Lovejoy (TV Series)

The Axeman Cometh (1986)

Ian McShane: Lovejoy

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• Miss Taylor : [Showing him a sealed envelope]  You know what this is, don't you, Mr. Lovejoy?

  Lovejoy : I can see it's not a singing telegram.

• Eric Catchpole : Is it valuable?

  Lovejoy : Is the Pope Polish?

• Bert Frobel : [Referring to the Arab wedding veil]  Where did you get it?

  Lovejoy : It fell out of the sky.

  Bert Frobel : The only thing that falls out of the sky in this country is bird shit!

• Vial : You know something, Lovejoy, sometimes I think the English are constitutionally incapable of eating well.

  Lovejoy : [In a self-deprecating manner]  Just incapable of cooking.

• Lovejoy : [Aside to camera]  One of the joys of buying rare and beautiful things is coming to a sale.