Blackadder the Third (TV Series)
Sense and Senility (1987)
Kenneth Connor: Mossop, thespian
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Quotes
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Mossop : ...lest you continue in your quotations and mention the name of the "Scottish Play".
Keanrick : Oh-ho... never fear, I shan't do that.
Blackadder : By the "Scottish Play", I assume you mean *Macbeth*.
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Blackadder : What was that?
Keanrick : We were exorcising evil spirits. Being but a mere butler, you will not know the great theatre tradition that one does *never* speak the name of the "Scottish Play".
Blackadder : What, *Macbeth*?
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Blackadder : Good lord, you mean you have to do *that* every time I say *Macbeth*?
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Mossop : Will you please stop saying *that*. Always call it the "Scottish Play".
Blackadder : So you want me to say the "Scottish Play"?
Mossop , Keanrick : [shout] Yes.
Blackadder : Rather than *Macbeth*?
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Prince George : For heaven's sake, what is all this hullabaloo, all this shouting and screaming and yelling blue murder? Why... it's like that play we saw the other day, what was it called... umm...
Blackadder : *Macbeth*, sir?
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They are bowing toward the Prince, and must tweak their own noses]
Prince George : No, no, it was called Julius Caesar.
Blackadder : Ah, yes, of course. Julius Caesar... not *Macbeth*.
Mossop , Keanrick : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
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Mossop : ...Lest you continue in your quotation and mention the name of the Scottish Play.
Keanrick : Oh, never fear, I shan't do that.
Blackadder : By "the Scottish Play," I assume you mean Macbeth?
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
Blackadder : What was that?
Keanrick : We were exorcising evil spirits. Being but a mere butler, you will not know the great theatre tradition that one does *never* speak the name of the Scottish Play.
Blackadder : What, Macbeth?
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
Blackadder : Good Lord, you mean you have to do that every time I say Macbeth?
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
Mossop : Will you please stop saying that? Always call it the Scottish Play!
Blackadder : So you want me to say "the Scottish Play"...
Mossop , Keanrick : [shouting] Yes!
Blackadder : ...rather than Macbeth.
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
Prince George : I say, what is all this hullaballoo, all this shouting and screaming and yelling blue murder? Why, it's like that play we saw the other day. What was it called, uh...?
Blackadder : Macbeth, sir?
[Playing patty-cake with themselves]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[as they are still bowing to the prince, each tweaks his own nose]
Prince George : No, no, no, no, it was called Julius Caesar.
Blackadder : Oh, yes, of course. Julius Caesar. Not Macbeth.
[Playing patty-cake]
Mossop , Keanrick : Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
[They each tweak the other's nose]
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Blackadder : Gentlemen, I've come with a proposition.
Mossop : How dare you, sir. You think just because we're actors, we sleep with everyone.
Blackadder : I think, being actors, you're lucky to sleep with anyone.
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Mossop : ...lest you continue in your quotations and mention the name of the "Scottish Play".
Keanrick : Oh-ho... never fear, I shan't do that.
Blackadder : By the "Scottish Play", I assume you mean *Macbeth*.
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Blackadder : What was that?
Keanrick : We were exorcising evil spirits. Being but a mere butler, you will not know the great theatre tradition that one does *never* speak the name of the "Scottish Play".
Blackadder : What, *Macbeth*?
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Blackadder : Good lord, you mean you have to do *that* every time I say *Macbeth*?
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends. Owwww.
Mossop : Will you please stop saying *that*. Always call it the "Scottish Play".
Blackadder : So you want me to say the "Scottish Play"?
Keanrick , Mossop : [shout] Yes.
Blackadder : Rather than *Macbeth*?
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
Prince George : For heaven's sake, what is all this hullabaloo, all this shouting and screaming and yelling blue murder? Why... it's like that play we saw the other day, what was it called... umm... Blackadder
Blackadder : *Macbeth*, sir?
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They are bowing toward the Prince, and must tweak their own noses]
Keanrick , Mossop : . Owwwwww.
Prince George : No, no, it was called Julius Caesar. Ah, yes, of course. Julius Caesar... not *Macbeth*.
Keanrick , Mossop : Aahhhhh. Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
[They tweak each others nose]
