Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series)

Forked Lightning (1975)

Michael Bates: Blamire

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Compo : It's a long time since I've had custard.

  Blamire : Of course one's heart bleeds for you. But you'll never kick the habit if you keep dreaming about it.

  Compo : Read the paper; read the Happy Horoscope.

  Blamire : I do not encourage that kind of pagan rubbish.

  Compo : Come on! Let's be knowing what the stars have in store for me.

  Blamire : Well, it's bound to be a lot isn't it. I mean, look what they've done for you up to now.

  Compo : They've given me a sunny disposition.

  Blamire : Just as well with all those holes in your trousers.

  Compo : Me mum said the minute I were born the sun came out from behind a cloud and a starling on the next door coal-house roof started twittering.

  Blamire : Oh, yes. Little cosmic messages, eh? Not a word from your father I notice.

  Compo : That might not be custard; that could be paint.

  Blamire : What are you doing under there?

  Compo : Me rabbit's foot. I'm cleaning it.

• Blamire : If you've nothing more constructive to offer, kindly go outside and read the tailboard of some reversing lorry.

• [last lines] 

  Clegg : Kind heart and clumsiness; it's a combination that takes some beating.

  Blamire : The world would end in chaos.

  Clegg : Aye, but not as quick as it's got there being clever.