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Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
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“Philip: How can you object to feeding the poor when you spend so much on that fat, flea-bitten thing.
Rigsby: Hey, shush, shush. Keep your voice down. He understands every word you say, you know. There, there love. Vienna come here. That's a good boy, yes. You've offended him now. It's all right, the dark gentleman didn't mean it.
Philip: But I did mean it. Just look at him. What use is he?
Rigsby: What use? Wha...he isn't supposed to be any use, he's a pet.
Philip: Would you eat him if you were starving?
Rigsby: Oh I shall have to cover his ears if you carry on like this. Eat him? Of course I wouldn't eat him. We don't do that sort of thing in this country.
Philip: He's your sacred cow, Rigsby. he has the best of everything.
Rigsby: Yes of course he does. Has that stuff they show on the television. The one the cat picks out. Always goes for that bowl. Unerring isn't he.
Alan: Gets its tail trodden on if it doesn't. That food should go to feed people.
Rigsby: It does - Pakistanis love it.
Philip: Oh come on, Rigsby. You don't believe that old tale.
Rigsby: Goes down well with a bit of curry powder that does.
Alan: You'll believe anything.
Rigsby: It's true! You drop a Pakistani from any height, he'll always land on his feet.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
Rigsby: Hey, shush, shush. Keep your voice down. He understands every word you say, you know. There, there love. Vienna come here. That's a good boy, yes. You've offended him now. It's all right, the dark gentleman didn't mean it.
Philip: But I did mean it. Just look at him. What use is he?
Rigsby: What use? Wha...he isn't supposed to be any use, he's a pet.
Philip: Would you eat him if you were starving?
Rigsby: Oh I shall have to cover his ears if you carry on like this. Eat him? Of course I wouldn't eat him. We don't do that sort of thing in this country.
Philip: He's your sacred cow, Rigsby. he has the best of everything.
Rigsby: Yes of course he does. Has that stuff they show on the television. The one the cat picks out. Always goes for that bowl. Unerring isn't he.
Alan: Gets its tail trodden on if it doesn't. That food should go to feed people.
Rigsby: It does - Pakistanis love it.
Philip: Oh come on, Rigsby. You don't believe that old tale.
Rigsby: Goes down well with a bit of curry powder that does.
Alan: You'll believe anything.
Rigsby: It's true! You drop a Pakistani from any height, he'll always land on his feet.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
“I just don't seem to get any chances these days.
Why not?
I don't know. There was this woman at the pub.They all said, 'Oooh, whatever you do don't give her a lift home, she'll interfere with you'. Y'know, she was supposed to interfere with you while you were driving, y'know...so I gave her a lift home.
What happened?
Nothin'! She was a washout. Just talked about her feet.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
Why not?
I don't know. There was this woman at the pub.They all said, 'Oooh, whatever you do don't give her a lift home, she'll interfere with you'. Y'know, she was supposed to interfere with you while you were driving, y'know...so I gave her a lift home.
What happened?
Nothin'! She was a washout. Just talked about her feet.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
“No, the only thing I'm worried about is in case I lose me temper. Because that's why I had to give up boxing. Very nearly killed this bloke once. I mean, once the bell goes the red mist comes up, I get this singing in the ears, when it clears there's someone stretched out on the canvas.
Is it you, Rigsby?
Oh, very funny.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
Is it you, Rigsby?
Oh, very funny.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
“I was sent to school with bread an' drippin' and a stubby pencil. All the other lads had fountain pens in their top pockets, not me.
That's why I never got invited to the parties. That an' the gum boots. I saw all the others going off, all the little girls with their silver shoes and the boys in their party slippers giving each other great smackers at Postman's Knock. I was outside - the face at the window.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
That's why I never got invited to the parties. That an' the gum boots. I saw all the others going off, all the little girls with their silver shoes and the boys in their party slippers giving each other great smackers at Postman's Knock. I was outside - the face at the window.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
“For one thing he calls me 'Ducky'. If he calls me 'Ducky' once more I shall have him.
Oh, hello Ducky. Am I interrupting?
Yes, as a matter of fact you are, Hilary.
Oh I like your cardi Rigsby. Very you. Very 'hungry thirties'.You must let me have the name of your tailor.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
Oh, hello Ducky. Am I interrupting?
Yes, as a matter of fact you are, Hilary.
Oh I like your cardi Rigsby. Very you. Very 'hungry thirties'.You must let me have the name of your tailor.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
“Suppose you come from an old family.
Yes.
Yes, born to it. It was the same in war time. You know, my old captain, he came from a good family. Not like these tuppenny ha'penny 'gentlemen' you get nowadays. He always carried a walking stick. Smoked a pipe. I never saw him ruffled. Whenever Jerry opened up he'd just lean on his stick and say ' where do you think yhat is coming from, Sergeant?' Everyone else would be diving for cover. Not the captain.
What happened to him?
...got blown up by a shell.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
Yes.
Yes, born to it. It was the same in war time. You know, my old captain, he came from a good family. Not like these tuppenny ha'penny 'gentlemen' you get nowadays. He always carried a walking stick. Smoked a pipe. I never saw him ruffled. Whenever Jerry opened up he'd just lean on his stick and say ' where do you think yhat is coming from, Sergeant?' Everyone else would be diving for cover. Not the captain.
What happened to him?
...got blown up by a shell.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
“D'you know Rigsby, you're a snob. The way you worship the upper classes.
Well at least they know how to behave. At least they're gentlemen.
Gentlemen?
Yeah, you wouldn't know the meaning of the word of course.
What about those rugby scrums when they all stand back and somebody's earhole is on the floor?
That is character building.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
Well at least they know how to behave. At least they're gentlemen.
Gentlemen?
Yeah, you wouldn't know the meaning of the word of course.
What about those rugby scrums when they all stand back and somebody's earhole is on the floor?
That is character building.”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
“D'you know, the only woman I really fancied in those days was Greer Garson. Used to see all of her films. Her and Walter Pidgeon. My God, they don't make films like that anymore, mate. Yes, always wanted to marry a woman like that.
Was your wife like Greer Garson?
No...more like Walter Pidgeon...”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
Was your wife like Greer Garson?
No...more like Walter Pidgeon...”
― Rising Damp: The Complete Scripts
