Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)
A Blast for Buck (1980)
Erin Gray: Colonel Wilma Deering
Quotes
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Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Hieronymus, your matter transmitter's a great idea, but it's still got a few bugs.
Hieronymous Fox : Oh, yeah. It creates one heck of a magnetic field, doesn't it? Hope it didn't bollix up any of your alarm systems.
Colonel Wilma Deering : Oh, no, The whole planet's on general alert. That's all.
Hieronymous Fox : Oops. Back to the drawing board.
Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : That entire riddle was just about New Year's Eve, wasn't it?
Hieronymous Fox : Right. The first line was about you - "The man out of old Earth's past."
Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : "Has the key to the next and the last"?
Hieronymous Fox : Sure. Buck would know about an hourglass, which was going to be the next thing that I sent you, after the last thing, which was the riddle - a real, live 20th-century limerick.
Twiki : [chirping] Tricky little devil, ain't ya?
Hieronymous Fox : "But you won't solve this riddle till the end is the middle."
Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Ah, of course. The end of the old year, the middle of the night. Midnight.
Hieronymous Fox : And the Terran sands disappearing...
Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Is the hourglass you sent us. When the sands disappear, they disappear with a...
Hieronymous Fox : A blast. Meaning a party. And what's a party without milk shakes and bubbly and fries and Rigellian lizard burgers?
Dr. Elias Huer : "Lizard burgers."
[swallows hard at that bad memory]
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Hieronymous Fox : I gotta run, gang. These transgalactic phone calls add up. Have yourselves a happy one and wait till you see my riddle next year! Bye.
Colonel Wilma Deering : Next year?
Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : There's plenty of time to worry about that later. For now, though, how about some good, old-fashion Genesian bubby?
[picks up champagne bottle]
Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Was 2490 a good year?
Colonel Wilma Deering : How could it be? You weren't even around.
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Colonel Wilma Deering : [re Princess Ardala] What do you mean, "not her style"? She's ruthless, arrogant and power-hungry.
Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Yeah, but aside from that, what's wrong with her?
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[last lines]
Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : [opening up bottle of Hieronymous Fox's bubbly] Was 2490 a good year?
Colonel Wilma Deering : How could it be? You weren't even around.
[all laugh]