February 28, 2008 11:46am by David Farrar

Top 25 TV put-downs

The BBC has a list of the top 25 put-downs on TV. Some I have not heard of, but the ones I can recall are:

Basil Fawlty – Fawlty Towers. To Sybil: “Oh dear, what happened? Did you get entangled in the eiderdown again? Not enough cream in your eclair? Hmm? Or did you have to talk to all your friends for so long that you didn’t have time to perm your ears?”
Edmund Blackadder – Blackadder II. To Lord Percy: “The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr Brain has long since departed, hasn’t he, Percy?”
Roseanne Conner – Roseanne. To husband Dan: “Your idea of romance is popping the can away from my face.”
Carla – Cheers. Cliff: “I’m ashamed God made me a man.” Carla: “I don’t think God’s doing a lot of bragging about it either.”
Statler and Waldorf – The Muppet Show. Statler: “Wake up, you old fool, you slept through the show.” Waldorf: “Who’s a fool? You watched it.”
JR Ewing – Dallas. “Ray never was comfortable eating with the family – we do use knives and forks.”
Dr Perry Cox – Scrubs. Dr Elliot Reid: “I don’t think you understand the severity of the situation here. I am dangerously close to giving up men altogether.” Dr Cox: “Then on behalf of men everywhere – and I do mean everywhere, including the ones in little mud huts – let me be the first to say thanks and hallelujah.”
Dr Gregory House – House. “You can think I’m wrong, but that’s no reason to stop thinking.”
Captain Mainwaring – Dad’s Army. “You stupid boy!”