Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC in black and white from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run, once again of four series, from 1970 to 1974 in colour. The lead roles were played by Wilfrid Brambell and Ha
": You are a dyed-in-the-wool fascist, reactionary, squalid little know your place, dont rise above yourself, dont get out of your hole complacent little turd! : I— : I havent finished yet! You are morally, spiritually and physically a festering, fly-blown heap of accumulated filth! : What do you want for your tea?"
Steptoe and Son"[to Albert]: You dirty old man!"
Steptoe and Son"[to Albert]: That wasn’t a lobster that poisoned you, you swallowed your own venom."
Steptoe and Son": Wedgewood blue on the ceiling... Etruscan red for the woodwork... : Bleedin awful — itll look like a Peruvian brothel!"
Steptoe and Son": Theres no need in this day and age for you to ang on to other peoples rags. Theres people that need it more than you do, people who really need it. Send it to the Oxford Famine Relief. : Oxford? Bah. There aint no famine up there. I passed through Oxford; it looked alright to me. : No, its the War on Want mob. They send it out to Africa and places like that. : They dont wear riding breeches out there. Never seen a blackie in riding breeches: make their legs sweat... Better off than we are. I wish I was a blackie sometimes. All that sun, bananas growin on trees, coconuts — marvellous life."
Steptoe and Son": [looking at old newspapers] Ere, I remember this — Mussolini invades Albania. King Zog flees. : Thats nothing mate, we got king-size fleas here!"
Steptoe and Son
