The Avengers (TV Series)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (1967)

Diana Rigg: Emma Peel

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Quotes 

• Emma Peel : And who's his ladyfriend?

  John Steed : Auntie Maud.

  Emma Peel : Do you know her?

  John Steed : 'Maud', M.A.U.D. 'Microfilm And Unencyphered Documents', army issue pouch.

• Emma Peel : [Entering Steeds apartment, Emma nearly steps on a dead body]  Steed, whoops! You really must have a word with that cleaning lady of yours.

• Admiral Cartney : [after finding two stacks of used railway tickets]  London to Norborough, First Class return. Heh. Must be about a hundred of 'em. The Fellow must have had an obsession about railways.

  Emma Peel : And they're all punched through. See, the 'o' in Norborough is punched through.

  Admiral Cartney : Oh yes... and the hole's just about the size of a...

  Emma Peel : Self-respecting micro-dot. Makes sense. Salt fills in the 'o' with a micro-dot...

  Admiral Cartney : Ticket collector punches it out again...

  Emma Peel : And bingo, the message is passed on.

  Admiral Cartney : [a beat]  To a ticket collector?

• Crewe : And what exactly is your problem, dear lady?

  Emma Peel : I'd like you to listen to this umbrella.

• Emma Peel : [clears throat]  Diddly-dah... diddly-dum. Twiddly-dum. Twiddly, twiddly, twiddly, dah. blinkety-blink, blinkety-blink. Chaddily-dum, chaddily-dah. Boopity-boop.