Porridge (TV Series)

The Harder They Fall (1975)

Richard Beckinsale: Lennie Godber

Quotes 

• Norman Stanley Fletcher : You've been through every naffing course in this prison, aint'cha Godber, eh? Arts and Crafts, O levels, Pottery, Spanish. What're ya gonna do with Spanish, become an interpreter, are you?

  Lennie Godber : ¡Sí sí señor!

  Norman Stanley Fletcher : Oh that's it, is it. That's it, is it. Six months of intensive study and that's all we get, is it - ¡Sí sí señor!

  Lennie Godber : Now listen: No tien vaca, pero tien una burro.

  [sic] 

  Norman Stanley Fletcher : Go on, then, I'll bite.

  Lennie Godber : I haven't got a cow, but I have got a donkey.

  Norman Stanley Fletcher : Oh, that's very handy, innit, that'll come in very useful, won't it, eh? On your first Spanish holiday, sittin' there with a shy, little señorita, she's whisperin' sweet nothin's up your nose, oh yeah. What d'you say - I haven't got a cow, darlin', but I've got a donkey!

  Lennie Godber : Vaya con Dios. That's Spanish.

  Norman Stanley Fletcher : People like you from Birmingham would do better learnin' English, mate.

  Norman Stanley Fletcher : [Godber and Fletch talk a bit about Godber's upcoming boxing match, and Fletch gives his advice]  If you show all the flair in the boxing ring that you've shown for Spanish, my son, you ain't half due for a clobberin'.

  Lennie Godber : Que será será.

  Norman Stanley Fletcher : Kiss her what?