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Simon Jones and Joe Melia in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

Joe Melia: Mr. Prosser

Episode #1.1

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Joe Melia credited as playing...

Mr. Prosser

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  • Prosser: But the plans were on display.
  • Arthur Dent: On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar.
  • Prosser: That's the display department.
  • Arthur Dent: With a torch.
  • Prosser: The lights had probably gone.
  • Arthur Dent: So had the stairs.
  • Prosser: But you did see the notice, didn't you?
  • Arthur Dent: Oh, yes. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign outside the door saying "Beware of the Leopard." Ever thought of going into advertising?
  • Prosser: What do you mean, why's it got to be built? It's a bypass. You've got to build bypasses.
  • Ford Prefect: And no sneaky knocking Mr. Dent's house down while he's away, all right?
  • Prosser: The slightest thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
  • Arthur Dent: Can we trust him?
  • Ford Prefect: Myself, I'd trust him till the end of the Earth.
  • Arthur Dent: Yes, but how far's that?
  • Ford Prefect: About twelve minutes away.
  • Prosser: Mr. Dent?
  • Arthur Dent: Hello, yes?
  • Prosser: Have you any idea how much damage this bulldozer would suffer if I were to let it roll straight over you?
  • Arthur Dent: How much?
  • Prosser: None at all.
  • Mr. Prosser: You can't lie in front of the bulldozers indefinitely.
  • Arthur Dent: I'm game. We'll see who rusts first.
  • Mr. Prosser: Mr. Dent!
  • Arthur Dent: Hello, yes!
  • Mr. Prosser: Have you any idea of how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?
  • Arthur Dent: How much?
  • Mr. Prosser: None at all.

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