Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988 TV Movie)

Robbie Coltrane: Spirit of Christmas

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• Ebenezer Blackadder : Can I get you a cup of tea or anything?

  Spirit of Christmas : You wouldn't have anything a wee bit more... medicinal?

  Ebenezer Blackadder : Oh, I see. No, I've only got some of "Nurse McCready's Surgical Bruise Lotion."

  Spirit of Christmas : [takes bottle]  Oh! Nothing but the best at this house!

• Spirit of Christmas : [complimenting Ebenezer Blackadder on his goodly nature]  Well, it's a nice change from all these skinflints. You know that old fella across the road? Bags of money; I caught him trying to cut down on his heating bills by using his "John Thomas" as a draught excluder!

  Ebenezer Blackadder : Oh, dear! Old people today! Tell me, how do you get them to change their ways?

  Spirit of Christmas : Well, it's all visions these days. We used to use black-and-white line drawings, but the visions are more effective!

• Ebenezer Blackadder : [after the Spirit shows him a vision of his future]  So, let's get this straight: If I was bad, my descendants would rule the entire universe!

  Spirit of Christmas : Maybe... Maybe... But would you be happy? Being ruler of the universe is not all it's cracked up to be - there's the long hours... I mean, you wave at people the whole time. You're no longer your own boss.

  Ebenezer Blackadder : But, so, what if I stayed good? What then does the future hold?

  Spirit of Christmas : Ah, well, I really must put my foot down here. I've got four hauntings and a 'scare-the-bugger-to-death' to do before morning.

• Ebenezer Blackadder : I'd love to see the Future!

  Spirit of Christmas : No! No, no, it's terribly melodramatic...