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Victor Meldrew : Butterflies in the stomach, bees in the potting shed, loonies in the lavatory. I wonder what bounteous joys the rest of the week have in store? Bubonic plague? Nest of scorpions in the hoover bag? Late night shopping at Budgeons?