The New Avengers (TV Series)
The Tale of the Big Why (1976)
Patrick Macnee: John Steed
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Quotes
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Purdey : [Gambit is lying on the floor reading 'The Tale of the Big Y'] He's read that chapter twice already.
John Steed : 'Bessie's mating habits'.
Purdey : Very badly written.
John Steed : And anatomically impossible.
Mike Gambit : Oh, I don't know. Certainly works you up - to a good appetite.
[Steed grins]
Mike Gambit : [gets up] Time for dinner, isn't, it, Purdey? Steed?
[puts book down on table]
John Steed : [picks up the book] The answer's in the book. And my taste buds won't be rejuvenated until I've found it.
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John Steed : [Steed & Gambit have been forced to travel the countryside on foot] What fantastic luck.
Mike Gambit : You've seen a car.
John Steed : Better than that...
Mike Gambit : A mixed sauna, with a licensed bar.
John Steed : The blue Perrywinkle.
[stoops down to pick a flower]
Mike Gambit : Blue what?
John Steed : I never knew it grew in that kind of soil... Think of your soul, Gambit, think of your soul.
Mike Gambit : [looks at the soul on one of his shoes] Yes...