Upstart Crow (TV Series)
A Crow Christmas Carol (2018)
David Mitchell: Will
Quotes
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Will : All writers are bitter, Judy, we do ninety per cent of the work, and then the actors get given the best tables in restaurants. It's just not bloomin' fair!
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Kate : [Referring to Robert Greene] Many a time, and oft, have we heard his claims to piety and a Christian conscience, and I am here to tell you that it is all utter... utter... well... if I am to say what his claims to piety are, then in order to spare my maidenly blushes I must needs do as you do, Mr Shakespeare, and resort to linguistical poncentoggling.
Colin : Oh God. Really, must ye?
Bottom : This could take a while. I'll get more ale.
Will : [Clears his throat and stands up] Intrigued am I, Kate. If what you wish to say of Greene's claims to piety be indeed too coarse a thought for a delicate maid to utter, then by all means must you resort to linguistical poncentoggling!
Kate : Right. In that case, his claims to piety are 'what a bull leaves behind him, hot and steaming in a field, but which be not a deeply satisfied cow'.
[pause]
Will : K... kind of feel in this case, th-the linguistical poncentoggling m-might actually feel a bit ruder than the phrase you're trying to toggle your way out of. Y-you mean he's talking bullsh...?
Kate : Yes!