The Goodies (TV Series)
The Stone Age (1973)
Tim Brooke-Taylor: Tim Brooke-Taylor
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Quotes
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Bill : If you can't move, who is going down there?
Tim : [falsetto] You are.
Bill : Nope!
Tim : Yes, you are. We're doing this according to the book. Listen.
[reading]
Tim : "Rule Number One: Don't do it. Rule Number Two: If you're silly enough to try, one man should remain secured on the surface. He is known as the Anchor Man."
Bill : You.
Tim : Right. "The second man will go down the hole. He is known as the Reckless Loony."
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Tim : HELP! We've been gobbled by a prehistoric monster!
Bill : Tim!
Tim : Help!
Bill : Tim! Panicking does not help!
Tim : Yes it does!
Bill : Yes it does...
Tim , Bill : HELP! HELP! HELP!
Graeme Garden : Stop it, you two - that isn't doing any good! We'll just have to try and lift it. Right, one, two, three, HEAVE!
[They strain and struggle to re-open the dinosaur's mouth, with minimal success]
Tim : Aaah! My hand! My hand! It's caught between it's teeth! IT'S TEETH!
Bill : All right, all right, all right. Oy, Graeme! You got a toothpick?
Graeme Garden : No, you fool! One, two, three...
[He and Bill lift the mouth enough to get Tim's hand free but can't get it open the rest of the way]
Graeme Garden : Oh dear, this is no good. We'll just have to find another way out.
Tim : Just be careful WHICH one you choose.
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Bill : [Bickering with Tim] I'll tell YOU something, mate - we only keep you on because you can type!
Tim : That's not true! I do the washing up as well. Which is more than you do, you... you...!
[Finds himself unable to come up with an insult]
Tim : Oh, get your hair cut!
Bill : Hair? What about YOUR hair? You look like Susan Hampshire!
Tim : Maybe, maybe! But at least I don't DRESS like her! Trouser suits and necklaces...
Bill : Yeah, well I've seen you getting dressed, haven't I? Yes, and I happen to know that YOU tuck your shirt inside your underpants! You do!
Tim : Only in the winter!
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Tim : [Offended] Ooh! Oh, that does it! If you want me, I shall be in the spleen!
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Graeme Garden : [after he and Tim escape, he sees Bill's not with them] Bill! Bill!
Tim : Never mind him, let's go home!
Graeme Garden : [Splutters] But we can't just leave him! I mean, I know you don't like him...
Tim : That has got nothing to do with it! I was thinking of the insurance!