Black Books (TV Series)

Party (2004)

Bill Bailey: Manny

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Quotes 

• Manny : It's Friday night!

  Bernard : Well it was Friday night last week, it'll be Friday night next week and every week until we're dead and even then the whole rotten business will on and on and on.

• Fran : Can't you just call her up and say 'I really enjoyed talking to you last night and I'd like to see you again'?

  Manny : [giggling nervously]  Don't be stupid! I don't want her to think I'm gay!

• Manny : Let's paaaaar...

  Bernard : Don't you dare use the word "party" as a verb in this shop!

• Manny : There's a girl.

  Bernard : A what? You know I don't approve of you seeing other girls- people. Who is she?

  Manny : Roweena, a friend of Anne's. I met her once and was hoping to meet her again.

  Bernard : Oh, I see.

  [Mockingly] 

  Bernard : Roweena! Roweeeeena! And what am I supposed to do while you're doing the underpants charleston with this insane, blind tart?

  Manny : Why are you getting so angry?

  Bernard : I can't help being angry when I'm furious! So, before you go off to raise your bearded freak circus, what's she like?

  Manny : She's nice.

  Bernard : She's nice, she- dont make me sick into my own scorn. What are her prospects? Does she play the viola? Does she embroider? Is she kind to the servants?

  Manny : I don't know. All I know is I like her and there's a good chance that she likes me.

  Bernard : [Later]  Well, we're going to this party because I'm trying to picture this girl who likes you and all I can see is you in a dress.

• Manny : That's the saddest story I've ever heard.

  Fran : The worst part is she's not actually dead, she lives the other side of Priory Road.

• Manny : [having sworn to Fran that he won't tell Bernard his deceased ex-fiancée is still alive]  She's alive! She's still alive! Fran told me! Fran knows her!

  Bernard : Is this true? How long have you known?

  Fran : A couple of years.

  Bernard : I don't believe you.

  Fran : She's in my phone. Look. That's her full name isn't it?

  Bernard : I don't believe you.

  Fran : This is photo of her and me at her last birthday. One of many she'll have, still being alive. These are her dental records. This is her birth certificate. I keep it safely tucked inside the envelope with a photo of her reading yesterday's newspaper and wearing an "I love life" t-shirt.

• Manny : I'm getting red wine up my nose.

• Bernard : Anyway, you had your chance with her. What did you talk about?

  Manny : Offshore wind farms. I couldn't think of anything else.

• Manny : You don't actually have a heart Bernard. Just a shard of ice.

  Fran : Flint.

  Manny : What?

  Fran : I always saw it as a piece of flint.

• Manny : Fran, get the wine!

  Bernard : What? Lies! Subterfuge!