The Likely Lads (1976)
Rodney Bewes: Bob Ferris
Quotes
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Bob : Did Thelma call?
Terry Collier : No.
Bob : Are you sure?
Terry Collier : We don't have a phone.
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Bob : When it comes to women you're hardly Omar Sharif.
Terry Collier : If Omar Sharif lived in Gateshead I doubt he'd be Omar Sharif.
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Bob : In the chocolate box of life the top layer's already gone. And someone's pinched the orange creme from the bottom.
Terry Collier : Bloody hell.
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Bob : I'm going through a very depressed state recently, I think we should talk it through.
Thelma : Oh Bob, we've got so much to get done, can't we talk about if later over a cup of tea, it'll keep won't it.
Bob : Of course, its not important Thelma, I'm only questioning the validity of my entire life.
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Terry Collier : Back in time for a drink, watch the box this afternoon - that's what a weekend should be - sport, sleep, slippers and sex.
Bob : Not necessarily in that order.
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Terry Collier : That's just one of life's bitter ironies Bob.
Bob : I suffer a lot from those.
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Bob : These streets are ugly, but they have a kind of beauty.
Terry Collier : Working class sentiment is the indulgence of working peopled created through football and rock-and-roll or people like you who moved out to the elm lodge housing estate at the earliest opportunity.
Bob : Well I didn't want my kids growing up in these streets.
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Bob : Nobody cares, nobody's moved by the occasion.
Terry Collier : Residents are, moved to a highrise.
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Bob : Of course you always had an irresistible sexual magnetism.
Terry Collier : True but its not just that.
Bob : What is it then, I'm dying to know!
Terry Collier : Well once I've got them up here, there's no way they're going to risk leavin this dodgy area after dark.
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Terry Collier : You kicked it up there!
Bob : Not on purpose, was only making a strong clearance.
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Fireman : We've got better things to do with taxpayers money.
Bob : I'm sorry, when I get to the top I just lost me nerve.
Terry Collier : Keeps your hand in doesn't it, better than polishing your bell up all afternoon.
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Bob : Mind you my wife isn't really with me.
Terry Collier : In town though.
Bob : Out of sight, out of mind.
Terry Collier : Good thinking Bob.