Wildside (TV Series)
Until the Fat Lady Sings (1985)
Howard E. Rollins Jr.: Bannister Sparks
Quotes
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[examining the "corpse" on her slab]
Alice Freeze : Well, if that doesn't take the milk from the kitty cat!
Brodie Hollister : What's wrong?
Alice Freeze : I opened a bottle of my best formaldehyde - not that cheap stuff from Amarillo, but the real pure stuff all the way from Italy
Brodie Hollister : What are you sayin', Alice?
Alice Freeze : When you open a bottle and break the seal, you might as well throw it out. You can't very well embalm a live person.
Brodie Hollister , Bannister Sparks : Alive!
Elliot Thogmorton : [sticking his head in the window] Alive!
Alice Freeze : Yeah. Look for yourself.
Bannister Sparks : Prometheus! Bring some water. Hurry!
Brodie Hollister : You sure he's not dead, Alice?
Alice Freeze : If it's one thing I know, it's dead people.
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[referring to the man laid out on Alice's slab]
Bannister Sparks : Give him some water. He's alive.
Elliot Thogmorton : That's right, monkeykeeper. Don't just stand there - give him some water!
[Prometheus hurls the bucket of water into Elliot's face]
Prometheus Jones : Missed.
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[riding into an abandoned town in pursuit of an outlaw gang]
Varges De La Cosa : The soil is damp from blood spilled too many times.
Bannister Sparks : Could we dispense with the guided tour of "Ghost Towns I Have Known", please?
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[last lines]
Brodie Hollister : Let's go home. I got a chair that need some sittin' in.
Cally Oaks : Well, horsebutter! Let's look around. I bet this town has a plethora of desperado hideouts.
Prometheus Jones : Cali, a good reporter knows when a story is over.
Bannister Sparks : But not so fast, Prometheus. As an impoverished actor said to me recently...
Cally Oaks , Prometheus Jones , Bannister Sparks , Brodie Hollister , Sutton Hollister , Varges De La Cosa : The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings!
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[the Wildside Chamber of Commerce has just rescued a ballet troupe from an outlaw gang]
Bannister Sparks : Ladies and Gentlemen... and monkey, would you please exit to the rear. The show is quite definitely over.
Dance Troupe Leader : Perhaps you're not familiar with the saying, "The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings."