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Frank Thornton in The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

Michael Hordern: Bules Martin

The Bed Sitting Room

Michael Hordern credited as playing...

Bules Martin

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  • Bules Martin: Well, you know, you've been a bit off-colour.
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: Yes, I know, and what's more, I've not been eating anything.
  • Bules Martin: Why is that?
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: I can't get the stuff.
  • Bules Martin: My advice: Charge 20 quid rent, be mindful of drafts...
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: Well, things were going swimmingly until that, eh, well, until they dropped the ol', well, now, you know...
  • Bules Martin: Oh, the ol' vroom!
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: That's the...
  • Bules Martin: Did the noise keep you awake?
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: Oh, I slept through it all right. Yes, in fact, I was in England, still abed, albeit in a club chair, the Third World War took place. I didn't get a chance to join the regiment.
  • Bules Martin: I was standing by, ready to face the enemy, whoever they might be, and I couldn't find them. Tell me, do you know, who was the enemy?
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: I haven't the least idea.
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: I thought, Doctor, I thought you'd might give me breakfast as a prescription against malnutrition.
  • Bules Martin: Ah, yes, well, take, um, 30 milligrams of egg on toast.
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: Doctor, look, since this thing dropped. This-this rude thing--this, um, eh...
  • Bules Martin: Vroom.
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: That's the fellow. I-I-I had terrible, morbid fears. I think--I may turn into a bed-sitting room.
  • Bules Martin: Eh, eh, that's probably atomic mutations. There's a lot of it about.
  • Bules Martin: What were you doing before this, then?
  • Shelter Man: I was in the Army, actually. I'm a Captain.
  • Bules Martin: Oh, I say! What regiment?
  • Shelter Man: Oh, we didn't know, owing to the Official Secrets Act.
  • Bules Martin: Oh, it's getting late. Now for my humiliation. Now, what have I done with my Defeat of England medal?
  • [removes bowler and looks towards the sky]
  • Bules Martin: Your Majesty, I'm sorry that I've failed you. I tried to catch the thing before it hit the Palace, but one of your corgis bit me!
  • Under Water Vicar: Will you join hands please. Good. Good. And now for a good book.
  • [singsongy]
  • Under Water Vicar: I'm a naughty gamekeeper. Took her in to the potting shed. And lies her upon the ground. And we...
  • Bules Martin: Huh? I say, all's that in the Bible?
  • Under Water Vicar: No, it's "Lady Chatterly's Lover."
  • Bules Martin: My God! When was my last virility test?
  • Father: Sit down, son. Your bride is in labor.
  • Bules Martin: Oh, God! Daddy, I need a drink.
  • The BBC: What will you have, old boy?
  • Bules Martin: I'll have a large--eh--water.
  • The BBC: Water?
  • Bules Martin: No. Not for me.
  • Inspector: Evening. We're looking for a man.
  • Bules Martin: Are you indeed, Inspector? There aren't many of us left, you know.
  • Inspector: We're also looking for a bed-sitting room.
  • Bules Martin: Aren't we all!
  • Bules Martin: Perhaps it wasn't the Russians and Americans who dropped it, then. Perhaps it was Rent-a-Kill.
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: [as a bed-sitting room] Stop! Stop! Stop, in the name of the Lord.
  • Mate: Here, it's God! It's God! He's come back on us. Good ol' God, mate.
  • [singing]
  • Mate: For he's a jolly good fellow.
  • [talking]
  • Mate: He's a--He's a socialist, you know.
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: Quiet! Labour scum!
  • Mate: What? He's--he's a frickin' Conservative!
  • Bules Martin: Here, hold on a second. You don't sound like God. You sound like Lord Fortnum.
  • Lord Fortnum of Alamein: I--eh--I also do impressions.

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