Are You Being Served? (TV Series)
Take-Over (1977)
John Inman: Mr. Humphries
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Quotes
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[In the canteen, everyone is reading the want ads, afraid that they're all about to get fired and concerned that they can't find suitable positions elsewhere]
Miss Shirley Brahms : What we really want is one of them millionaires who's looking for a young girl Friday.
Mr. Dick Lucas : Yeah. Or in Mrs. Slocombe's case, an old girl Saturday.
Mrs. Betty Slocombe : [Annoyed] Of course, there is one vacancy that requires to be filled: between Mr. Lucas's ears.
Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries : Never mind, Mrs. Slocombe. You can always fall back on your hobby.
Mrs. Betty Slocombe : Mr. Humphries, to what are you inferring?
Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries : Well, you can open a pet shop.
Mr. Dick Lucas : Yeah! You can have a flashing light outside, saying: "If your pussy's in the mood / Have it clipped and then shampooed."
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Mr. Rumbold : [suggesting stockholders for the staff to impersonate] There's Jeffery Longman. He is 28, broad-shouldered, 6 foot 2, blond-haired, blue-eyed, wealthy yacht owner.
Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries : Ooh, I like the sound of that!
Mr. Dick Lucas : You're not tall enough.
Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries : I know, I just like the sound of it.