Porridge (TV Series)
The Desperate Hours (1976)
Richard Beckinsale: Lennie Godber
Quotes
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Norman Stanley Fletcher : Look, if we knew what you was lookin' for, we might be able to help ya.
Mr. Barrowclough : Drink.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : [feigning shock] Drink? What, you mean, as in 'drink' you mean? What, you mean alcohol, you mean the old 'Vera Lynn', the mother's ruin?
Norman Stanley Fletcher : [for those outside Britain, the reference to 'Vera Lynn' is rhyming slang]
Mr. Barrowclough : That is what I mean, yes.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Well, I'm a strict teetotaler, Mr Barrowclough.
Mr. Barrowclough : Awww, Fletcher, really.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Yes I am. I don't touch tea, and never have.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : [after Barrowclough leaves, Fletch and Godber access their hidden booze, mimicking a restaurant scene] Good evening, sir. And what will it be?
Lennie Godber : The usual.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Oh. Care for a drink first?
Lennie Godber : Why not.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Large one, sir?
Lennie Godber : Mind your own business.