Drop the Dead Donkey (TV Series)

A Blast from the Past (1990)

Haydn Gwynne: Alex Pates

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• Alex Pates : [to Gus]  Call me an old cynic Gus, but I can't help wondering if this concern over Prince Philip's views has anything to do with the fact that you're meeting him at a charity dinner on Wednesday.

  Gus Hedges : Certainly not. The interface between this job and my private life has a zero rating.

• Les White : I can't believe you're still so bitter.

  Alex Pates : Whatever makes you think I was bitter?

  Les White : Well when you left, you did engrave "Les has a small cock" on the lawn in weedkiller.

• Les White : Oh, Alex there was never anyone else like you.

  Alex Pates : You should know, you tried all the possible alternatives.

• Alex Pates : [to herself]  Ok just keep calm Alex. Remember what it's like sharing a bed with a vomit-stained adulterer who's staggered in at 3 o'clock in the morning.

• Gus Hedges : You'll knock them out of the ballpark.

  Alex Pates : What ballpark's this then, Gus? And what sort of game do they play in this ballpark?

  Gus Hedges : Well it's a metaphorical ballpark. It's a park that's...

  Alex Pates : Full of balls. Like everything you say, Gus!