Drop the Dead Donkey (TV Series)
The Trevorman Cometh (1991)
David Swift: Henry Davenport
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Quotes
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Henry Davenport : [Upon learning that Alex has decided to accept a pay cut for everyone to prevent redundancies] Welcome to invertebrates anonymous.
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Alex Pates : [reading document] Cuts will be radical and swift. Staff over 50 must be forced to take voluntary early retirement.
Henry Davenport : Don't be silly that doesn't apply to me!
Alex Pates : [quoting document again] This especially applies to newsreaders, who should be replaced by younger personnel on smaller salaries.
Dave Charnley : Right, everybody down into the shelter...
Henry Davenport : Isn't that bloody typical? They want to replace me with a colourless, pre-pubescent dullard. It's the spirit of the age. I blame... John Major. HOW DID HE BECOME PRIME MINISTER FOR GOD'S SAKE, THE MAN'S A BLOODY HOLOGRAM! BUT HE'S YOUNG! DULL AS AN AMOEBA'S ARSEHOLE, BUT HE'S YOUNG!